Spare parts lay scattered, every turn wrought with twisted dread, all over the ground, the rooftops, and they were still. Some moving, twitching, enough to almost see. Half cracked and shattered, but...

Hubert Martin

Tags: attributed no source, best, change, confidence, deep, dreams, friend, happy, honesty, humor

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

Maya Angelou

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

Maya Angelou

Tags: attributed, attributed no source, education, intelligence, knowledge, unsourced

(When asked what he thought of Western civilization): 'I think it would be a good idea.

Mahatma Gandhi

(When asked what he thought of Western civilization): 'I think it would be a good idea.

Mahatma Gandhi

Tags: attributed no source, civilization, eastern civilization, eastern philosophy, society, western civilization, western philosophy

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

Dr. Seuss

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

Dr. Seuss

Tags: smile, attributed no source, cry, crying, experience, happiness, joy, life, misattributed dr seuss, optimism

A lady came up to me one day and said 'Sir! You are drunk', to which I replied 'I am drunk today madam, and tomorrow I shall be sober but you will still be ugly.

Winston S. Churchill

A lady came up to me one day and said 'Sir! You are drunk', to which I replied 'I am drunk today madam, and tomorrow I shall be sober but you will still be ugly.

Winston S. Churchill

Tags: apocryphal, attributed no source, classic insult, drinking, drunkenness, retort