"The more I see the less I know for sure."

Lennon, John | Certainty | 4 bookmarks

"That is what we are supposed to do when we are at our best --make it all up --but make it up so truly that later it will happen that way."

Hemingway, Ernest | Invention and Inventor | 2 bookmarks

"You know lots of criticism is written by characters who are very academic and think it is a sign you are worthless if you make jokes or kid or even clown. I wouldn't kid Our Lord if he was on the cross. But I would attempt a joke with him if I ran into him chasing the money changers out of the temple."

Hemingway, Ernest | Literary Criticism | 3 bookmarks

"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."

Hemingway, Ernest | Alcohol and Alcoholism | 3 bookmarks

"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do."

Carnegie, Dale | Fools and Foolishness | 5 bookmarks

"There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Difficulties | 5 bookmarks

"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Friends and Friendship | 5 bookmarks

"For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Anger | 8 bookmarks

"All mankind loves a lover."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Love | 4 bookmarks

"The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Love | 3 bookmarks