Quotes Update

Today's Quotes:

Will Rogers


Never let yesterday use up too much of today.

Gerald R. Ford


Things are more like they are now than they have ever been.

Proverbs 1532 Bible


He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.

Mark Twain


I have never examined the subject of humor until now. I am surprised to find how much ground it covers. I have got its divisions and frontiers down on a piece of paper. I find it defined as a production of the brain, as the power of the brain to produce something humorous, and the capacity of percieving humor.

Confucius


By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

Learned Hand


There is no surer way to misread any document than to read it literally. As nearly as we can, we must put ourselves in the place of those who uttered the words, and try to divine how they would have dealt with the unforeseen situation; and, evidence of what they would have done, they are by no means final.

Andy Warhol


Everybody winds up kissing the wrong person good night.

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