If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
—Indian Proverb
Topics: One liners
If you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Adversity
He who works as a slave, eats as a king.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Kings
There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom
—Indian Proverb
It is what we learn after we think we know it all, that counts.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Learning
Ideally, the umpire should combine the integrity of a Supreme Court judge, the physical agility of an acrobat, the endurance of Job and the imperturbability of Buddha.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Baseball
The foolish and the uneducated have little use for freedom.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Freedom
Better than the ignorant are those who read books; better still are those who retain what they read; even better are those who understand it; the best of all are those who go to work.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Book
Free energy technology is here, now. It offers the world pollution-free, energy abundance for everyone, everywhere.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Abundance
The sport of choice for the urban poor is basketball. The sport of choice for maintenance level employees is bowling. The sport of choice for front-line workers is football. The sport of choice for supervisors is baseball. The sport of choice for middle management is tennis. The sport of choice for corporate officers is golf. Conclusion: The higher you are in the corporate structure, the smaller your balls become.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Golf
Labor is the beginning, the middle, and the end of art.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Art
We are made strong by the difficulties we face not by those we evade.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Bravery, Virtues, Courage
Opportunity always looks better going than coming.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Opportunity
Don’t waste your youth growing up.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Youth
The road of life can only reveal itself as it is traveled; each turn in the road reveals a surprise. Man’s future is hidden.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Humankind
Don’t worry, it’s not contagious.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Famous Last Words
Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Funny quotes, Change
The person who doesn’t know where his next dollar is coming from usually doesn’t know where his last dollar went.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Planning
The thief that is not caught is a king.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Kings
Humanity without religion is like a serial killer without a chainsaw
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Religion
The well being of the people is the supreme law.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Leaders, Leadership
Reality is only seen when the mirror is clean
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Reality
A patient going to a doctor for his first visit was asked, And whom did you consult before coming to me? Only the village druggist, was the answer. And what sort of foolish advice did that numbskull give you? asked the doctor, his tone and manner denoting his contempt for the advice of the layman. Oh, replied his patient, with no malice aforethought, he told me to come and see you.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Doctors
Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat… the redeeming things are not “happiness and pleasure” but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Life
Understanding does not necessarily mean agreement.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Understanding, Agreement
Have a deep respect for the source of life and also for the ocean, for the forest, for the stars and for the truth.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Truth
A mother is someone who dreams great dreams for you, but then she lets you chase the dreams you have for yourself and loves you just the same.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Mothers Day
I thought girls would be impressed because I had read a big dictionary. I guess I thought it would get their attention when I told them I was sesquipedalian. One look down at my feet usually dispelled the deception though.
—Indian Proverb
A photograph is a portrait painted by the sun.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Photography
Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Life, Life and Living
Large desire is endless poverty.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Desire
I would rather live my life than watch another person’s life on T.V.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Television
What you RESIST, PERSISTS. If you take ownership and deal with things that are bothering you, then, in the very process of dealing with them they very often will go away.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Bravery, Courage
Everyone is gifted – but some people never open their package
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Gift, One liners
Jazz is… One of life’s greatest gifts: fun found within surprise.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Jazz
Living the truth in your heart without compromise brings kindness into the world. Attempts at kindness that compromise your heart cause only sadness.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Life
Your voice makes me tremble inside And your smile is an invitation For my imagination to go wild.
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Romance
Two-thirds of promotion is motion
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Action, Humankind
The rewards in life go to those who are willing to give up the past
—Indian Proverb
Topics: Past, The Past, Time
I thought I’d forget you, but I guess I forgot to.
—Indian Proverb