Archive for the ‘Quotes’ Category
Quotes and Sayings for Facebook
Thursday, June 16th, 2011Quotes and Sayings for Facebook Facebook is the greatest current example of what is powerful, wonderful, and awful about the Internet. What began as a social networking site for a single Ivy League school has become such a part of the mainstream that people who don’t join the site and maintain a presence are seen as outsiders. This tendency to marginalize people who don’t participate in social media is nothing new–imagine a person not owning a radio in the 1930s or refusing to ...
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Quotes and Sayings about Love
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011Quotes and Sayings about Love I like to keep a list of quotes and sayings about love around for the times when I screw up and need to write my wife a note, a thank you card, or just a Facebook message to let her know how I feel. Yeah, it sounds cheesy, but our relationship works like that. Sometimes it is better for me to throw together my own love quote, and I’ve gotten good at that over the years, too. But when I want to fire off a quick reminder of how much I love my wife, I usually u...
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Quotes and Sayings for Girls
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011Quotes and Sayings for Girls Girls face so much opposition, so many difficulties, so many trap doors. Quotes to inspire girls in their everyday life can be the perfect antidote to the slings and arrows life throws at young girls. Here are my favorite quotes for girls. “I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.” Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt was an outspoken woman ahead of he...
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Quotes and Sayings about Life
Monday, June 13th, 2011Quotes and Sayings about Life Here are my four favorite quotes about life, the meaning of life, and how to live life to the fullest. “Carpe Diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.” Horace The Roman lyric poet Horace, full name Quintus Horatius Flaccus, was the most popular and most prolific poet and one of the great thinkers of his time. Writing and philosophizing during the time of August...
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Roulette Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011Roulette quotes comes from sources both high and low. Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking have invoked roulette, perhaps because the bizarre world of physics seems to make about as much sense as the spin of a roulette wheel and seems about as random as the drop of the roulette ball. But there are more than brilliant physicists willing to go on-record about the game of roulette. This selection of roulette quotes ranges from stand-up comics to grieving mothers to exotic-sounding investment brokers...
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Literary Linens Coupons
Friday, January 7th, 2011Literary Linens Coupons: The Economy of Words There was once a time when the linen napkin made a daily guest appearance at the dinner table in nearly every American family home. Linen as a fabric dates back to Egyptian times and symbolizes purity, light and wealth. In Greek and Roman times, men carried linen napkins as handkerchiefs. In the 1930s, the way of the linen napkin was replaced by disposable paper napkins, and seemingly, the world did not look back. Compared to cotton, linen is more ab...
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Tattoo Quotes
Saturday, October 30th, 2010Tattoo Quotes for Girls and Boys Deciding what kind of quote you want to have tattooed on your body is a serious thing. Your tattoo quote will be permanent, so pick something meaningful to you . It will be part of your life for some time. You want to find something that is short enough for a tattoo but long enough to be meaningful. The quotes and sayings on this page are about life and love, because what else could be more meaningful? These are good ideas for boys and girls both. Here’s ...
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Romantic Quotes
Friday, October 29th, 2010Romantic Quotes for Her, Romantic Quotes for Him Not everyone has an easy time of romance. There’s nothing wrong with borrowing a line or two to set a romantic mood. The key is delivery — make sure your partner knows you’re quoting something and not claiming a line as your own. When you want to add a spark of romance to the room, throw in one of these classic romantic quotes for her or for him. Other men said they have seen angels, But I have seen thee And thou art enough. Geo...
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Funny Friend Quotes
Thursday, October 28th, 2010Funny Friend Quotes and Sayings for Girls and Boys Friendship is a funny thing. We let certain people into our lives as deeply as our family without the blood connection that keeps us tight with our brothers and sisters. Friendship has ups and downs, but usually holds a special place in our hearts. Here are some funny quotes celebrating friendship. These quotes are appropriate for boys and for girls alike. Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate. Thomas Jones Money can’t buy frien...
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Tom Petty Quotes
Friday, September 17th, 2010Tom Petty Quotations, Sayings, Quotes, and Song Lyrics Tom Petty is one of my favorite singer-songwriters. Not only is he the lead singer for the Heartbreakers, he was also instrumental in forming the Traveling Wilburys, my favorite rock music supergroup ever. His lyrics are down-to-earth and poetic. Here are some of my favorite Tom Petty quotes. Some of them come from things he’s said in interviews; others are excerpts of song lyrics. We’ve been sent here to raise hell and cause cha...
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