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

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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.

St. Patrick's Day March 17, 2025

There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 other views from John Millington Synge

3 other views from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 other views from William Butler Yeats

28 other views from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 sayings from Dave Barry

27 sayings from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 quotes from Winston Churchill

74 quotes from Winston Churchill