Quote of the Day

I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.

Jane Austen

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.

Thomas Jefferson

Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.

Will Rogers

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Baruch Spinoza

Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.

Sloan Wilson

I have never believed much in luck, and my sense of humor has tended to walk on the dark side.

Hunter S. Thompson

We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.

Friedrich Nietzsche

I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that.

Brian Andreas

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

Frank Zappa

Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.

Samuel Richardson

The victor belongs to the spoils.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

Frank Zappa

I love a massage. I'd go every day if I could. I don't need to be wrapped in herbs like a salmon fillet, but I do love a massage.

Jason Bateman

No matter what is happening in life or in the world - war, natural disaster, poor health, pain, the death of loved ones - if existence is filled with art, music and literature, life will be fulfilling, a joy.

Karen DeCrow

Death ends a life, not a relationship.

Mitch Albom

In a way, a lot of my humor comes from presenting things that are dramatic or shocking and then people not having socially appropriate responses, having people denying the drama by failing to react to it, and that's a really classic form of humor.

Chuck Palahniuk

Two people in love, alone, isolated from the world, that's beautiful.

Milan Kundera

The one thing I don't consume during 'Today' - which surprises many people - is coffee. I find that a lot of water helps wake me up, without the buzz. I love coffee, but usually reserve a double espresso as an afternoon pick-me-up before settling in to do the weekend 'Nightly News.'

Lester Holt

My whole life was foretold to me. An old Romany gypsy read my fortune.

Maureen O'Hara

People change and forget to tell each other.

Lillian Hellman

It is a myth that art has to be sold. It is not like stocking a grocery store where people fill a pushcart. Art is a product that has no apparent need. The salesperson builds the need in the mind of the buyer.

Jack White