quotes for myspace

Anthology: a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music.



To kill time, a committee meeting is the perfect weapon. ~Author Unknown



There's no need for a piece of sculpture in a home that has a cat. ~Wesley Bates



If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb



A survey says that American workers work the first three hours every day just to pay their taxes. So that's why we can't get anything done in the morning: We're government workers. ~Jay Leno



I'm so poor I can't even pay attention. ~Ron Kittle, 1987



As to the adjective, when in doubt, strike it out. ~Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson, 1894



I've spent most of my life walking under that hovering cloud, jealousy, whose acid raindrops blurred my vision and burned holes in my heart. Once I learned to use the umbrella of confidence, the skies cleared up for me and the sunshine called joy became my faithful companion. ~Astrid Alauda



Never assume the obvious is true. ~William Safire, Sleeper Spy



But the moment you turn a corner you see another straight stretch ahead and there comes some further challenge to your ambition. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.



The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you've gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you've gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning. Once you've gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him? ~Chuang Tzu



A daughter is a gift of love. ~Author Unknown



Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled over how much weight you have gained. ~Author Unknown



Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is. ~James Russell Lowell, Literary Essays



Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. ~John Perry Barlow



The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant. ~Salvador Dali



Sleep... Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death. ~Author unknown, various wordings commonly attributed to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edgar Allan Poe, and Journey to the Center of the Earth



We're seldom drawn to a character we admire; only to a personality we like. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966



You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it. ~Neil Gaiman



If a ferret bites you it is nearly always your own fault. ~Phil Drabble