Pointing Comments

It is no use saying, "we are doing our best." You have to succeed in doing what is necessary.
— Winston Churchhill

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
— Edith Wharton

We must become as clear glass through which God can shine.
— Meister Eckhart

Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.
— Killer Khalsa (Pro Wrestler)

Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward.
— Soren Kierkegaard

It matters not whether a cat is black or gray providing it catches mice.
— Deng Xiaoping

When a man does not arrange his life with a view to a certain end, it is an indication of great folly.
— Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, 1.2.1214, b 10-11

A rabbit's foot is a poor substitute for horse sense.
— A fortune cookie received in May 1985

Life is a constant distraction that does not even allow for reflection as to what it distracts from.
— Franz Kafka

Art is a luxury for which the artist pays.
— David Smith (Sculptor, 1896-1955)