tattoos of quotes for girls

If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I. ~Michel de Montaigne



I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk. ~Henry Louis Mencken



Soon I will be an old, white-haired lady, into whose lap someone places a baby, saying, "Smile, Grandma!" - I, who myself so recently was photographed on my grandmother's lap. ~Liv Ullmann



Unfortunately, it is also true that the age's interests often color the past with unhistoric hues. ~Wendell H. Stephenson



It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived. ~Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird



I don't believe a committee can write a book. It can, oh, govern a country, perhaps, but I don't believe it can write a book. ~Arnold Toynbee



The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart. ~Iris Murdoch, The Red and the Green



Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. ~George F. Will



There is no possible line of conduct which has at some time and place been condemned, and which has not at some other time and place been enjoined as a duty. ~William Lecky



A writer who wishes to be read by posterity must not be averse to putting hints which might give rise to whole books, or ideas for learned discussions, in some corner of a chapter so that one should think he can afford to throw them away by the thousand. ~Georg Christoph Lichtenberg



Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast. ~Marlene Dietrich



She was part of that generation who grew up during the Depression. But the Depression to her was like a trip to Six Flags. ~David Chase, The Sopranos, "The Sopranos," original airdate 10 January 1999, spoken by the character Tony Soprano



A mystique of history and heritage surrounds the New York Yankees. It's like the old days revived. We're loved and hated, but always in larger doses than any other team. We're the only team in any sport whose name and uniform and insignia are synonymous with their entire sport all over the world.... the Yankees mean baseball to more people than all the other teams combined. ~Paul Blair, quoted in Washington Post, 22 June 1978



The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. ~Rabindranath Tagore



If you removed all of the homosexuals and homosexual influence from what is generally regarded as American culture, you would pretty much be left with "Let's Make a Deal." ~Fran Lebowitz



Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a refund from the IRS, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with. ~Author unknown, from a Washington Post word contest



It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down. ~George MacDonald



Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man. ~Victor Hugo



Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees. ~Victor Hugo



I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb