Winston Churchill

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
--Winston Churchill

Richard Harris

I often sit back and think, "I wish I'd done that," and find out later that I already have.
- Richard Harris

John D. Rockefeller III

The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it, put your whole soul into it -- every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have.
- John D. Rockefeller III

Norman MacFinan

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
- Norman MacFinan

Johann von Goethe

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.
- Johann von Goethe

Benjamin Disraeli

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
- Benjamin Disraeli

Redd Foxx

Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
- Redd Foxx

Marcel Proust

The only paradise is paradise lost.
- Marcel Proust

E.P. Powell

Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude.
- E.P. Powell

Jack Handey

Next Thanksgiving, here is a fun trick to play: When the mashed potatoes and turkey are being served, take some of both. But hide your turkey under your mashed potatoes. When your family asks "Don't you want some turkey?," pull the turkey out from under the mashed potatoes and yell "I tricked you!!"
- Jack Handey

Mark Twain

Thanksgiving Day. Let all give humble, hearty, and sincere thanks now, but the turkeys. In the island of Fiji they do not use turkeys; they use plumbers. It does not become you and me to sneer at Fiji.
- Mark Twain

Cicero

Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.
- Cicero

Quentin Regestein

The... patient should be made to understand that he or she must take charge of his own life. Don't take your body to the doctor as if he were a repair shop.
- Quentin Regestein

Homer

Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.
- Homer

Josh Billings

There's lots of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it.
- Josh Billings

David Carradine

If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.
- David Carradine

C. S. Lewis

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.
- C. S. Lewis

William Shakespeare

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.
- William Shakespeare

Raymond Hull

He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away.
- Raymond Hull

José Narosky

In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.
- José Narosky

Dorothy Parker

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.
- Dorothy Parker

Samuel Johnson

Second marriage: the triumph of hope over experience.
- Samuel Johnson

Robert Frost

A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body - the wishbone.
- Robert Frost

Thomas Jefferson

The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
- Thomas Jefferson

Meister Eckhart

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice.
- Meister Eckhart

George Bernard Shaw

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.
- George Bernard Shaw

Woody Allen

My brain is my second favorite organ.
- Woody Allen

Gore Vidal

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.
- Gore Vidal

P. J. O'Rourke

In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.
- P. J. O'Rourke

Ayn Rand

"Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values."
- Ayn Rand