nathan scott quotes

I am thankful for the mess to clean after a party because it means I have been surrounded by friends. ~Nancie J. Carmody



It's a funny thing that when a man hasn't anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married. ~Robert Frost



Democracy is like a raft: It won't sink, but you will always have your feet wet. ~Russell B. Long



You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go. Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body. ~Kareem Abdul-Jabbar



As I like to say to the people in Montgomery: "The tension in this city is not between white people and Negro people. The tension is, at bottom, between justice and injustice, between the forces of light and the forces of darkness." ~Martin Luther King, Jr.



The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly. ~Peter De Vries



Just because you're miserable doesn't mean you can't enjoy your life. ~Annette Goodheart



Man is a history-making creature who can neither repeat his past nor leave it behind. ~W.H. Auden, The Dyer's Hand



A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer.... He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring. ~E.B. White



Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own. ~Bertrand Russell, What I Believe, 1925



There are few things that are so unpardonably neglected in our country as poker. The upper class knows very little about it. Now and then you find ambassadors who have sort of a general knowledge of the game, but the ignorance of the people is fearful. Why, I have known clergymen, good men, kind-hearted, liberal, sincere, and all that, who did not know the meaning of a "flush." It is enough to make one ashamed of the species. ~Mark Twain



It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of the talkies instead of the other way around. ~Mary Pickford



Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it. ~Plato



Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all. ~Sam Ewing



I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them? ~Leo Durocher



Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. ~Norman Cousins



If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. ~Author Unknown



I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb



To err is human, to purr is feline. ~Robert Byrne



There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor. ~Thomas W. Higginson