quotes and sayings about life lessons

Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter. ~Benjamin Franklin


All things are possible, except for skiing through a revolving door. ~Author Unknown


Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment the floor may open up. Of course, it almost never does; that's what makes it so boring. ~Edward Gorey


Music is what feelings sound like. ~Author Unknown


History is but the record of the public and official acts of human beings. It is our object, therefore, to humanize our history and deal with people past and present; people who ate and possibly drank; people who were born, flourished and died; not grave tragedians, posing perpetually for their photographs. ~Bill Nye, History of the United States


Human history begins with man's act of disobedience which is at the very same time the beginning of his freedom and development of his reason. ~Erich Fromm, Psychoanalysis and Religion


In every department of physical science there is only so much science, properly so-called, as there is mathematics. ~Immanuel Kant


People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet. ~Sa'Di


Lap dancing's the ultimate nightmare of man - it's porn that can see you. ~Coupling, "Split," original airdate 23 September 2002, written by Steven Moffat, spoken by the character Steve


If any man will draw up his case, and put his name at the foot of the first page, I will give him an immediate reply. Where he compels me to turn over the sheet, he must wait my leisure. ~Lord Sandwich


Our marriage has always been a 50-50 proposition - with the possible exception of closet space. ~Gene Perret


It's hard for me to get used to these changing times. I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty. ~George Burns


Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together. ~Carl Zwanzig


"Charm" - which means the power to effect work without employing brute force - is indispensable to women. Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm. ~Havelock Ellis


Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up. ~Allen Klein Your best chance to get a Royal Flush in a casino is in the bathroom. ~V.P. Pappy


Don't cast a shadow on anyone unless you're providing shade. ~Terri Guillemets


Truth only reveals itself when one gives up all preconceived ideas. ~Shoseki


I didn't want my picture taken because I was going to cry. I didn't know why I was going to cry, but I knew that if anybody spoke to me or looked at me too closely the tears would fly out of my eyes and the sobs would fly out of my throat and I'd cry for a week. I could feel the tears brimming and sloshing in me like water in a glass that is unsteady and too full. ~Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar


Light is good from whatever lamp it shines. ~Author Unknown


People never notice anything. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 2