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Lifestyle Quotes


"As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer."


"The number of guests at dinner should not be less than the number of the Graces nor exceed that of the Muses, i.e., it should begin with three and stop at nine."



"Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality."


"Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting."


"Always carry a corkscrew and the wine shall provide itself."


"Every proper exertion has been made and will be continued to carry out the wishes of Congress in relation to the tobacco trade, as indicated in the several resolutions of the House of Representatives and the legislation of the two branches."


"Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?"


"The police chief of Hiroshima welcomed me eagerly as the first Allied correspondent to reach the city."


"I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all."


"Hiroshima had a profound effect upon me."


"I'd like to dial it back 5% or 10% and try to have a vacation that's not just e-mail with a view."


"Life is all about doing what you feel is best for you."


"Information and communication technologies have changed the way of life completely. Nowadays, many people reach for their smart phones and/or turn their computers on as soon as they wake up. They look at the news on social networks and check e-mails, before they get dressed or have breakfast."


"The best real-estate investments with the highest yields are in working-class neighborhoods, because fancy properties are overpriced."


"If you go long enough without a bath, even the fleas will leave you alone."


"Social media has given us this idea that we should all have a posse of friends when in reality, if we have one or two really good friends, we are lucky."


"Ho joined the French socialist party, the first Vietnamese to be a member of a French political party."


"I neither drink nor smoke, because my schoolmaster impressed upon me three cardinal virtues; cleanliness in person, cleanliness in mind; temperance."


"I would say that I'm a feminist theorist before I'm a queer theorist or a gay and lesbian theorist."


"Think Positively.Network well.Eat healthy.Work Smart.Stay Strong.Build faith.Worry less.Read more.Be happy.Volunteer freely.Relax often.Love always.Live eternallyand you will see doors open to your favor."


"We are not the sum of our possessions."


"I can't understand how she could have wanted to live back here, away from everything," said Jane. "Oh, I can easily understand that," said Anne thoughtfully. "I wouldn't want it myself for a steady thing because, although I love the fields and woods, I love people too..."


"Il bel far niente means 'the beauty of doing nothing'... [it] has always been a cherished Italian ideal. The beauty of doing nothing is the goal of all your work, the final accomplishment for which you are most highly congratulated. The more exquisitely and delightfully you can do nothing, the higher your life's achievement. You don't necessarily need to be rich in order to experience this, either."


"If only for the sake of elegance, I try to remain morally pure."


"If you want a place in the sun, you've got to put up with a few blisters."


"If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special."


"The downtrodden are the great creators of slang."


"Okay, let's talk about cartoon labels for half a second - some people think anything with a dog or a car or a colorful alien is garbage, which is not true. Look at Big Moose Red. It's, like, a $6 wine with a cheesy label, and it's actually a solid wine."


"Living simply makes loving simple."


"I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry."


"Loneliness is the ultimate poverty."


"Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks great in wedding pictures and passes the maid of honor his telephone number."
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