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A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers. – Chinese Proverb
Weekends are a bit like rainbows they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them. – John Shirley
A funny thing is if you're out hiking and your friend gets bit by a poisonous snake, tell him you're going for help, then go about ten feet and pretend YOU got bit by a snake. Then start an argument about who's going to get help. A lot of guys will start crying. That's why it makes you feel good when you tell them it was just a joke. – Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
All Faith is false, all Faith is true: Truth is the shattered mirror strown In myriad bits; while each believes His little bit the whole to own. – Sir Richard Francis Burton
An education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on. – Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
As I bit into the nectarine, it had a crisp juiciness about it that was very pleasurable---until I realized it wasn't a nectarine at all, but A HUMAN HEAD – Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
Defining consultancy is a bit like defining the upper class every possible candidate draws the line just below himself. – John Peet
Do your bit to save humanity from lapsing back into barbarity by reading all the novels you can. – Richard Hughes
Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it. – Donald Robert Perry Marquis
Even though I was their captive, the Indians allowed me quite a bit of freedom. I could walk about freely, make my own meals, and even hurl large rocks at their heads. It was only later that I discovered they were not Indians at all, but dirty clothes hampers. – Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more or dying a little bit. – Norman Mailer
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler. – Albert Einstein
I can't think of any sorrow in the world that a hot bath wouldn't help, just a little bit. – Susan Glasee
I realized I was crying. I bit back my grief, blinked back my tears. As I always do. – Dean Koontz
I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty. I was a bit upset about reaching that milestone, but an older friend consoled me. 'Don't complain about growing old - many, many people do not have that privilege.' – Earl Warren
If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it. – Herodotus
If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised. – Dorothy Parker
If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity, it would be this Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high. Look it squarely in the eye, and say, I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me. – Ann Landers
If I were to begin life again, I should want it as it was. I would only open my eyes a little bit more. – Jules Renard
If it helps to make people think a little bit more what those ideals are, then I'll keep wearing this uniform. – Barbara Adams
If you are close to a precipice, go away a bit; if you are far from it, come close a bit! Enjoy the safety, enjoy the view! Without safety, it is dangerous; without view, it is dull! Life is an art of adjusting the distances! – Mehmet Murat ildan
If you knew your potential to feel good, you would ask no one to be different so that you can feel good. You would free yourself of all of that cumbersome impossibility of needing to control the world, or control your mate, or control your child. You are the only one who creates your reality. For no one else can think for you, no one else can do it. It is only you, every bit of it you. – Esther Hicks
In every bit of honest writing in the world, there is a base theme. Try to understand men, if you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and nearly always leads to love. – John Steinbeck
Little girls are the nicest things that happen to people. They are born with a little bit of angelshine about them, and though it wears thin sometimes there is always enough left to lasso your heart-even when they are sitting in the mud, or crying temperamental tears, or parading up the street in mother's best clothes. – Alan Marshall Beck
Love your children with all your hearts, love them enough to discipline them before it is too late. ... Praise them for important things, even if you have to stretch them a bit. Praise them a lot. They live on it like bread and butter and they need it more than bread and butter. – Lavina Christensen Fugal

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