Advice, Publilius Syrus

If you wish to reach the highest, begin at lowest.

- Publilius Syrus (1C BC-?)

Advice, Publilius Syrus

He who loses credit can lose nothing further.

- Publilius Syrus (1C BC-?)

Writing·Reading, Sydney Smith

Live always in the best company when you read.

- Sydney Smith (1771-1845)

Dog, Sally Brown

Today for "Show and Tell" I have brought my brother's dog. (watches as Snoopy begins to dance in front of the class) Which may turn out to be the biggest mistake of my life! (13 Sep 73)

- Sally Brown

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Brown
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Peanuts#Sally_Brown

Hero, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a human.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

Advice, Publilius Syrus

The prompter the refusal, the less the disappointment.

- Publilius Syrus (1C BC-?)

Beauty, Egyptian Proverb

The beetle is a beauty in the eyes of its mother.

- Egyptian Proverb

Education, William Butler Yeats

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

- William Butler Yeats

Hero, Wonder Woman

If it means interfering in an ensconced, outdated system, to help just one woman, man or child…I’m willing to accept the consequences.

- Wonder Woman #170

Success·Failure, Ernest Hemingway

If we win here we will win everywhere. The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.

- Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), “For Whom the Bell Tolls ” Ch 43

Hero, Queen Hippolyta, Wonder Woman

Go in peace my daughter. And remember that, in a world of ordinary mortals, you are a Wonder Woman.

- Queen Hippolyta

Beauty, Marilyn Monroe

What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course.

- Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962)

Legislation, Wonder Woman

What was it that John Lennon said? ‘Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.’ Let it grow already, and quit trying to legislate it!

- Wonder Woman, #200

Death·Immortality, Ernest Hemingway

The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.

- Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), “A Farewell to Arms” Ch. 34

Food·Dieting, Ernest Hemingway

This wine is too good for toast-drinking, my dear. You don't want to mix emotions up with a wine like that. You lose the taste.

- Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), “The Sun Also Rises” in Book 1, Ch. 7

Advice, Ernest Hemingway

We do not find the deep truths of life; they find us.

- Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), Advice to a young man ‘Playboy'

Hero, Lily Collins as Snow White from Mirror Mirror (2012)

Snow will have to do what snow does best. Snow will have to fall.

- Lily Collins as Snow White from Mirror Mirror (2012)

Advice, Ernest Hemingway

We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.

- Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), 'New York Journal-American'

Animals, Groucho Marx

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read.

- Groucho Marx (1890-1977)

Writing·Reading, Ernest Hemingway

A writer should write what he has to say and not speak it.

- Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), Nobel Prize Speech

Advice, Leo Tolstoy

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

― Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)

Advice, Ernest Hemingway

Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

- Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), The Old Man and the Sea

Happiness, Leo Tolstoy

If you want to be happy, be.

― Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)

Success·Failure, Maya Angelou

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

- Maya Angelou (1928- )

Husbands·Wives, Anonymous

I told my wife that a husband is like a fine wine; he gets better with age. The next day, she locked me in the cellar.

- Anonymous

Hero, Wonder Woman

Of all people, you know who I am…who the world needs me to be. I’m Wonder Woman.

- Wonder Woman, Infinite Crisis #1

Entertainment·Television, Nick Mirov

Life is like a movie; since there aren't any commercial breaks, you have to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of it.

- Nick Mirov

Entertainment·Television, Groucho Marx

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.

- Groucho Marx (1890-1977)

Inspiration, Kobi Yamada

Believe there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Believe that you may be that light for someone else.

― Kobi Yamada

Writing·Reading, Mark Twain

I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.

- Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Religion·Faith, Albert Einstein

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Duh..., Frank Rizzo

The streets are safe in Philadelphia. It's only the people who make them unsafe.

- Frank Rizzo (1920-1991), ex-police chief and mayor of Philadelphia

Success·Failure, Ralph Waldo Emerson

To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) a literary thinker and poet

Duh..., Marion Barry

Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.

- Marion Barry (1936- ), Mayor, Washington, D.C.

Appearance, Adlai Stevenson

A beauty is a woman you notice; A charmer is one who notices you.

- Adlai Stevenson II (1900-1965)

Will, Afghan proverb

خواستن توانستن است
Transliteration: "Khastan tawanistan ast."
English Translation: Where there is a will, there is a way.

- Afghan proverb

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Afghan_proverbs

Appearance, Bart Simpson

Why doesn't she like me? Is it my hair, my overbite, the fact that I've worn the same shirt and shorts for the last four years?

- Bart Simpson, young character from The Simpsons, U.S. animated television show