funny famous quotes

The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt. ~Max Lerner, The Unfinished Country, 1950



Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch. ~James Baldwin



Light travels faster than sound. That's why most people seem bright until you hear them speak. ~Author Unknown



You don't take a photograph. You ask, quietly, to borrow it. ~Author Unknown



For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. ~I Corinthians 13:9



Home is where you hang your @. ~Author Unknown



The hardest part of raising a child is teaching them to ride bicycles. A shaky child on a bicycle for the first time needs both support and freedom. The realization that this is what the child will always need can hit hard. ~Sloan Wilson



A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water. ~Carl Reiner



Care I for the limb, the thews, the stature, bulk, and big assemblance of a man! Give me the spirit. ~William Shakespeare



Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty. ~Frank Herbert, Dune Chronicles



Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits. ~Paul Eldridge



All morons hate it when you call them a moron. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 6



The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it. ~C.P. Snow



Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which will never happen. ~James Russel Lowell



I am thankful for all the complaining I hear about our government because it means we have freedom of speech. ~Nancie J. Carmody



Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and whose father is guide, exemplar, and friend. No servants to come between. These are the boys who are born to the best fortune. ~Andrew Carnegie



I'm hitting the woods just great, but I'm having a terrible time getting out of them. ~Harry Toscano



The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. ~Samuel Johnson



Feelings are much like waves, we can't stop them from coming but we can choose which one to surf. ~Jonatan Martensson



I used to love night best but the older I get the more treasures and hope and joy I find in mornings. ~Terri Guillemets