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Farrell, Joseph

If you go in for argument, take care of your temper. Your logic, if you have any, will take care of itself.

Feather, William

Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.

Feinstein, Dianne

Winning may not be everything, but losing has little to recommend it.

Feldman, Marty

The pen is mightier than the sword . . . and besides, it's a lot easier to write with.

Fellini, Federico

A different language is a different vision of life.

Fichte, Immanuel Hermann

If we cannot live so as to be happy, let us least live so as to deserve it.

Fields, Totie

I've been on a diet for two weeks and all I've lost is two weeks.

Fields, William Claude (W.C.)

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.

Fields, William Claude (W.C.)

Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.

Firestone, Harvey S.

It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed.

Fish, Patricia

Owning a pet is the best thing about being human. No other animal takes a completely different species into its home, providing food and shelter, just for the pleasure of its company.

Fisher, Carrie

Instant gratification takes too long.

Fitzgerald, Ella

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. When there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.

Fix, Paul

The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.

Florio, John

Patience is the best medicine.

Floyd, Doug

You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note.

Foote, Samuel

He is not only dull in himself, but the cause of dullness in others.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

Ability will never catch up for the demand for it.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.

Forbes, Malcolm

People who never get carried away should be.

Forbes, Malcolm

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.

Ford, Henry

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

Ford, Henry

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

Ford, Henry

Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently.

Ford, Henry

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

Foster, George G.

Glorious City! happy people! nothing but palaces and carriages, splendor, luxury, and ease! Could we read the secret history of fashionable life, [it] should make the soul recoil in horror and amazement to find that all this brilliant and dazzling display of wealth, beauty, taste, and refinement was but the fantastic and mocking mask of a wide-yawning domestic hell. (condensed)

Foster, George G.

So dwindle away the glories of our magnificent City, which, stripped of the cloud of appearances in which it is veiled, looks but a vast abyss of crime and suffering, with here and there a crystal shooting out over the horrid recess of filth. These are but a few of the black shadows which the City throws across our glass. . . . Is this, then, the highest result of human intellect?

found on a bulletin board

This life is a test. It is only a test. Had this been an actual life, you would have received further instructions on where to go and what to do!

Fox, Michael J.

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

Foxx, Redd

Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.

Frank, Anne

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

Frank, Anne

I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.

Frank, Anne

In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.

Frank, Anne

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

Frank, Anne

Whoever is happy will make others happy, too. He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!

Franklin, Benjamin

A man wrapped up in himself is a very small bundle.

Franklin, Benjamin

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

Franklin, Benjamin

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.

Franklin, Benjamin

If you would be loved, love and be lovable.

Franklin, Benjamin

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing.

Franklin, Benjamin

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

Franklin, Benjamin

You may delay, but time will not.

French Proverb

If you believe that dreams can come true, be prepared for the occasional nightmare too.

French Proverb

Miracles happen only to those who believe in them.

Freud, Anna

Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.

Frewer, Matt

Never knock on Death's door; ring the bell and run away! Death really hates that!

Friedan, Betty

I wouldn't be satisfied with a life lived solely on the barricades. I reserve my right to be frivolous.

Fripp, Robert

Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.

From a tombstone in England:

Remember, man, as you walk by,/ As you are now, so once was I,/ As I am now, so shall you be, /Remember this and follow me.

(To which someone replied by writing on the tombstone:)

To follow you I'll not consent, /Until I know which way you went.

Fromm, Erich

There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers.

Frost, Robert

A jury consists of twelve people chosen to decide who has a better lawyer.

Frost, Robert

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper.

Frost, Robert

Freedom lies in being bold.

Frost, Robert

Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length.

Frost, Robert

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

Frost, Robert

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

Frost, Robert

The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the restwilling to let them.

Fuller, Buckminster

Don't fight forces; use them.

Fuller, Buckminster

Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.

Fuller, Timothy

Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.

Fuller, Thomas

Good is not good, when better is expected.

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