Quotes | Most Inspiring and Motivational Quotes

"In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement, psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common sense and the poets have long known - that the essence of money is in its absolute worthlessness."

"In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement, psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common sense and the poets have long known - that the essence of money is in its absolute worthlessness."

Norman O. Brown, American Philosopher

Money, Science, Commonsense, Famous

49

"The dynamics of capitalism is postponement of enjoyment to the constantly postponed future."

"The dynamics of capitalism is postponement of enjoyment to the constantly postponed future."

Norman O. Brown, American Philosopher

Capitalism, Enjoyment, Future

56

"Love without attachment is light."

Norman O. Brown, American Philosopher

Love, Light

50

"The grandest thing has been the lifting up of the gates and the opening of the doors to the women of America, giving liberty to twenty-seven million women, thus opening to them a new and larger life and a higher ideal."

"The grandest thing has been the lifting up of the gates and the opening of the doors to the women of America, giving liberty to twenty-seven million women, thus opening to them a new and larger life and a higher ideal."

Olympia Brown, American Activist

Life, Women, America, Giving

23

"He who never sacrificed a present to a future good or a personal to a general one can speak of happiness only as the blind do of colors."

"He who never sacrificed a present to a future good or a personal to a general one can speak of happiness only as the blind do of colors."

Olympia Brown, American Activist

Happiness, Blind, Colors, Future

24

"How natural that the errors of the ancient should be handed down and, mixing with the principles and system which Christ taught, give to us an adulterated Christianity."

"How natural that the errors of the ancient should be handed down and, mixing with the principles and system which Christ taught, give to us an adulterated Christianity."

Olympia Brown, American Activist

Christian, Christianity, Errors, Principles

28

"The more we learn of science, the more we see that its wonderful mysteries are all explained by a few simple laws so connected together and so dependent upon each other, that we see the same mind animating them all."

"The more we learn of science, the more we see that its wonderful mysteries are all explained by a few simple laws so connected together and so dependent upon each other, that we see the same mind animating them all."

Olympia Brown, American Activist

Science, Laws, Mind

23

"When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less."

"When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less."

Paul Brown, American Coach

Nothing,

42

"You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat."

"You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat."

Paul Brown, American Coach

Defeat,

47

"The key to winning is poise under stress."

"The key to winning is poise under stress."

Paul Brown, American Coach

Winning, Key, Stress

60

"Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there."

"Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Literature,

41

"The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you."

"The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Friendship, Americans, Friends, Illness, Sanity

71

"Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides."

"Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Power, Language, Moon, Tides

39

"Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself."

"Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Temptation,

61

"Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough."

"Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Humor, End, Gold

51

"Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television."

"Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Propaganda, Entertainment, Passion, Television

66

"One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory."

"One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Happiness, Memory

49

"Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being."

"Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Being,

48

"Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience."

"Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Intuition, Impatience, Logic

67

"The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself."

"The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Popularity, Conformity, Reward

54

"Morals are private. Decency is public."

"Morals are private. Decency is public."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Decency, Morals, Public

55

"To love without role, without power plays, is revolution."

"To love without role, without power plays, is revolution."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Love, Power, Revolution

47

"Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must be bisexual."

"Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must be bisexual."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Identity, Writers

41

"Women who love women are Lesbians. Men, because they can only think of women in sexual terms, define Lesbian as sex between women."

"Women who love women are Lesbians. Men, because they can only think of women in sexual terms, define Lesbian as sex between women."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Love, Women, Sex, Lesbian

39

"Writers will happen in the best of families."

"Writers will happen in the best of families."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Will, Writers

39

"You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it."

"You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Car,

44

"Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful."

"Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Success, Successful, Action

51

"The only queer people are those who don't love anybody."

"The only queer people are those who don't love anybody."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Love, People

40

"Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television."

"Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Art, Entertainment, Passion, Propaganda

36

"A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all."

"A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Inspirational, Inspiration, Negative

41

"A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction."

"A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Life, Action, Fight, Slavery

53

"Pornography exists for the lonesome, the ugly, the fearful - it's made for the losers."

"Pornography exists for the lonesome, the ugly, the fearful - it's made for the losers."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Masculinity, Pornography, Ugly

61

"About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all."

"About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Life, Love, People, Will

38

"If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle."

"If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Man, Men, World

58

"As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I'm the only one in the room with balls."

"As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I'm the only one in the room with balls."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Woman, Meeting

38

"Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work."

"Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Trust, Work, Creativity, Hope

42

"Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash."

"Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Divorce, Tragedy

53

"Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash."

"Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Education, Name

39

"Humor comes from self-confidence."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Humor, Self

43

"I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it."

"I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Reason,

62

"I am a comic writer, which means I get to slay the dragons, and shoot the bull."

"I am a comic writer, which means I get to slay the dragons, and shoot the bull."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Comedy,

39

"A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one."

"A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Decision-Making, Decision, Wrong

55

"I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate."

"I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Woman, Women, Lesbian

44

"I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority."

"I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Authority,

41

"I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can."

"I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Age, Memory

50

"I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life, time, for nothing more than dollars. That's a rotten bargain."

"I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life, time, for nothing more than dollars. That's a rotten bargain."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Life, Time, Work, Bargain

32

"Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment."

"Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Experience, Judgment

39

"Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance."

"Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance."

Sam Brown, American Activist

People, Style

31

"Rarely have elected leaders been so intent on defying the public will."

"Rarely have elected leaders been so intent on defying the public will."

Scott Brown, American Politician

Leadership, Leaders, Public, Will

35

"Somehow, the greater the public opposition to the health care bill, the more determined they seem to force it on us anyway. Their attitude shows Washington at its very worst - the presumption that they know best, and they're going to get their way whether the American people like it or not."

"Somehow, the greater the public opposition to the health care bill, the more determined they seem to force it on us anyway. Their attitude shows Washington at its very worst - the presumption that they know best, and they're going to get their way whether the American people like it or not."

Scott Brown, American Politician

Attitude, Health, People

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"In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement, psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common sense and the poets have long known - that the essence of money is in its absolute worthlessness."

49

"The dynamics of capitalism is postponement of enjoyment to the constantly postponed future."

56

"Love without attachment is light."

50

"The grandest thing has been the lifting up of the gates and the opening of the doors to the women of America, giving liberty to twenty-seven million women, thus opening to them a new and larger life and a higher ideal."

23

"He who never sacrificed a present to a future good or a personal to a general one can speak of happiness only as the blind do of colors."

24

"How natural that the errors of the ancient should be handed down and, mixing with the principles and system which Christ taught, give to us an adulterated Christianity."

28

"The more we learn of science, the more we see that its wonderful mysteries are all explained by a few simple laws so connected together and so dependent upon each other, that we see the same mind animating them all."

23

"When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less."

42

"You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat."

47

"The key to winning is poise under stress."

60

"Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there."

41

"The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you."

71

"Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides."

39

"Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself."

61

"Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough."

51

"Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television."

66

"One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory."

49

"Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being."

48

"Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience."

67

"The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself."

54

"Morals are private. Decency is public."

55

"To love without role, without power plays, is revolution."

47

"Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must be bisexual."

41

"Women who love women are Lesbians. Men, because they can only think of women in sexual terms, define Lesbian as sex between women."

39

"Writers will happen in the best of families."

39

"You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it."

44

"Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful."

51

"The only queer people are those who don't love anybody."

40

"Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television."

36

"A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all."

41

"A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction."

53

"Pornography exists for the lonesome, the ugly, the fearful - it's made for the losers."

61

"About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all."

38

"If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle."

58

"As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I'm the only one in the room with balls."

38

"Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work."

42

"Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash."

53

"Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash."

39

"Humor comes from self-confidence."

43

"I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it."