Aug Birthday Quotes & Sayings

Of two duties we must choose the greater, though of two sins we must choose neither (556). — Richard Baxter

I will have the children read Hamlet as soon as it is practical. There are some useful cautions against eavesdropping to be gleaned from that. — Maryrose Wood

I wanted so badly to kick in his perfectly white, good dental plan teeth. — Bobby Adair

The duties are even more important than the rights; and in the long run I think that the reward is ampler and greater for duty well done, than for the insistence upon individual rights. — Theodore Roosevelt

One or two years ago, I didn't know who I was on court and I used to swear a lot. But now I've learned how to cope and can therefore win 10 matches in a row. I want to be remembered as a good player rather than an idiot on court. — Roger Federer

When you get up, the night and day is a contradiction. But you get up at 4 A.M. That first blush of blue is where the night and day are trying to find harmony with each other. Harmony is the notes that Mozart didn't give you, but somehow the contradiction of his notes suggest that. All contradictions of his notes suggest the harmony. — Shekhar Kapur

Nothing but the infinite Pity is sufficient for the infinite pathos of human life. — Joseph Henry

I have already released my financials, which are massive, and, by the way, which showed a tremendous company. It's over $10 billion in net worth that I have built with a very, very small starter loan years ago. — Donald Trump

The best prophets lead you up to the curtain and let you peer through for yourself. — Frank Herbert

To be allowed even one color plate in these rather stiff formal articles consisting largely of long scientific names, tables of measurements, fin counts, descriptions of viscera, ect., gives me a feeling of aesthetic release that perhaps the conservative businessman feels when he tops off a dull gray suit and plain white shirt with a red tie. — Eugenie Clark