“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at
night and in between does what he wants to do.”
Bob Dylan, quoted in the Memphis Commercial Appeal
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“The liar’s punishment is not in the least that
he is not believed,
but that he cannot believe anyone else.”
George Bernard Shaw, quoted in the Monterey County, Calif., Herald
“If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.”
Benjamin Franklin, quoted in NationalReview.com
“The things we hate about ourselves aren’t more
real than the things we like about ourselves.”
Columnist Ellen Goodman, quoted in RefDesk.com
“You know you’re getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.”
Bob Hope, quoted in The Buffalo News
“Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.”
Goethe, quoted in The Wall Street Journal
“Sanity is a cozy lie.”
Susan Sontag, quoted in Forbes.com
