December 31st
Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.
— Hal Borland
December 30th
Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.
— Frank A. Clark
December 29th
You must not think me necessarily foolish because I am facetious, nor will I consider you necessarily wise because you are grave.
— Sydney Smith
December 28th
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
— Ernest Hemingway
December 27th
A pleasure is not full grown until it is remembered.
— C. S. Lewis
December 26th
All change is a miracle to contemplate;
But it is a miracle which is taking place every second.
— Henry David Thoreau
December 25th
Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.
— Oren Arnold
December 24th
The cold was our pride, the snow was our beauty. It fell and fell, lacing day and night together in a milky haze, making everything quieter as it fell, so that winter seemed to partake of religion in a way no other season did, hushed, solemn.
— Patricia Hampl
December 23rd
The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.
— Shana Alexander
December 22nd
I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.
— Sir Winston Churchill
December 21st
Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey, and enjoy every idle hour.
— John Boswell
December 20th
To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.
— Yann Martel, in LIFE OF PI
December 19th
There's no fool like an old fool --- you can't beat experience.
— Jacob Braude
December 18th
Tact is, after all, a kind of mind reading.
— Sarah Orne Jewett
December 17th
Life is not what one lived, but rather what one remembers, and how it is remembered to tell the tale.
— Gabriel Garcia Marquez
December 16th
I base my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.
— Gilda Radner
December 15th
Always be a little kinder than necessary.
— James M. Barrie
December 14th
Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
— Michel de Montaigne
December 13th
If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.
— William Blake
December 12th
I have plenty of common sense! I just choose to ignore it.
— Bill Watterson, in "Calvin and Hobbes"
December 11th
There is nothing worse then a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
— Ansel Adams
December 10th
Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.
— William Feather
December 9th
Understanding human needs is half the job of meeting them.
— Adlai E. Stevenson JrAdlai E. Stevenson Jr.
December 8th
I have never thought of writing for reputation and honor. What I have in my heart must come out; that is the reason why I compose.
— Ludwig van Beethoven
December 7th
The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.
— William Faulkner
December 6th
Bad temper is its own scourge. Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter. A man's venom poisons himself more than his victim.
— Charles Buxton
December 5th
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.
— Charlie Chaplin
December 4th
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
— Mark Twain
December 3rd
There's really no fun in being sensible all the time....
— L. M. Montgomery, from ANNE OF INGLESIDE
December 2nd
Strong reasons make strong actions.
— William Shakespeare
December 1st
A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
— Salman Rushdie
