“Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, 'Why not?' and the other, 'Why bother?'” TwoAgeFunnyVoiceMiddleCallingAgingWittyBotherWhy NotMiddle AgesWhy BotherDifferent Voices Author:Sydney J. Harris
“Bet you don't know why the sun sets red. You see, light is made up of lots of colors. And out of all those colors, red is the one that travels the farthest.” KnowsMadeLightSunColorRedSun SetColor Red Author:Axel
“When I grew up, you wanted to look like Marlene Dietrich, Betty Grable. Fortunately, I didn't know that I really wanted to look like Lena Horne. When I grew up... black stars were stigmatized. Nobody wanted to look like Lena Horne.” KnowsLooksWantedStarsBlackGrewGrew Up Author:Dorian Corey
“How can I play baseball if I'm stupid? If I was stupid I wouldn't have pitched in the World Series. I'd be playing ball in Mexico or Yugoslavia or on Pluto.” IfsWorldPlayStupidBaseballBallsSeriesMexicoWorld SeriesYugoslaviaPlutoI Was Stupid Author:Joaquin Andujar
“There are three-hundred thousand sportswriters and they're all against me. Every one of them.” ThreeThousandHundred Author:Joaquin Andujar
“When you learn to harness the power of your fears it can take you places beyond your wildest dreams.” DreamHarnessWildest Dreams Author:Jimmy Iovine
“Of all the treasures a state can possess, the human lives of its citizens are for us the most precious.” HumansStatesCitizensTreasureHuman Life Author:Joseph Stalin
“Cosmetic surgery is terrifying. It never looks good. Those women look weird. They look in the mirror and think they look great, but they don't see what we see. I think it's hideous. They scare small children.” ThinkingLooksChildrenMirrorsScareSurgeryHideousCosmeticsSmall ChildCosmetic Surgery Author:Jerry Hall
“Ninety per cent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves - so how can we know anyone else?” PeopleKnowsWorldWayRealAbilityKnowingVirtueSelf HelpStrangerSelf DiscoveryCentsNot KnowingWoeNinetyFrailty Author:Sydney J. Harris
