quotes about jerks

I had a lover's quarrel with the world. ~Robert Frost, The Lesson for Today, 1942 I had a lover's quarrel with the world. ~Robert Frost, The Lesson for Today, 1942



Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it. ~Fyodor Dostoevsky



Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our fathers have done them or that our neighbors do them, and the same is true of a larger part than we suspect of what we think. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.



The question for each man is not what he would do if he had the means, time, influence, and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has. ~Hamilton



I never would believe that Providence had sent a few men into the world, ready booted and spurred to ride, and millions ready saddled and bridled to be ridden. ~Richard Rumbold, 1685



Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners. ~Author Unknown Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners. ~Author Unknown



I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world. ~Thomas A. Edison



Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too. ~Author unknown, attributed to an 8-year-old named Greg



I do think New Year's resolutions can't technically be expected to begin on New Year's Day, don't you? Since, because it's an extension of New Year's Eve, smokers are already on a smoking roll and cannot be expected to stop abruptly on the stroke of midnight with so much nicotine in the system. Also dieting on New Year's Day isn't a good idea as you can't eat rationally but really need to be free to consume whatever is necessary, moment by moment, in order to ease your hangover. I think it would be much more sensible if resolutions began generally on January the second. ~Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones's Diary



There may be liberty and justice for all, but there are tax breaks only for some. ~Martin A. Sullivan



If you got to talking to most cowboys, they'd admit they write 'em. I think some of the meanest, toughest sons of bitches around write poetry. ~Ross Knox



Translated: rendered from another language and therefore not the original words.



If you are ashamed to stand by your colors, you had better seek another flag. ~Author Unknown



If we opened our minds to enjoyment, we might find tranquil pleasures spread about us on every side. We might live with the angels that visit us on every sunbeam, and sit with the fairies who wait on every flower. ~Samuel Smiles



The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne



Sometimes the best helping hand you can get is a good, firm push. ~Joann Thomas



Golf isn't like other sports where you can take a player out if he's having a bad day. You have to play the whole game. ~Phil Blackmar



The government�s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. ~Ronald Reagan



Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. ~Soren Kierkegaard



My truths do not last long in me. Not as long as those that are not mine. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin