Often Misattributed Quotes & Sayings

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaining it. — Georges Bataille

When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on — Theodore Roosevelt

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others. — Sam Levenson

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. — Eleanor Roosevelt

Affliction is often that thing which prepares an ordinary person for some sort of an extraordinary destiny. — C.S. Lewis

Dr. Suess said: 'Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened..'
I tell my dates: 'Don't cry because it happened, smile because it's over — Josh Stern

You never know what you have till you've lost it. — Alyson Noel

The earth has its music for those who will listen — Reginald Vincent Holmes

Write drunk; edit sober. — Peter De Vries

Finance people should remember Albert Einstein's wise words: "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts. — Bjarte Bogsnes

Before you act, listen.
Before you react, think.
Before you spend, earn.
Before you criticize, wait.
Before you pray, forgive.
Before you quit, try. — William Arthur Ward

It is of course better to know useless things than to know nothing. — Seneca.

All descriptions of reality are temporary hypotheses. — Gautama Buddha

Everything is energy and that's all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics. — Darryl Anka

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. — Hans Christian Andersen

How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. — Evans G. Valens

Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the wrong. Sometime in life you will have been all of these. — Lloyd Shearer

Common sense is what tells us the earth is flat. — Stuart Chase

Have you ever noticed how 'What the hell' is always the right decision to make? — Terry Johnson

He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much;
Who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children;
Who has filled his niche and accomplished his task;
Who has never lacked appreciation of Earth's beauty or failed to express it;
Who has left the world better than he found it,
Whether an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul;
Who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had;
Whose life was an inspiration;
Whose memory a benediction. — Bessie Anderson Stanley

America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great. — Alexis De Tocqueville

There are three types of lies
lies, damn lies, and statistics. — Benjamin Disraeli

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. — Anonymous

The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits. — Alexandre Dumas-fils

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. — Anthony G. Oettinger

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. — James Bovard

I recall the story of the philosopher and the theologian... The two were engaged in disputation and the theologian used the old quip about a philosopher resembling a blind man, in a dark room, looking for a black cat - which wasn't there. 'That may be,' said the philosopher, 'but a theologian would have found it. — Julian Huxley

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. — Oliver Goldsmith

Those who stand for nothing fall for everything. — Alexander Hamilton

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit. — Ronald Reagan

No one should brave the underworld alone. — Poe

Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn - and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving. — Dale Carnegie

First I brush my teeth and then I sharpen my tongue. — Oscar Levant

Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans. — Allen Saunders

Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is? — Frank Scully

Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.'
'John Lennon,' I say with a sigh. 'My mother is a huge fan.'
'So then you must know that every day, in every way, it's getting better. — Jamie Kain