friendship quotes and love quotes

Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive. ~Thomas C. Haliburton



Optimist: someone who isn't sure whether life is a tragedy or a comedy but is tickled silly just to be in the play. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



There is a strong chance that siblings who turn out well were hassled by the same parents. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



No good neurotic finds it difficult to be both opinionated and indecisive. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960



Drinking nature is an unquenchable thirst. ~Berri Clove



Can you imagine a world without men? No crime and lots of happy fat women. ~Nicole Hollander



In June, as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day. No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them. ~Aldo Leopold



Curmudgeon: anyone who hates hypocrisy and pretense and has the temerity to say so; anyone with the habit of pointing out unpleasant facts in an engaging and humorous manner (source: Portable Curmudgeon Redux, Jon Winokur).



Fils: used to distinguish a son from his father when they have the same given name.



Because we don't think about future generations, they will never forget us. ~Henrik Tikkanen



It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant government. ~John Gardner



Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn't have what it takes." They will say, "Women don't have what it takes." ~Clare Boothe Luce



I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't. ~Jules Renard



Shera's Two Laws of Cataloging: Law #1, No cataloger will accept the work of any other cataloger. Law #2: No cataloger will accept his/her own work six months after the cataloging. ~Jesse Shera, 1977



Freedom lies in being bold. ~Robert Frost



If a white man falls off a chair drunk, it's just a drunk. If a Negro does, it's the whole damn Negro race. ~Bill Cosby



If some people got their rights they would complain of being deprived of their wrongs. ~Oliver Herford



Whatever you are be a good one. ~Abraham Lincoln



For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. ~I Timothy 6:10



Today we know with certainty that segregation is dead. The only question remaining is how costly will be the funeral. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.