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"The only thing that bottled orange juice has going for it, is its attractive colour." »Jonar Nader
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"Celebrations are the juice of life." »John D. Hofbrauer, Jr.
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"Ask not a man who his father was but make trial of his qualities, and then conciliate or reject him accordingly. For it is no disgrace to new wine, if only it be sweet, as to its taste, that it was the juice [or daughter] of sour grapes." »Arabic Proverb
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"California is a fine place to live--if you happen to be an orange." »Fred Allen
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"Life... is like a grapefruit. It's orange and squishy, and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast." »Douglas Adams
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"Ignore the awful times, and concentrate on the good ones." »Kurt Vonnegut, slaughterhouse 5
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"You can either hold yourself up to the unrealistic standards of others, or ignore them and concentrate on being happy with yourself as you are." »J. Jacques, Questionable Content webcomic, #352, 05-04-05
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"It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing." »Quintilian
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"It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important." »Sren Aaby Kierkegaard
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"Time will come; we will plant trees to other planets! I see the orange trees and the cherries in the far lands beyond the earth." »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"If at first you don't succeed, sure, try again... but if you keep not succeeding, you should probably concentrate on something (or someone) else worthwhile & quit wasting your time." »Ingrid Weir
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"If we are lucky, we can give in and rest without feeling guilty. We can stop doing and concentrate on being." »Kathleen Norris
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"Where does the violet tint end and the orange tint begins? Distinctly we see the difference of the colors, but where exactly does the one first blending enter into the other. So with sanity and insanity." »Herman Melville
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"I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time..." »Charles Dickens
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"You can do only one thing at a time. I simply tackle one problem and concentrate all efforts on what I am doing at the moment." »Dr. Maxwell Maltz
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"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment." »Buddha
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"concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus." »Alexander Graham
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"To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives." »Denis Watley
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"Know'st thou the land where the lemon-trees bloom, Where the gold orange glows in the deep thicket's gloom, Where a wind ever soft from the blue heaven blows, And the groves are of laurel and myrtle and rose" »Johann von Goethe
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"Conditions for creativity are to be puzzled to concentrate to accept conflict and tension to be born everyday to feel a sense of self." »Erich Fromm
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"Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but is sure to repent of every ill-judged outlay." »Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"Beware of dissipating your powers strive constantly to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but is sure to repent of every ill-judged outlay." »Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"Stuart Would ya look at the size of that kid's head It's the size of a planetoid and it has it's own weather system Looks like an orange on a toothpick I'm not kidding, that boy's head is like Sputnik spherical but quite pointy at parts He'll be crying himself to sleep tonight, on his huge pillow." »So I Married an Axe Murderer
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"Be like a train; go in the rain, go in the sun, go in the storm, go in the dark tunnels! Be like a train; concentrate on your road and go with no hesitation!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"I am going to concentrate on what's important in life. I'm going to strive everyday to be a kind and generous and loving person. I'm going to keep death right here, so that anytime I even think about getting angry at you or anybody else, I'll see death and I'll remember." »Andrew Schneider
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"He who wishes to exert a useful influence must be careful to insult nothing. Let him not be troubled by what seems absurd, but concentrate his energies to the creation of what is good. He must not demolish, but build. He must raise temples where mankind may come and partake of the purest pleasure." »Johann von Goethe
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"Frank It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day." »Naked Gun From the Files of Police Squad
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"...to emphasize the afterlife is to deny life. To concentrate on Heaven is to create hell. In their desperate longing to transcend the disorderliness, friction, and unpredictability that pesters life; in their desire for a fresh start in a tidy habitat, germ-free and secured by angels, religious multitudes are gambling the only life they may ever have on a dark horse in a race that has no finish line."" »Tom Robbins, _Skinny Legs and All_, 1990, p. 305.
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