January 2009

Judith Martin Quotations

-We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society. -It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help. Judith Martin

Sivananda

There is something good in all seeming failures. You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. Be patient. Sivananda

Sean O’Casey Quotations

Work! Labour … the one great sacrament of humanity from which all other things flow – security, leisure, joy, art, literature, even divinity itself. Sean O’Casey

William Beveridge Quotations

-Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens. William Beveridge

Vernon Sanders Law Quotations

-Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards. Vernon Sanders Law

L. C. Thurow Quotations

-A competitive world offers two possibilities. You can lose. Or, if you want to win, you can change. L. C. Thurow

Barbara Kafka Quotations

-Overweight is one of America’s major health problems; I think that is because we love our food too little, not too much. If it tastes fabulous, if every bite delights, if we really pay attention, we will end up eating less, not to deprive ourselves, but because we will be satisfied. Barbara Kafka

Evelin Lindner Quotations

-Pessimism is a luxury of good times … In difficult times, pessimism is a self-fulfilling, self-inflicted death sentence. Evelin Lindner

Milan Kundera Quotations

-The serial number of a human specimen is the face, that accidental and unrepeatable combination of features. It reflects neither character nor soul, nor what we call the self. The face is only the serial number of a specimen. Milan Kundera

Lawrence Kaplow Quotations

-Perseverance does not equal worthiness. Lawrence Kaplow

Ryszard Kapuscinski Quotations

-We follow the mystics. They know where they are going. They, too, go astray, but when they go astray they do so in a way that is mystical, dark, and mysterious. Ryszard Kapuscinski

Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address

My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition. Forty-four Americans have now [...]

Val Sears Quotations

Politics, as it turned out, lent itself admirably to storytelling. Where else can you find such a mix of greed, power, lust, conspiracy, sacrifice and secrecy? Val Sears

Michael Shermer Quotations

-Anecdotal thinking comes naturally; science requires training. -But because we live in an age of science, we have a preoccupation with corroborating our myths. -But the power of science lies in open publication, which, with the rise of the Internet, is no longer constrained by the price of paper. -But there is only one surefire [...]

Gail Pool Quotations

-Even with the best of maps and instruments, we can never fully chart our journeys. Gail Pool

Peter De Vries Quotations

-I love being a writer. What I can’t stand is the paperwork. Peter De Vries

James Carr Quotations

I don’t have an English accent because this is what English sounds like when spoken properly. James Carr

Latin Proverbs

-If the wind will not serve, take to the oars. Latin Proverbs

Amy Jenkins Quotations

-I get a lecture from my therapist every week which boils down to: pull your socks up. Okay, it’s a bit more sophisticated than that … It’s working and I love it. Thoughts, my therapist says, are very untrustworthy things. Don’t buy into them. Some thoughts are useful – learn to recognize these. Ditch the [...]

Karl Popper Quotations

-Science may be described as the art of systematic oversimplification. Sir Karl Popper

Susan Partnow Quotations

-It is within the families themselves where peace can begin. Susan Partnow

Matthew Parris Quotations

-It’s when a leader has to move from ‘Yes we can’ to ‘No you can’t’ that he is tested. Matthew Parris

H. Mathews Quotations

-A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that is left him. H. Mathews

James Fenimore Cooper Quotations

-It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which masses of men exhibit their tyranny. James Fenimore Cooper

William Drummond Quotations

-He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave. Sir William Drummond

Angela L. Wozniak Quotations

-I have come to realize that all my trouble with living has come from fear and smallness within me. Angela L. Wozniak

John Cleese Quotations

-I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me. John Cleese

Marva Collins Quotations

-Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide. Marva Collins

Sholem Asch Quotations

-Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence. Sholem Asch

Alberto Manguel Quotations

-In the winter the beauty is even stronger. The Prairies eliminate the obviousness of a horizon and leave the traveller with the magnificence of an infinite blank page, land blending with sky. I have never understood ‘snow’ to be a derogatory term. Alberto Manguel

Stephen S. Wise Quotations

-Vision looks inward and becomes duty. Vision looks outward and becomes aspiration. Vision looks upward and becomes faith. Stephen S. Wise

Nikki Giovanni Quotations

-Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying. -I’m glad I understand that while language is a gift, listening is a responsibility. Nikki Giovanni

Adolf Hitler Quotations

-What luck for rulers that men do not think. Adolf Hitler

Brian Adams Quotations

-Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success. Brian Adams

Bret Harte Quotations

-The only sure thing about luck is that it will change. Bret Harte

Charles Peters Quotations

-Bureaucrats write memoranda both because they appear to be busy when they are writing and because the memos, once written, immediately become proof that they were busy. Charles Peters

Christopher Lasch Quotations

-A society that has made ‘nostalgia’ a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates the suggestion that life in the past was in any important way better than life today. -Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success. Christopher Lasch

Neil Simon Quotations

-Don’t listen to those who say, “It’s not done that way.” Maybe it’s not, but maybe you will. Don’t listen to those who say, “You’re taking too big a chance.” Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor, and it would surely be rubbed out by today. Most importantly, don’t listen when the little voice of [...]

Craig Newmark Quotations

-I look at what the phone company does and do the opposite. -Sometimes a slow gradual approach does more good than a large gesture. Craig Newmark