“Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.’’
Bertrand Russell, quoted in Business Day
“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from lack of imagination.”
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Oscar Wilde, quoted in The Dallas Morning News
“Life is the garment we continually alter but which never seems to fit.”
Poet David McCord, quoted in United Press International
“It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.”
Politician William Gibbs McAdoo, quoted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.”
Author Jean Paul Richter, quoted in MSNBC.com
“On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points.”
Virginia Woolf, quoted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“I made a lot of bad decisions in my life, but at least I made them!”
Singer Josephine Baker, quoted in the Newark, N.J., Star-Ledger
