Showing posts with label Drink. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Drink. Show all posts

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Metaphysics, Education, Success, Drink Quotes

METAPHYSICS
George Bernard Shaw
When we know what God is, we shall be Gods ourselves.

EDUCATION
William Butler Yeats
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

SUCCESS
Henry David Thoreau
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

DRINK
Hervey Allen
Religions change; beer and wine remain.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Zen, Media, Dreams, Drink Quotes

ZEN
Robert Mallet
Nothing is more moving than beauty which is unaware of itself, except for ugliness which is.

MEDIA
Italian Proverb
There’s no thief like a bad book.

DREAMS
Peter McWilliams
When we realize one Dream, sometimes a deeper Dream reveals itself. At other times a parallel Dream appears. The one that scares the hell out of you is probably it.

DRINK
William Butler YeatsThe worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Nature, America, Regret, Drink

NATURE
Anne Wilson Schaef
… how important it is to do things in their right time. To “wait with” until things ripen. To listen to nature, which is one of our greatest teachers.

AMERICA
Mary McCarthy
Life for the European is a career; for the American, it is a hazard.

REGRET
Katherine Mansfield
Make it a rule never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; your can’t build on it; it’s only for wallowing in.

DRINK
George Saintsbury
It is the unbroken testimony of all history that alcoholic liquors have been used by the strongest, wisest, handsomest, and every way best races of all times.

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Art, Freedom, Courage, Drink

ART
Henri Matisse
Whoever wishes to devote himself to painting should begin by cutting out his own tongue.

FREEDOM
Herman Melville
Freedom is only good as a means; it is no end in itself.

COURAGE
Thomas Fuller
Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

DRINK
Henry Mon
Booze may not be the answer, but it helps you to forget the question.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Belief, Education, Expectations, Drink

BELIEF

Werner Erhard
The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.

EDUCATION

Anatole France
An education which does not cultivate the will is an education that depraves the mind.

EXPECTATIONS

Erich Fromm
Love is nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect, considering their value on the personality market.

DRINK

Clifton Fadiman
To take wine into our mouths is to savor a droplet of the river of human history.