Download or read book 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said written by Steven D. Price and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2005-04-01 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this witty collection you will find quotations grouped in categories that reflect the range of human existence, hopes, and achievement: Life and Death (And Some of What Happens in Between) “Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.” —James Thurber Love and Friendship “The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.” —Blaise Pascal Success and Ways to Achieve It “Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.”—Sir Winston Churchill The Life of the Mind “Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.” —Jorge Luis Borges Politics and Politicians, Government and Statesmen “Nothing in life is certain except death and taxes.” —Benjamin Franklin Proverbial Wisdom “Joy shared is twice the joy. Sorrow shared is half the sorrow.” —Swedish proverb