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“When I hear somebody sigh, "Life is hard," I am always tempted to ask, "Compared to what?”
― M Prefontaine, The Big Book of Quotes: Funny, Inspirational and Motivational Quotes on Life, Love and Much Else

“The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it. -W.M. Lewis (1878 – 1945)”
― M Prefontaine, The Big Book of Quotes: Funny, Inspirational and Motivational Quotes on Life, Love and Much Else

“Don't worry about life, you're not going to survive it anyway. -Anon”
― M Prefontaine, The Big Book of Quotes: Funny, Inspirational and Motivational Quotes on Life, Love and Much Else

“Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life. -Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 – 1962)”
― M Prefontaine, The Big Book of Quotes: Funny, Inspirational and Motivational Quotes on Life, Love and Much Else

“If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner. -Tallulah Bankhead (1903-68) How much of human life is lost in waiting. -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-82) Only a life lived for others is worth living. -Albert Einstein (1879-1955)”
― M Prefontaine, The Big Book of Quotes: Funny, Inspirational and Motivational Quotes on Life, Love and Much Else

“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.”
― M Prefontaine, The Big Book of Quotes: Funny, Inspirational and Motivational Quotes on Life, Love and Much Else

“In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer. -Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900)”
― M Prefontaine, The Big Book of Quotes: Funny, Inspirational and Motivational Quotes on Life, Love and Much Else

“Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror.”
― M Prefontaine, The Big Book of Quotes: Funny, Inspirational and Motivational Quotes on Life, Love and Much Else

“The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy. -Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)”
― M Prefontaine, The Big Book of Quotes: Funny, Inspirational and Motivational Quotes on Life, Love and Much Else

“What number do you get when you multiply all of the numbers on a telephone's number pad?”
― M. Prefontaine, Difficult Riddles For Smart Kids: 300 Difficult Riddles And Brain Teasers Families Will Love

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence. Christopher Hitchens (1949 – 2011)”
― M. Prefontaine, The Best Smart Quotes Book: Wisdom That Can Change Your Life

“Two convicts are locked in a cell. There is an unbarred window high up in the cell. No matter if they stand on the bed or one on top of the other, they can’t reach the window to escape. They then decide to tunnel out. However, they give up with the tunneling because it will take too long. Finally, one of the convicts figures out how to escape from the cell. What is his plan?”
― M. Prefontaine, Difficult Riddles For Smart Kids: 300 Difficult Riddles And Brain Teasers Families Will Love

“You can see me in water, but I never get wet. What am I?”
― M. Prefontaine, Difficult Riddles For Smart Kids: 300 Difficult Riddles And Brain Teasers Families Will Love

“The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn. -David Russell (1942- ) Life is all about timing...”
― M Prefontaine, The Big Book of Quotes: Funny, Inspirational and Motivational Quotes on Life, Love and Much Else

“2 men catch 2 fish in 2 minutes. At this rate, how many men could catch 500 fish in 500 minutes?”
― M. Prefontaine, Difficult Riddles For Smart Kids: 300 Difficult Riddles And Brain Teasers Families Will Love

“Lack of will power has caused more failure than lack of intelligence or ability.”
― M Prefontaine, The Big Book of Quotes: Funny, Inspirational and Motivational Quotes on Life, Love and Much Else

“There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate. -Linda Grayson One”
― M Prefontaine, The Big Book of Quotes: Funny, Inspirational and Motivational Quotes on Life, Love and Much Else

“A boy at a carnival went to a booth run by a man who said, "If I can write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agreed, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?”
― M. Prefontaine, Difficult Riddles For Smart Kids: 300 Difficult Riddles And Brain Teasers Families Will Love

“Where can you finish a book without finishing a sentence?”
― M. Prefontaine, Difficult Riddles For Smart Kids: 300 Difficult Riddles And Brain Teasers Families Will Love

“Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else. Les Brown”
― M. Prefontaine, 501 Quotes about Life: Funny, Inspirational and Motivational Quotes

“woman is sitting in her hotel room when there is a knock at the door. She opened the door to see a man whom she had never seen before. He said "oh I'm sorry, I have made a mistake, I thought this was my room." He then went down the corridor and in the elevator. The woman went back into her room and phoned security. What made the woman so suspicious of the man? Answer”
― M. Prefontaine, Difficult Riddles For Smart Kids: 300 Difficult Riddles And Brain Teasers Families Will Love

“What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?”
― M. Prefontaine, Difficult Riddles For Smart Kids: 300 Difficult Riddles And Brain Teasers Families Will Love

“A ship is safe in harbor, but that is not what ships are for.  William GT Shedd (1820 -94)”
― M. Prefontaine, The Best Smart Quotes Book: Wisdom That Can Change Your Life

“This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is highly unusual though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching.”
― M. Prefontaine, Difficult Riddles For Smart Kids: 300 Difficult Riddles And Brain Teasers Families Will Love

“It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong. Thomas Sowell (1930 -)”
― M. Prefontaine, The Best Smart Quotes Book: Wisdom That Can Change Your Life

“A man is writing his will and he wants to leave everything he has to one of his two sons, whichever one is more dedicated. To decide which one will win his fortune he gives them each a car and tells them that whoever's car passes the finish line he has set up last will get everything he has. After a month of both sons refusing to cross the line they finally go to their uncle for advice. They both leave their uncles house in a hurry and race to the finish line as fast as they can. What advice did their uncle give?”
― M. Prefontaine, Difficult Riddles For Smart Kids: 300 Difficult Riddles And Brain Teasers Families Will Love

“When I am released to the wind, you look away and you pretend, but away your friends I will send. What am I?”
― M. Prefontaine, Difficult Riddles For Smart Kids: 300 Difficult Riddles And Brain Teasers Families Will Love

“When we are headed the wrong way, the last thing we need is progress. Nick Bostrom (1973-”
― M. Prefontaine, The Best Smart Quotes Book: Wisdom That Can Change Your Life

“Being rich is having money; being wealthy is having time. -Margaret Bonnano (1950 -)”
― M Prefontaine, The Big Book of Quotes: Funny, Inspirational and Motivational Quotes on Life, Love and Much Else

“Even though we've changed and we're all finding our own place in the world, we all know that when the tears fall or the smile spreads across our face, we'll come to each other because no matter where this crazy world takes us, nothing will ever change so much to the point where we're not all still friends. -Anon”
― M. Prefontaine, Quotes: The Box Set: Funny, Inspirational and motivational quotes