You’ve got to take the bitter with the sour.
– – -Samuel Goldwyn
She’s right
“No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.”
— Colette
Had I but known this as a child
“Most bullies are the product of a stressful and often abusive home life. Next time a bully threatens or attacks you, just yell, ‘Don’t abuse me like your parents abuse you!’ Then call children’s services and tell them you saw this bully crying in the bathroom and you’re worried about him. Bam! He just got moved to a foster home.”
— Eugene Mirman
Or at least keep quiet about it
“If you are afraid of being lonely, don’t try to be right.”
— Jules Renard
And stay out of theatres
“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”
— Abraham Lincoln
But how much clutter is enough?
“Don’t own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.”
— Wendell Barry
I have my doubts
“If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.”
— Francis Bacon
A misanthrope speaks
Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.
– – -W. C. Fields
Let’s make this quick
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.
– – -Saki
But only one can be fixed with a jack
If it has tires or testicles, you’re going to have trouble with it.
– – -Linda Furney