Great & Meaningful Quotes

[PamfromTx]

 

[PamfromTx]

 

[PamfromTx]

 

[CarolfromTX]

 

[Pink Biz]

 

[officerripley]

"We are told [by anti-'big'-government advocates] that the United States got rich in spite of government, when the truth is closer to the opposite: The United States got rich because it got government more or less right."
~~from American Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper by Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson

 

[Ladybj]

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Absolutely love it. I took a snap shot of your quote with my phone

 

[Chris P Bacon]

- Rita Schiano

 

[Pink Biz]

 

[JaniceM]

It's not famous, but still meaningful:

"The bad memories, you can deal with.. it's the good memories that leave a hole in your heart.."

 

[Sassycakes]

“One of the greatest things a father can do for his children is to love their mother.” –Howard W. Hunter

 

[Mandee]

“Cringing at your past means you’ve developed as a person.”

Perhaps I'm not as bad a failure as I thought then.

 

[RadishRose]

Perhaps I'm not as bad a failure as I thought then.

Of course you're not!

 

[officerripley]

 

[Feelslikefar]

Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets;
art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine. - Ludwig van Beethoven

 

[officerripley]

"You [ask] for wisdom? Hear these words. Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; nothing fosters ignorance more than one’s own opinions; nothing strengthens opinions more than refusing to look at reality."
~~from The Visitor by Sheri S. Tepper

 

[Georgiagranny]

I flunked Latin (twice!) but learned a few things here and there anyway. One of my favorites is

de gustibus non est disputandum...matters of taste cannot be disputed...whether "taste" is in food or furniture or hair style or anything else

 

[Chris P Bacon]

 

[Gardenlover]

"The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living."
Abraham Joshua Heschel

 

[Chris P Bacon]

"Oh yeah, life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone."

- Jack & Diane by John Mellencamp

 

[officerripley]

"Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration."
~~U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, his first State of the Union Address, 12/3/1861

 

[PamfromTx]

We don't have to agree on anything to be kind to one another.​

 

[PamfromTx]

"Oh yeah, life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone."

- Jack & Diane by John Mellencamp

How are you doing, Mr. Bacon?

 

[Chris P Bacon]

How are you doing, Mr. Bacon?

I’ve been pretty fried lately.
Thanks for asking though!

 

[PamfromTx]

I’ve been pretty fried lately.
Thanks for asking though!

I'm sorry.... hope you feel better and soon. Take care of yourself.