The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things. – Henry Ward Beecher Category: Art
Art… does not take kindly to facts, is helpless to grapple with theories, and is killed outright by a sermon. – Agnes Repplier, Points of View, 1891 Category: Art
My hope is that we will turn Greece into maybe the most transparent country in the world with everything on the web. – George Papandreou Category: Hope
It is better to go skiing and think of God, than go to church and think of sport. – Fridtjof Nansen Category: God
Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions. – Walter Bagehot Category: Royalty, Kings, Queens
Why is Christmas Eve such a happy day? I say a little hymn about happy, happy Christmas. – Amy Campbell, “Christmas Eve,” 1872 Category: Christmas Eve