Affremble Quotes

"Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable."

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:20:19 -0400

“Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.”

- Oliver Wendell Holmes

"You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns,..."

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:01:07 -0400

“You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.”

- Erma Bombeck

"He drew a circle that shut me out:Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.But love and I had the wit to..."

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:34:22 -0400

“He drew a circle that shut me out:
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle that took him in.”

- Edward Markham

"Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and..."

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:40:41 -0400

“Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur.”

- Henry Miller

"The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression."

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:07:32 -0400

“The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression.”

- Gary Larson

"Each of us is so ashamed of his own helplessness and ignorance that he considers it appropriate to..."

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:38:07 -0400

“Each of us is so ashamed of his own helplessness and ignorance that he considers it appropriate to communicate only what he thinks others will understand. There are, however, times when somehow we slowly divest ourselves of that shame and begin to speak openly about all the things we do not understand.”

- Czeslaw Milosz

"Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting."

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:02:23 -0400

“Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.”

- Bernard Meltzer

"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to..."

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:08:55 -0400

“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”

- Douglas Adams

"In my work, I examine the America we live in and I’ve always tried to show people that the..."

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:27:13 -0400

“In my work, I examine the America we live in and I’ve always tried to show people that the devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us. So don’t expect the end of the world to come one day out of the blue - it’s been happening every day for a long time.”

- Marilyn Manson

"Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like..."

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:27:26 -0400

“Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock.”

- John Barrymore

"The blues is the foundation, and it’s got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the..."

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:41:05 -0400

“The blues is the foundation, and it’s got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the rock ‘n roll and the jazz, are the walls of the blues.”

- Luther Allison

"All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely..."

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:19:15 -0400

“All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.”

- Fran Lebowitz

"Every day is the best day of your life, unless you have to go to work, in which case there is a..."

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:30:25 -0400

“Every day is the best day of your life, unless you have to go to work, in which case there is a distinct possibility it will be a boring day or even a crap day.”

- Vimrod

"The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes..."

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:18:29 -0400

“The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another’s, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.”

- Leo F. Buscaglia

"What we do during our working hours determines what we have; what we do in our leisure hours..."

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:41:04 -0400

“What we do during our working hours determines what we have; what we do in our leisure hours determines what we are.”

- George Eastman

"Violence and smut are of course everywhere on the airwaves. You cannot turn on your television..."

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:19:46 -0400

“Violence and smut are of course everywhere on the airwaves. You cannot turn on your television without seeing them, although sometimes you have to hunt around.”

- Dave Barry

"The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Ours is a world of..."

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:00:32 -0400

“The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living.”

- Omar Bradley

"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,..."

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:35:01 -0400

“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.”

- Marcus Aurelius

"History does not always repeat itself. Sometimes it just yells, ‘Can’t you remember..."

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:32:35 -0400

“History does not always repeat itself. Sometimes it just yells, ‘Can’t you remember anything I told you?’ and lets fly with a club.”

- John W. Campbell

"I think one reason they call them ‘Relaxed Fit’ jeans is that ‘Ass The Size of..."

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:37:35 -0400

“I think one reason they call them ‘Relaxed Fit’ jeans is that ‘Ass The Size of Texas’ jeans would not sell very well.”

- Jim Rosenberg