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Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "A happy life is made up of little things . . . a gift sent a letter written a call made a recommendation given transportation provided a cake made a book lent a check sent."

A happy life is made up of little things . . . a gift sent a letter written a call made a recommendation given transportation provided a cake made a book lent a check sent.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "Logic is logic. That's all I say."

Logic is logic. That's all I say.




Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "Husband and wife come to look alike at last."

Husband and wife come to look alike at last.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "A general flavour of mild decay but nothing local as one may say."

A general flavour of mild decay but nothing local as one may say.




Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica as now used could be sunk to the bottom of the sea it would be all the better for mankind and all the worse for the fishes."

I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica as now used could be sunk to the bottom of the sea it would be all the better for mankind and all the worse for the fishes.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "A man must get a thing before he can forget it."

A man must get a thing before he can forget it.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "I should like to see any kind of a man distinguishable from a gorilla that some good and even pretty woman could not shape a husband out of."

I should like to see any kind of a man distinguishable from a gorilla that some good and even pretty woman could not shape a husband out of.




Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "The universe is not hostile nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferent."

The universe is not hostile nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferent.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "The AmenT of Nature is always a flower."

The AmenT of Nature is always a flower.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "The great thing in this world is not so much where we are but in what direction we are moving."

The great thing in this world is not so much where we are but in what direction we are moving.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "A day's impact is better than a month of dead pull."

A day's impact is better than a month of dead pull.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "Pick my left pocket of its silver dime but spare the right-it holds my golden time!"

Pick my left pocket of its silver dime but spare the right-it holds my golden time!




Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "Realize life as an end in itself. Functioning is all there is."

Realize life as an end in itself. Functioning is all there is.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer and attempting a task he cannot achieve."

A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer and attempting a task he cannot achieve.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks."

Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "When you write in prose you say what you mean. When you write in rhyme you say what you must."

When you write in prose you say what you mean. When you write in rhyme you say what you must.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye the more light you pour upon it the more it will contract."

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye the more light you pour upon it the more it will contract.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "I hate being placed on committees. They are always having meetings at which half are absent and the rest late."

I hate being placed on committees. They are always having meetings at which half are absent and the rest late.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "Men are idolaters and want something to look at and kiss and hug or throw themselves down before they always did they always will and if you don't make it of wood you must make it of words."

Men are idolaters and want something to look at and kiss and hug or throw themselves down before they always did they always will and if you don't make it of wood you must make it of words.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "Apology - a desperate habit and one that is rarely cured."

Apology - a desperate habit and one that is rarely cured.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "A sick man that gets talking about himself a woman that gets talking about her baby and an author that begins reading out of his own book never know when to stop."

A sick man that gets talking about himself a woman that gets talking about her baby and an author that begins reading out of his own book never know when to stop.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "The secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered I was not God."

The secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered I was not God.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "Speak clearly if you speak at all Carve every word before you let it fall."

Speak clearly if you speak at all Carve every word before you let it fall.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars nor its great scholars great men."

The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars nor its great scholars great men.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "The reward of the general is not a bigger tent but command."

The reward of the general is not a bigger tent but command.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms."

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "Talking is like playing on the harp there is as much in laying the hand on the strings to stop their vibrations as in twanging them to bring out their music."

Talking is like playing on the harp there is as much in laying the hand on the strings to stop their vibrations as in twanging them to bring out their music.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "The axis of the earth sticks out visibly through the centre of each and every town or city."

The axis of the earth sticks out visibly through the centre of each and every town or city.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow I look back."

When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow I look back.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "Life is a great bundle of little things."

Life is a great bundle of little things.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "Don't be consistent but be simply true."

Don't be consistent but be simply true.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "Rough work iconoclasm but the only way to get at the truth."

Rough work iconoclasm but the only way to get at the truth.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "Nature is in earnest when she makes a woman."

Nature is in earnest when she makes a woman.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "Man has his will - but woman has her way."

Man has his will - but woman has her way.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "We must think things not words or at least we must constantly translate our words into the facts for which they stand if we are to keep to the real and the true."

We must think things not words or at least we must constantly translate our words into the facts for which they stand if we are to keep to the real and the true.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "When I feel inclined to read poetry I take down my dictionary. The poetry of words is quite as beautiful as the poetry of sentences."

When I feel inclined to read poetry I take down my dictionary. The poetry of words is quite as beautiful as the poetry of sentences.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "When the style is fully formed if it has a sweet undersong we call it beautiful and the writer may do what he likes in words or syntax."

When the style is fully formed if it has a sweet undersong we call it beautiful and the writer may do what he likes in words or syntax.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "Beware how you take away hope from another human being."

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "Having in my life been bitten by the jaws of both victory and defeat, I must rush to add that success is to failure as butter pecan ice cream is to death."

Having in my life been bitten by the jaws of both victory and defeat, I must rush to add that success is to failure as butter pecan ice cream is to death.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "Although social media is a relatively new form of communication, it has become the primary way retailers and customers are interfacing."

Although social media is a relatively new form of communication, it has become the primary way retailers and customers are interfacing.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "Young man, the secret of my success is that at early age I discovered that I was not God."

Young man, the secret of my success is that at early age I discovered that I was not God.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts, but learning how to make facts live."

The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts, but learning how to make facts live.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "If you catch me lying, it's probably because I'm about to surprise someone for their birthday, or hide away the specific details about a company getaway to a strange but amazing place."

If you catch me lying, it's probably because I'm about to surprise someone for their birthday, or hide away the specific details about a company getaway to a strange but amazing place.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "At the most basic level, prioritizing design also represents a practical consideration. It's far easier to design first and engineer later."

At the most basic level, prioritizing design also represents a practical consideration. It's far easier to design first and engineer later.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "I found it to be more challenging to be in a huge effects movie, because a lot of the things aren't there. You have to trust the director and react to nothing."

I found it to be more challenging to be in a huge effects movie, because a lot of the things aren't there. You have to trust the director and react to nothing.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles."

A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.



Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes: "Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke."

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.