Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Authors by Name: 'Y':

Minoru Yamasaki (3)

Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe.

William Butler Yeats (28)

I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age.

Francis Parker Yockey (6)

The 19th century was the age of Individualism the 20th and 21st are the ages of Socialism.

Paramahansa Yogananda (3)

The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

Brigham Young (5)

Any young man who is unmarried at the age of twenty one is a menace to the community.

Edward Young (14)

By all means use some time to be alone.

Loretta Young (14)

Like charity, I believe glamour should begin at home.

Arthur Young (2)

God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man.

Henny Youngman (16)

I've been in love with the same woman for forty-one years. If my wife finds out, she'll kill me.

Lin Yutang (4)

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.

Mother's Day May 12, 2025

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. 22 other thoughts from Robert Browning

22 other thoughts from Robert Browning

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. 53 wisdom & wit from Honore de Balzac

53 wisdom & wit from Honore de Balzac

With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. 5 wisdom & wit from Isadora Duncan

5 wisdom & wit from Isadora Duncan

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 wisdom & wit from Henry Ward Beecher

58 wisdom & wit from Henry Ward Beecher