Advice, John F. Kennedy

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life, I find.

- John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)

Death·Immortality, Woody Allen

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it by not dying!

- Woody Allen (1935- )

Nationality·Patriotism, John F. Kennedy

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

- John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)

Attitude, William James

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

- William James (1842-1910)

Communication, Anonymous Author

I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.

- Anonymous Author

Advice, John F. Kennedy

Liberty without learning is always in peril and learning without liberty is always in vain.

- John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)

Flower, Arthur C. Coxe

Flowers are words which even a baby can understand.

- Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1818-1896)

Celebrities, Walt Disney

I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.

- Walt Disney (1901-1966)

Love, G. K. Chesterton

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

- G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)

Art, G. K. Chesterton

¶ Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.

- G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)

Men·Women, Robert A. Heinlein

¶ Women and Cats will do as they please. Men and dogs had better get used to it.

- Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) Time enough for love: the lives of Lazarus Long

Society, Politics·Government, John Adams

¶ The happiness of society is the end of government.

- John Adams (1735-1826)

Attitude, Thomas D. Willhite

¶ YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU. Assuming a responsibility means changing a wrong into a right. In other words, if the way you feel is not right, then assuming responsibility means changing it.

- Thomas D. Willhite

Attitude, Thomas D. Willhite

¶ YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU. Assuming a responsibility means changing a wrong into a right. In other words, if the way you feel is not right, then assuming responsibility means changing it.

- Thomas D. Willhite

Attitude, Jean-Paul Sartre

¶ Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.

- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) French existentialist philosopher and writer

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Three o'clock in the morning is too early to start any action. People are still sleeping. Three o'clock in the afternoon is too late. People usually finish or almost finish their working day.

Life, Ernestine Ulmer

Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.

- Ernestine Ulmer

Food·Dieting, Demetri Martin

A lot of people like lollipops. I don't like lollipops. To me, a lollipop is hard candy plus garbage. I don't need a handle. Just give me the candy.

- Demetri Martin (1973- )

Business·Employment, George Crane

There is no future in any job. The future lies in the man who holds the job.

- George W. Crane (1901-1995)

Attitude, Clare Boothe Luce

There are no hopeless situations; there are only people who have grown hopeless about them.

- Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987)

Humor, Anthony Burgess

Laugh and the world laughs with you. Snore and you sleep alone.

- Anthony Burgess (1917-1993)

Knowledge·Wisdom, Confucius, the Analects of Confucius

我非生而知之者 好古 敏以求之者也。

- 孔子, 論語 述而 第七

I was not born with my knowledge, but acquired it with my passion for ancient cultures, with my astuteness and the hard work I put in.

- Confucius, the Analects of Confucius: Shu Er

Business·Employment, Anonymous

This is a test. It is only a test. Had it been an actual job, you would have received raises, promotions, and other signs of appreciation.

- Anonymous

Writing·Reading, Jean-Paul Sartre

A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution.

- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)

Writing·Reading, Confucius, the Analects of Confucius

詩三百 一言而蔽之 曰思無邪。

- 孔子, 論語 爲政篇

The book of Poetry contains three hundred entries, if I had to summarize the teachings of the book in one sentence, it would read: 'A pure and untainted mind.

- Confucius, the Analects of Confucius

Beauty, Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.

- Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910)

Attitude, Confucius, the Analects of Confucius

朝聞道夕死可矣。

- 孔子, 論語 里仁篇

If in the morning I learn of the truth, I shall die without regrets in the evening.

- Confucius, the Analects of Confucius: Li Ren

Benevolence, Confucius, the Analects of Confucius

富與貴 是人之所欲也 不以其道得之 不處也。 貧與賤 是人之小惡也 不以其道得之 不去也 君子去仁 惡乎成名 君子無終食之閒違仁 造次必於是 顚沛必於是。

- 孔子, 論語 里仁篇

Wealth and position are the desires of everyone. But one would rather not have it if to attain it requires the use of unscrupulous means. No one wants to be poor and obscure but the gentleman does not employ dishonest means to escape from it. How can a gentleman who has abandoned morality be known as a gentleman? A gentleman will under no circumstances forget to practice benevolence and morality.

- Confucius, the Analects of Confucius: Li Ren

Food·Dieting, Ed Bluestone

I have a great diet. You're allowed to eat anything you want, but you must eat it with naked fat people.

- Ed Bluestone

Children·Youth, Oscar Wilde

An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young.

- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

즐거움에 대한 과도한 열정은 젊음을 유지하는 비밀이다.

- 오스카 와일드 (1854-1900) 소설가

Beauty, Francesco Petrarch

Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.

- Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374)

Advice, Julius Caesar

People readily believe what they want to believe.

- Julius Caesar (100 BC-44 BC)

Solitude·Self-reliance, Confucius, the Analects of Confucius

善人 吾不得而見之矣. 得見有恒者 斯可矣。 亡而爲有 虛爲盈, 約而爲泰 難乎有恒矣。

- 孔子, 論語 述而 第七

A faultless man I cannot hope to meet. The most I can hope for is to meet a man of principles. I see the shallow pretending to be man of substance, the improvident pretending to be affluent, even a man of principles will not be easy to find.

- Confucius, the Analects of Confucius: Shu Er

Heroes, Black Widow and Hawkeye

Black Widow: Come back here! You can't leave me like this!
Hawkeye: Look on the bright side, Widow - your new green skin will match your eyes.

- "The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes: Gamma World, Part 2 (#1.13)" (2010)

Heroes, Black Widow and Mystique

Iron Man: Whoo, finally. Last checkpoint. All the fractals are here. Eh, Black Widow, you stand guard, I'll make the deposit.
Black Widow: Nothing will go wrong on my c.
[laughs sinisterly as Iron Man moves into the vault]
Mystique: And by nothing, I mean everything.
[shifts into Captain America's shape]

- "The Super Hero Squad Show: Deadly Is the Black Widow's Bite (#1.13)" (2009)