“Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Martin Svoboda
@quick, member from April 4, 2011“"Classic." A book which people praise and don't read.”
Mark Twain book Following the Equator
Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar, Ch. XXV
Following the Equator (1897)
“If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.”
Mark Twain book Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Notebook entry, January or February 1894, Mark Twain's Notebook, ed. Albert Bigelow Paine (1935), p. 240 http://books.google.com/books?id=DjBVlb7cBSIC&pg=PA240 <br class="br">Variant: If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory! <br class="br">Source: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
“When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Source: Notebook
“Each place has its own advantages - heaven for the climate, and hell for the society.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love”
Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker
“The poet doesn't invent. He listens.”
Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker
“Be yourself. The world worships the original.”
Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker
“Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.”
Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker
Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker
Diary of an Unknown (1988)
Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker
Opium (1929)
“I don't take art as seriously as politics.”
Orson Welles (1915–1985) American actor, director, writer and producer
“Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.”
Orson Welles (1915–1985) American actor, director, writer and producer
“The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.”
Henny Youngman (1906–1998) American comedian
"Forbes" - Vol. 166, Page 156, de Bertie Charles Forbes - Forbes Inc., 2000
“When I read about the dangers of drinking, I gave up reading”
Henny Youngman (1906–1998) American comedian
Variant: When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.
“You’re only as good as the best thing you’ve ever done.”
Billy Wilder (1906–2002) American filmmaker
“Anyone who doesn't believe in miracles isn't a realist.”
Billy Wilder (1906–2002) American filmmaker
David Ben-Gurion, as quoted in Israel : Years of Crisis Years of Hope (1973) by Roman Frister, p. 45
Misattributed
“You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.”
Billy Wilder (1906–2002) American filmmaker
“Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.”
Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American motivational speaker
Ziglar has often used this saying, but it originates with Phillips Brooks, as quoted in Primary Education (1916) by Elizabeth Peabody.
Misattributed