Random Inspirational Quotes

"Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live."

"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself."

"Curse of the Ageing Woman {Couplet} I'm a wallflower, bluestocking, left on the Shelf, When you're beyond one's sell-by date, you've left by yourself,"

"Life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved"

"Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well."

"If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn't anything you can't do if you want to."

"My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art."

"We meet no ordinary people in our lives."

"Refuse to accept the belief that your professional relevance, career success or financial security turns on the next update on the latest technology. Sometimes it's good to put the paddle down and just let the canoe glide."

"Wisdom.... comes not from age, but from education and learning."

"Your love story, I don’t want to give away the ending, but both you and your lover die."

"Sometimes you just have to jump in a mud puddle because it's there. Never get so old that you forget about having fun."

"Be careful what you wish for. You never know who will be listening."

"I love my Force Fins, which are the kind of fins Special Forces use and really are adapted from the fins of fish. They're very efficient. They are so beautiful, a pair is in the Museum of Modern Art. The set I have are ruby red. I call them my ruby flippers."

"since the thing perhaps isto eat flowers and not to be afraid"

"The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation."

"We are unusual and tragic and alive."

"It is evident as a matter of logic that, since they (world religions) disagree, not more than one of them can be true."

"Would you mind if I used your kitchen sink to take a bath? I have the hygiene of a midget."

"I am struck by how sharing our weakness and difficulties is more nourishing to others than sharing our qualities and successes."