Quote of the Day by John J Sullivan

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

noreply@blogger.com (John Sullivan) — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:55:00 +0000

Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Helen Keller

noreply@blogger.com (John Sullivan) — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:10:00 +0000

Life is nothing if not a daring adventure!
- Helen Keller

Mohandas Gandhi

noreply@blogger.com (John Sullivan) — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:01:00 +0000

One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
- Mohandas Gandhi

Leo C. Rosten

noreply@blogger.com (John Sullivan) — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:29:00 +0000

I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is, after all, to matter: to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.
- Leo C. Rosten (1908-1977) American Writer

Nolan Bushnell

noreply@blogger.com (John Sullivan) — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:19:00 +0000

Everyone who has ever taken a shower has had an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off, and does something about it that makes a difference.
- Nolan Bushnell

William Makepeace Thackeray

noreply@blogger.com (John Sullivan) — Sun, 11 May 2008 09:56:00 +0000

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
- William Makepeace Thackeray

Oscar Levant

noreply@blogger.com (John Sullivan) — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:07:00 +0000

Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.
- Oscar Levant

e e cummings

noreply@blogger.com (John Sullivan) — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:26:00 +0000

I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.
- e e cummings (1894 - 1962)

Robert Frost

noreply@blogger.com (John Sullivan) — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:14:00 +0000

The middle of the road is where the white line is - and that's the worst place to drive.
- Robert Frost

P. J. O'Rourke

noreply@blogger.com (John Sullivan) — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:29:00 +0000

You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going.
- P. J. O'Rourke

Woody Allen

noreply@blogger.com (John Sullivan) — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:49:00 +0000

My parents stayed together for forty years - out of spite.
- Woody Allen

George Bernard Shaw

noreply@blogger.com (John Sullivan) — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:03:00 +0000

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were and ask why not?
- George Bernard Shaw

Neil Simon

noreply@blogger.com (John Sullivan) — Sun, 04 May 2008 09:08:00 +0000

"I don't know, what's the record?" Answer to the question: "How horny can you get?
- Neil Simon

Jack Handey

noreply@blogger.com (John Sullivan) — Sat, 03 May 2008 10:07:00 +0000

My favorite uncle was Uncle Caveman. We called him that because he lived in a cave and every once in a while he'd eat one of us. Later on we found out he was a bear.
- Jack Handey

Ayn Rand

noreply@blogger.com (John Sullivan) — Fri, 02 May 2008 09:51:00 +0000

They were majoring in two subjects: physics and philosophy. Their choice amazed everybody but me: modern thinkers considered it unnecessary to perceive reality, and modern physicists considered it unnecessary to think. I knew better; what amazed me was that these children knew it, too.
- Ayn Rand

Mark Twain

noreply@blogger.com (John Sullivan) — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:50:00 +0000

Truth is the most valuable thing we have, so I try to conserve it.
- Mark Twain

Lenny Bruce

noreply@blogger.com (John Sullivan) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:09:00 +0000

The "what should be" never did exist, but people keep trying to live up to it. There is no "what should be," there is only what is.
- Lenny Bruce

Meg Singer

noreply@blogger.com (John Sullivan) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:27:00 +0000

Why make something simple when you can make it complicated?
- Meg Singer

Woody Allen

noreply@blogger.com (John Sullivan) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:18:00 +0000

A Bay Area bisexual told me I didn't quite coincide with either of his desires.
- Woody Allen

Martina Sullivan

noreply@blogger.com (John Sullivan) — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:42:00 +0000

Don't say or write something you don't want published or repeated.
- Martina Sullivan

Mohandas Gandhi

noreply@blogger.com (John Sullivan) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:12:00 +0000

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.
- Mohandas Gandhi

Norman Mailer

noreply@blogger.com (John Sullivan) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:59:00 +0000

I've made an ass out of myself so many times I often wonder if I am one.

- Norman Mailer

Philippos

noreply@blogger.com (John Sullivan) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:48:00 +0000

"Not everything has to mean something."
- Philippos

Le Thu Sullivan

noreply@blogger.com (John Sullivan) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:39:00 +0000

Hold me but don't TOUCH me.
- Le Thu Sullivan

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

noreply@blogger.com (John Sullivan) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:08:00 +0000

"What is my life if I am no longer useful to others."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe