Quotes
Quotes - Parker
Truth never yet fell dead in the streets; it has such affinity with the soul of man, the seed however broadcast will catch somewhere and produce its hundredfold.
Truth stood on one side and Ease on the other; it has often been so.
Man never falls so low that he can see nothing higher than himself.
A democracy,--that is a government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people;of course, a government of the principles of eternal justice, the unchanging law of God; for shortness' sake I will call it the idea of Freedom.
All men desire to be immortal.
If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.
Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it, and it darts away.
The end and aim of all education is the development of character.
The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.
Brevity is the soul of lingerie.
He and I had an office so tiny that an inch smaller and it would have been adultery.
God doesn't call people who are qualified. He calls people who are willing, and then He qualifies them.
Men seldom make passes At girls who wear glasses.
Well, there are always those who cannot distinguish between glitter and glamour . . . the glamour of Isadora Duncan came from her great, torn, bewildered, foolhardy soul.
Wealth and want equally harden the human heart. Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue. -Theodore Parker.
Humanity is the sin of God.
Scratch a lover, and find a foe.
The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more.
The miser, starving his brother's body, starves also his own soul, and at death shall creep out of his great estate of injustice, poor and naked and miserable.
Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
Summer makes me drowsy. Autumn makes me sing. Winter's pretty lousy, but I hate Spring.
Ye gentlemen of England That live at home at ease, Ah! little do you think upon The dangers of the seas.
A strong nor'wester's blowing, Bill! Hark! don't ye hear it roar now? Lord help 'em, how I pities them Unhappy folks on shore now!
Men don't like nobility in woman. Not any men. I suppose it is because the men like to have the copyrights on nobilityâif there is going to be anything like that in a relationship.
The capital of the orator is in the bank of the highest sentimentalities and the purest enthusiasms.
