Dave’s Daily Quotes

Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives. Viktor E. Frankl

I think the best social program is a job! ~ Ronald Reagan

Pharmaceutical companies will soon rule the world if we keep letting them believe we are a happy, functional society so long as all the women are on Prozac, all children on Ritalin, and all men on Viagra. ~ Terri Guillemets

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us. ~ Quentin Crisp

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits. ~  Richard Nixon

What is to give light must endure burning. ~ Viktor E. Frankl

I don’t know about art, but I know what makes me say, “$2000 for that piece of junk?! Are you nuts?! ~ Anonymous

Most collectors collect tangibles. As a quotation collector, I collect wisdom, life, invisible beauty, souls alive in ink.  – Terri Guillemets

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read a book of quotations. ~ Winston Churchill

The fox condemns the trap, not himself. ~ William Blake

I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible…and I wish to thank my children for making it all necessary. ~ Victor Borge

I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things. ~  Franz Kafka

Does wild rice have to be hunted?    ++

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. ~ Viktor E. Frankl

It’s weird; I have a parent who’s a shrink. It’s hard to think of my mom solving other people’s problems when she’s the root of all mine. ~ Carol Leifer

Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for. ~ Viktor E. Frankl

Remember:  you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar…  Of course, how you spend your leisure time is your business. ~ Anonymous

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it. ~ Quentin Crisp

The glass is neither half-full nor half-empty; it’s twice as big as it needs to be. ~ Anonymous

How can something bother you if you won’t let it? ~ Terri Guillemets

According to the NRA, the best form of personal protection is to be in possession of a loaded firearm at all times. To ensure your personal safety, stay the hell away from NRA members. ~ The Onion

He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star. ~ William Blake

We have enough youth, how about a Fountain of Smart?

When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves. ~ Viktor E. Frankl

Jacob, age 92, and Rebecca, age 89, living in Miami, are all excited about their decision to get married. They go for a stroll to discuss the wedding, and on the way they pass a drugstore. Jacob suggests they go in. Jacob addresses the man behind the counter: “Are you the owner?” The pharmacist answers,…