Quotes & Sayings

“Patience is the companion of wisdom.”

“The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.”

It is when you are growing up that you realize friends are important relationship to have. Many of us at a young age create imaginary friends or quickly form budding friendships with our pets or cuddly toys. As you grow into your teens the need for friends becomes more important to help form personality and [...]

There are many more to add, but here are just a few of my personal favorite classic and famous quotes or sayings from the last 2000 years or so… “I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism have brought me to my ideas” Albert [...]

Academic Quotes Definition of an Academic: (Alt. of Academical) One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist. An Aptitude to study and a member of an academy, college, or university or place of higher education; an academician. “I am joining the government not from the academic position but from St. Petersburg city council” [...]

To quote a poem. A Thought on Death: November, 1814 by Anna Lætitia Barbauld When life as opening buds is sweet, And golden hopes the fancy greet, And Youth prepares his joys to meet,– Alas! how hard it is to die! When just is seized some valued prize, And duties press, and tender ties Forbid [...]

Before you step up to the table and pop your collar perhaps the best place to start is with an explanation of the word coolness… Coolness Synonyms of the word: cool, calm, composed, collected, nonchalant, detached, unruffled These adjectives are the definate opposite of excitement or discomposure in a person, especially in a stressful moment. [...]

But first, a little poem… Birthplace, The by Robert Lee Frost Here further up the mountain slope Than there was every any hope, My father built, enclosed a spring, Strung chains of wall round everything, Subdued the growth of earth to grass, And brought our various lives to pass. A dozen girls and boys we [...]

“The possible ranks higher than the actual.”

Ahhh the gentle chinking sound of champagne glasses, there’s nothing quite like it. There are many good and bad anniversary quotes around but to help keep you (or your friends) in wedlock for the foreseeable future here’s a list of the more agreeable ones… “A happy marriage is a long conversation that always seems too [...]

Achievement quotes are a good source on inspiration whether you are looking to encourage or praise someone else or if indeed you need a lift yourself. The following quotes are from a range of high achievers, many of which have a healthy dose of humor, enjoy. “It is not the mountain we conquer it is [...]