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Every duty which is bidden to wait returns with s

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Every duty which is bidden to wait returns with seven fresh duties at its back.

There are a million ways to lose a work day, but

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There are a million ways to lose a work day, but not even a single way to get one back.

What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back

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What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it.

Our cheer goes back to them, the valiant dead!

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Our cheer goes back to them, the valiant dead!
Laurels and roses on their graves to-day,
Lilies and laurels over them we lay,
And violets o'er each unforgotten head.

Silence moves faster when it's going backward.

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Silence moves faster when it's going backward.

A father is always making his baby into a little

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A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.

The past is never there when you try to go back.&

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The past is never there when you try to go back. It exists, but only in memory. To pretend otherwise is to invite a mess.

Old times never come back and I suppose

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Old times never come back and I suppose it's just as well. What comes back is a new morning every day in the year, and that's better.

With lies you may get ahead in the world - but yo

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With lies you may get ahead in the world - but you can never go back.

In every work of genius, we recognize our own rej

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In every work of genius, we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.

A father is always making his baby into a little

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A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.

Technological progress has merely provided us wit

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Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.

The difference between the old ballplayer and the

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The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back.

It's all right letting yourself go, as long as yo

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It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.

I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and d

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I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking.

One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies f

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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.

Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred ye

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Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to life. Otherwise it would die of civilization.

I thought I couldn't afford to take her out and s

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I thought I couldn't afford to take her out and smoke as well. So I gave up cigarettes. Then I took her out and one day I looked at her and thought: Oh well, and I went back to smoking again, and that was better.

When you stretch the truth, watch out for the sna

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When you stretch the truth, watch out for the snapback.

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