Sometimes I think and other times I am. – Paul Valéry, Variété: Cantiques spirituels, 1924 Category: Thinking
Chi Wen Tzu always thought three times before taking action. Twice would have been quite enough. – Confucius, Analects Category: Thinking
No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity. – Henry Van Dyke Category: Thinking
For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while. – Luther Burbank Category: Thinking
I went on a diet, swore off drinking and heavy eating, and in 14 days I lost two weeks. – Joe E. Lewis Category: Drinking
Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and integrates itself into the omnipotent realm of the profane. – Theodor Adorno Category: Art
Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther. – Thomas Hood Category: Travel
Bankruptcy is a legal proceeding in which you put your money in your pants pocket and give your coat to your creditors. – Joey Adams Category: Money