"History is a cyclic poem written by Time upon the memories of man."
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), English Romantic poet
Subject AbsurdPercy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), English Romantic poet
"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." - Hellen Keller (1880-1968), American blind & deaf educator
"Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed." - Alexander Pope (1688-1744), English poet
"Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery." - J.K. Rowling (1965- ), British fantasy author
"Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save." - Will Rogers (1879-1935), American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator & actor
"History is a cyclic poem written by Time upon the memories of man." - Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), English Romantic poet
"When I get real bored, I like to drive downtown and get a great parking spot, then sit in my car and count how many people ask me if I'm leaving." - Steven Wright (1955- ), American comedian, actor & writer
"Sacred cows make the best hamburgers." - Mark Twain (1835-1910), US humorist, novelist & short story author
"In order to know whether a human being is young or old, offer it food of different kinds at short intervals. If young, it will eat anything at any hour of the day or night." - Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841 1935), American jurist
"Think of the fierce energy concentrated in an acorn! You bury it in the ground, and it explodes into an oak! Bury a sheep, and nothing happens but decay." - George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish playwright
"I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals." - Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), British politician
"A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it." - George Moore (1852-1933), American novelist
"It's not the questions that will get you in trouble. It is the answers" - Tom Brokaw (1940- ), American television journalist
"We are an impossibility in an impossible universe." - Ray Bradbury (1920-), US science-fiction author
"Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition." - Sir William Osler 1849-1919), British physician
"In any case, we now know why left-handers have always believed they were special. In their hearts, they know they're right." - James T. deKay, American author
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." - Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), British prime minister
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