Thread: Quip Of The Day

“Some days seem to fit together like a stained glass window. A hundred little pieces of different color and mood that, when combined, create a complete picture.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Shiver

" Always listen to experts. They will tell you what can't be done...Then do it!"
Robert Heinlein

"The people on your Man 'o war
Are treated worse than scum
I'm no flogging Captain
My God I've sailed with some
Come with me to Barbary
We'll ply there up and down
Not quite exactly
In the service of the Crown.
Privateering we will go... "

Mark Knopfler.

“It is so shocking to find out how many people do not believe that they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

" Remember, not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck!"
Dalai Lama

“Human nature is like water. It takes the shape of its container.”
― Wallace Stevens

"To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it."

Tacitus

“Well, you never knew exactly how much space you occupied in people's lives.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night

" We see the wisdom of Solon's remark, that no more good must be attempted than a nation can bear."
Thomas Jefferson

"Don't sleep with a drip. Call your plumber.”