There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you.
Author:
Winston Churchill
Subject:
Humor   
British Prime Minister Quotes   
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The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.
Author:
Oscar Wilde
Subject:
Life   
Endings   
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The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.
Author:
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Subject:
Genius   
Confidence   
Encouragement   
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I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.
Author:
Abraham Lincoln
Subject:
Effort   
Work   
American Presidential Quotes   
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America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.
Author:
George W. Bush
Subject:
American Presidential Quotes   
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Sometimes I've been to a party where noone spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened by their wives or sweeites...the ladies would gang up in a corner and discuss my dangerous character.
Author:
Marilyn Monroe
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Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace.
Author:
Amelia Earhart
Subject:
Courage   
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Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.
Author:
Aesop
Subject:
Arrogance   
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Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.
Author:
Dave Barry
Subject:
Humor   
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If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time.
Author:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Subject:
Miscellaneous   
American Presidential Quotes   
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A Native American Elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, "the one I feed the most."
Author:
George Bernard Shaw
Subject:
Wisdom   
Evil   
Good   
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The first animated horror film, sex, violence-everything I love!
Author:
Ralph Bakshi
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Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.
Author:
Jimi Hendrix
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Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
Author:
Benjamin Franklin
Subject:
Money   
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Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.
Author:
Ambrose Bierce
Subject:
Revenge   
Patience   
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When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself.
Author:
Bob Marley
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He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.
Author:
Benjamin Franklin
Subject:
Love & Romance   
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Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.
Author:
Abraham Lincoln
Subject:
Politics   
American Presidential Quotes   
Citizen   
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Hundreds of thousands of American servicemen and women are deployed across the world in the war on terror. By bringing hope to the oppressed, and delivering justice to the violent, they are making America more secure.
Author:
George W. Bush
Subject:
American Presidential Quotes   
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Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.
Author:
Oprah Winfrey
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