A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.

How had I not seen this one before?

2011-01-25T22:48:00.002Z

Sleep is lovely, death is better still, not to have been born is of course the miracle.
(Heinrich Heine)

A wonderfully succinct summation of my view of life (unfortunately I achieve none of the above).

Is This Where I’m Going Wrong…

2010-11-06T22:00:00.002Z

Trying to have both?

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.
(W. Somerset Maugham)

2010-10-26T21:26:00.003+01:00

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...'
(Isaac Asimov)

Another Truism

2010-06-04T11:53:00.004+01:00

How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.
(Lord Peter Wimsey in Gaudy Night, Dorothy L. Sayers)

Re: Lists of Hopes/Plans

2010-02-10T20:35:00.011Z

Excellent list. My only "helpful" suggestion for the moment is: don't do them all at the same time, it could get messy (and illegal).
(Mark Crabtree in response to a blog post by tastelikedeath)

This quotation comes from my brother about a list I had made of different/new things that I would like to try. It tickled my fancy and I think would probably apply to a good many lists in the world.

Tribute to part-time poets

2009-04-29T12:57:00.004+01:00

Even minor poetry has its uses.
(Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night)

This quotation from my favourite author made me so excited, I nearly burst. It's pathetic really, but I take my little victories where I can get them.

Nurture

2009-01-20T12:44:00.000Z

I bought a cactus. A week later it died. And I got depressed, because I thought, Damn. I am less nurturing than a desert.
(Demetri Martin)

A nice Sentiment

2009-01-15T13:00:00.000Z

Blessed are those who can give without remembering, and take without forgetting.
(Princess Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco)

Heh...

2008-12-10T16:04:00.001Z

Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
(George Bernhard Shaw)

2008-11-22T17:23:00.000Z

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.
(Bertrand Russell)

Provocative...

2008-10-24T20:02:00.000+01:00

It’s stretched my limits to the max
and they’ve snapped like a rubber band.
(MWD Lewis)

Was ever a truer statement made?

2008-10-14T09:23:00.002+01:00

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
(Douglas Adams)

One can only Hope

2008-10-05T21:28:00.004+01:00

Everybody has difficult years, but a lot of times the difficult years end up being the greatest years of your whole entire life, if you survive them.
(Brittany Murphy)

Fake Education?

2008-06-19T12:18:00.001+01:00

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
(Winston Churchill)

Optimistic view of Pessimism

2008-06-01T19:34:00.000+01:00

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.
(George F. Will)

Memory Aids

2008-05-25T13:01:00.000+01:00

I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember what it is I wrote down, I spend the time looking for the paper I wrote it down on.
(Beryl Pfizer)

Truth?

2008-05-24T16:55:00.002+01:00

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)

A gem from the news quiz

2008-05-21T20:44:00.003+01:00

Is the collective term for a lot of political diaries called diarrhoea?
(Paraphrased from Jeremy Hardy)

Welcome

2008-05-19T18:06:00.001+01:00

It is equally wrong to speed a guest who does not want to go, and to keep one back who is eager. You ought to make welcome the present guest, and send forth the one who wishes to go.
(Homer, The Odyssey).

So, if you're here of your own valition; welcome, if you'd rather be somewhere else; bugger off already.