August 31st
How monotonous the sounds of the forest would be if the music came only from the Top Ten birds.
— Dan Bennett
August 30th
No sword bites so fiercely as an evil tongue.
— Sir Philip Sidney
August 29th
There is no great genius without some touch of madness.
— Seneca, EPISTLES
August 28th
The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
— Krishnamurti
August 27th
Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
— Louisa May Alcott, LITTLE WOMEN
August 26th
Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
— Winston Churchill
August 25th
There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.
— Han Suyin, in Love is a Many-Splendored Thing
August 24th
If one's conscious life is too rigid, too regimented, then the surface may crack at times, and we are unprepared for the strange emotions or sensations we experience.
— Anais Nin, THE NOVEL OF THE FUTURE
August 23rd
The only real possession you'll ever have is your character.
— Tom Wolfe
August 22nd
The most potent muse of all is our own inner child.
— Stephen Nachmanovitch
August 21st
Criminal: A person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation.
— Howard Scott
August 20th
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.
— Peter Drucker
August 19th
We create an environment where it is alright to hate, to steal, to cheat, and to lie if we dress it up with symbols of respectability, dignity and love.
— Whitney Moore, Jr.
August 18th
If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag; wash it.
— Norman Thomas
August 17th
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art...It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
— C. S. Lewis
August 16th
Metaphor is the currency of knowledge. I have spent my life learning incredible amounts of disparate, disconnected, obscure, useless pieces of knowledge, and they have turned out to be, almost all of them, extremely useful.
— Chandler Burr, THE EMPEROR OF SCENT
August 15th
Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.
— Pablo Picasso
August 14th
You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is satire. All you're doing is recording it.
— Art Buchwald
August 13th
He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future conquers the past.
— George Orwell, 1984
August 12th
Almost nobody dances sober, unless they happen to be insane.
— H. P. Lovecraft
August 11th
There is a misleading, unwritten rule that states if a quote giving advice comes from someone famous, very old, or Greek, then it must be good advice.
— Bo Bennett
August 10th
Suspect each moment, for it is a thief, tiptoeing away with more than it brings.
— John Updike, A MONTH OF SUNDAYS
August 9th
I'm proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is --- I could be just as proud for half the money.
— Arthur Godfrey
August 8th
Love the moment, and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries.
— Corita Kent
August 7th
Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting with the gift of speech.
— Simonides
August 6th
Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.
— Anne Morrow Lindbergh
August 5th
Never judge a book by its movie.
— J.W. Eagan
August 4th
The real problem is what to do with the problem-solvers after the problems are solved.
— Gay Talese
August 3rd
You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
— Bob Hope
August 2nd
America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.
— Evan Esar
August 1st
The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children.
— Clarence Darrow
