Random Inspirational Quotes

"I must have killed a lot of cows in a past life for Karma to hate me this much."

"When it comes to success, there are no shortcuts."

"Interviewer: Didn't Sagan want to believe?Druyan: he didn't want to believe. he wanted to know."

"Scientific Discovery [10w] The greatest scientific discoveries were madelooking at the overlooked."

"We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts."

"On some positions, cowardice asks the question, is it expedient? And then expedience comes along and asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? Conscience asks the question, is it right?There comes a time when one must take the position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must do it because conscience tells him it is right."

"Loneliness [10w] Loneliness is GPS equipped new Mercedeswith nowhere to go.****************"

"Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide, but one thing is certain, no party is any fun unless seasoned with folly."

"Humor is what happens when we're told the truth quicker and more directly than we're used to."

"She said she loved me, and I didn’t believe it for a minute. Maybe 59 seconds, but not a whole minute. I may be gullible, but I’m not without an accurate way to measure time."

"I was supposed to write a romantic comedy, but my characters broke up."

"Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew it, we would have no compassion for others, and we would become monsters of self-regard, creatures of unalloyed self-interest. The terrible pain of loss teaches humility to our prideful kind, has the power to soften uncaring hearts, to make a better person of a good one."

"The fruit of empty hopes is more bitter than the saddest truth."

"Love? I need a lot of love."Of course you do. Everyone does. It's funny that we never say it. It's OK to scream, 'I'm starving' in public if you are hungry; it's OK to make a fuss and say, 'I'm so sleepy', if you are tired; but somehow we cannot say, 'I need some more love.' Why can't we say it? It's just as basic a need."

"Keep your sense of humor, my friend; if you don't have a sense of humor it just isn't funny anymore."

"For this was the round of love: fear which leads on desire, tenderness and fury, and that brutal anguish which triumphantly follows pleasure."

"We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone."

"Inventory:"Four be the things I am wiser to know:Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.Four be the things I'd been better without:Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.Three be the things I shall never attain:Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.Three be the things I shall have till I die:Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye."

"When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing."

"The purpose of life is a life of purpose."