Random Inspirational Quotes

"I have no duty to be anyone's Friend and no man in the world has a duty to be mine. No claims, no shadow of necessity. Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival."

"Those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge, but they will not even stop to learn!"

"Do you want some fresh tomato soup to go? I’ll put it in a mesh strainer. Oh, if only love were as easy to contain as soup in a strainer."

"Two one-armed people might seem perfect for each other, but what if they’re both missing the same arm? Then even something simple like holding hands while walking becomes a case of they’re too similar to see themselves really going anywhere as a couple."

"Mythbusters [10w] Snipers will assure you safety in numbers is a myth."

"My parents have always had a great sense of humor. And I really appreciate good humor in songs, witty lyrics that sneak up on you and then you listen again, and say: 'That's so funny.' John Prine's songs have always had this really witty tone."

"I lack formal education. So I'm left with the feeling that I'm smarter than everyone around me but that if I ever got around really smart people—people who went to universities and drank wine and spoke Latin—that they’d be bored as hell by me. It’s a lonely way to go through life."

"There was another reason [she] took her books whenever they went away. They were her home when she was somewhere strange. They were familiar voices, friends that never quarreled with her, clever, powerful friends -- daring and knowledgeable, tried and tested adventurers who had traveled far and wide. Her books cheered her up when she was sad and kept her from being bored."

"End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take."

"Go and get your things,' he said. 'Dreams mean work."

"The lovers of the world are the ones who matter. Forget the rest. Jesus was a lover. He doesn't hate anyone."

"Love cures people, both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it."

"Maybe sometimes we can only see the truth about ourselves if someone shows us where to look."

"Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones."

"When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them."

"DNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than any software ever created."

"When you read about chemistry and physics, you want to do them too."

"For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit."

"I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader's defenses so that I can more easily take him to something more."

"Frivolous Gossip and Poetry It's just so much frivolous gossip to dwell upon the moral merits of a poet;what should only concern the reader is the merit of his words.Leave moral judgments to the preachers and aesthetic judgments to the critical readers."