"I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar."

-- Miguel de Cervantes

#Forever Quotes #Missing Quotes #Literature Quotes

“Am I athletic? In my dreams.”
“I try not to make the same mistakes today that I made yesterday.”
“Comedy is just one of the many professions that women are taking over.”
“Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.”
“What woman, however old, has not the bridal-favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart?”
“I love to read long books. I enjoy experiencing that extension. But it's not something I feel comfortable with and not something I think I can gain comfort with by practice. It was a real struggle for me while writing memoir to get past three pages or so. In poems, I can write long poems. But length in prose: no.”
“You are my sunshine my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are grey. You'll never know dear how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away.”

Source : "You Are My Sunshine" (song) (1930). Cowritten with Charles Mitchell.
“The surest way to get a job done is to give it to a busy man. He'll have his secretary do it.”

Source : Jacob Morton Braude (1966). “Speaker's desk book of quips, quotes, & anecdotes”

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