Aphorisms
“It takes seconds to destroy one’s honor, and a lifetime to
rebuild it.”
“It takes something more than intelligence to act
intelligently.”
“It takes three seconds to say, ‘I love you,’ tree hours to
explain it, and a life time to prove it.”
“It takes two to speak the truth, one to speak and another
to hear.”
“It takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to
destroy it. That it’s not what you have in your life but who
you have in your life that counts.”
“It took me a lifetime to realize things don’t get lost if they
don’t have value. You don’t miss what you don’t care
about.”
“It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only
experiences when one is young. The sky was so bright,
and there were so many stars that, gazing upward, one
couldn’t help wondering how so many whimsical, wicked
people could live under such a sky.”
“It was called ‘falling’ in love for a reason, because
inevitably you crashed at the bottom.”
“It will take significantly more intellectual effort to solve
our problems than was used to create them in the first
place.”
“It’s a circle dear, it will be back around.”
“It’s a shame that most people see with their eyes and
believe with their brain.”
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