“Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Timeless is the creature who is wise. And timeless is the prisoner in disguise. — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image
You know the old adage: Plant an expectation, reap a disappointment. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Satan will give you a little taste, then he'll move in with rapid speed. — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
“Some of us were brought into this troubled world primarily or only to increase our fathers’ chances of not being left by… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I am a believer in the adage - performance leads to recognition, recognition leads to respect and respect leads to power. — N. R. Narayana Murthy Copy Share Image
“We all have problems. Or rather, everyone has at least one thing that they regard as a problem.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I'm very wary of fawning too much over heroes. There's an old adage that heroes are best kept at arm's length, and… — W. Earl Brown Copy Share Image
“The kind of lies that someone tells us gives us an idea of how stupid, knowledgeable, intelligent, or ignorant they are …… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“You cannot be truly humble, unless you truly believe that life can and will go on without you.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Death devours not only those who have been cooked by old age; it also feasts on those who are half-cooked and even… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
That experience is the parent of wisdom is an adage the truth of which is recognized by the wisest as well as… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I believe that one of the most damning things about our culture is the adage to never talk religion and politics. Because… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
“For a sane person to sincerely be happy that someone has succeeded, they have to either be profiting or likely to profit… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
As the old African adage says, 'everybody skin to me ain't kin to me'. So you can't exclusively make that the criteria… — T. D. Jakes Copy Share Image
“Among other possibilities, money was invented to make it possible for a foolish man to control wise men; a weak man, strong… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
He was as yet not sufficiently experienced in ruffianism to know that one villain always sacrifices another to advance his own project;… — Emile Gaboriau Copy Share Image
“Many if not most slaves would have each readily jumped, and many if not most slaves would each readily jump, at the… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The old adage that polite conversation should not include talk of politics or religion is understandable because both subjects are so heavily… — John C. Danforth Copy Share Image
My grandmother, who passed away at the beginning of November, had a core adage in her life that life is not about… — Chelsea Clinton Copy Share Image
There's the old saying that doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is the definition of insanity.… — Jacob G. Hornberger Copy Share Image
In my art and life, I really strive to reverse the old adage that what you see is what you get. If… — Jaune Quick–to–See Smith Copy Share Image
Everything seems overwhelming when you stand back and look at the totality of it. I build a lot of stuff and it… — Adam Carolla Copy Share Image
Every time is a time for comedy in a world of tension that would languish without it. But I cannot confine myself… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me." The adage is true as long as you don't… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“It goes without saying that even those of us who are going to hell will get eternal life—if that territory really exists… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be busy. They… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Esse est percipi, to be is to be perceived, said good old Berkeley; but, according to most philosophers, he was wrong. Yet,… — Zeno Vendler Copy Share Image
