quotes on ego

Many continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game. ~George Mikes, How to Be an Alien, 1946



Angels are never too distant to hear you. ~Author Unknown



I could eat alphabet soup and shit better lyrics. ~Johnny Mercer, on a British musical



We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. ~Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar, Following the Equator, 1897



Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there. ~E.H. Gombrich, Art and Illusion, 1960



A pun is a short quip followed by a long groan. ~Author Unknown



Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows - marriage does. ~Groucho Marx



Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity. ~Lindley Karstens, noproblemgarden.com



Our clothes are too much a part of us for most of us ever to be entirely indifferent to their condition: it is as though the fabric were indeed a natural extension of the body, or even of the soul. ~Quentin Bell



He who makes a paradise of his bread makes a hell of his hunger. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin



Dreams are free therapy, but you can only get appointments at night. ~Grey Livingston



God made man stronger but not necessarily more intelligent. He gave women intuition and femininity. And, used properly, that combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met. ~Farrah Fawcett



What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. ~Jeff Candido and Jason Hoff, advertising slogan written for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, 2002



How long the night seems to one kept awake by pain. ~Bernard Joseph Saurin, Blanche et Guiscard, translated



As the days grow short, some faces grow long. But not mine. Every autumn, when the wind turns cold and darkness comes early, I am suddenly happy. It's time to start making soup again. ~Leslie Newman



You can't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again. ~Bonnie Prudden



Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace. ~Saint Theresa of Lisieux



A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. ~Proverbs 29:11



I am working for the time when unqualified blacks, browns, and women join the unqualified men in running our government. ~Cissy Farenthold



In golf, you keep your head down and follow through. In the vice presidency, you keep your head up and follow through. It's a big difference. ~Dan Quayle