Ideas are like wandering sons. They show up when you least expect them.
BERNARD WILLIAMSPeople who say, ‘Let the chips fall where they may,’ usually figure they will not be hit by a chip.
More Bernard Williams Quotes
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September tries its best to have us forget summer.
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Americans are optimists. They hope they’ll be wealthy someday – and they’re positive they can get one more brushful of paint out of an empty can.
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The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a Pirate.
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Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.
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The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring.
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Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.
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If we try and fail, we have temporary disappointments. But if we do not try at all, we have permanent regrets.
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You are mature when you know what is foolhardy and what is courage.
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Books had instant replay long before televised sports.
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Unsolicited advice is the junk mail of life.
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A friend is a lot of things, but a critic isn’t.
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There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.
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Laziness has many disguises. Soon “winter doldrums” will become “spring fever.”
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Life is supposed to be a series of peaks and valleys. The secret is to keep the valleys from becoming Grand Canyons.
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A half-truth is usually less than half of that.
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