Dave’s Daily Quotes

Someone who says “If you’re not part of the solution you’re part of the problem!” is part of the problem. ~ Anonymous

Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous with no ability. ~ George Bernard Shaw

Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions. ~ G. K. Chesterton

There are four boxes to use in the defense of liberty:  soap, ballot, jury, ammo.  Use in that order.  Starting now. ~ (Attributed to many, with paraphrases dating as early as 1830)

Truth is more of a stranger than fiction. ~ Mark Twain

If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem. ~ Richard Bach

My mind is a garden.  My thoughts are the seeds. My harvest will be either flowers or weeds. ~ Mel Weldon

Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it. ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick  

Boredom:  the desire for desires. ~  Leo Tolstoy  

Let’s have a moment of silence for all those Americans who are stuck in traffic on their way to the gym to ride the stationary bicycle. ~ Earl Blumenauer  

The secret of eternal youth is arrested development. ~ Alice Roosevelt Longworth  

Life without music would be a mistake. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche  

It isn’t easy to keep your mouth and your mind open at the same time.  

Being a husband is like any other job. It helps a lot if you like the boss.  

We must believe in luck.  For how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like? ~ Jean Cocteau

It has been said that a pretty face is a passport.  But it’s not; it’s a visa, and it runs out fast.  

It’s not who you know, it’s whom you know.  

Who begins too much accomplishes little. ~ Henry David Thoreau  

If you lend money, you endanger the borrower’s mind–it sometimes causes a loss of memory. ~ French proverb  

In a thousand pounds of law, there’s not an ounce of love. ~ English proverb  

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He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity light. ~ Arabian Proverb  

Life is a mixed blessing, which we vainly try to unmix. ~ Mignon McLaughlin  

The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust. ~ Samuel Butler  

By accepting you as you are, I do not necessarily abandon all hope of your improving. ~ Ashleigh Brilliant