February 2009

George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon Quotations

-Never think that God’s delays are God’s denials. Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius. -Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience. George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon

Sonia Taitz Quotations

-What children take from us, they give…We become people who feel more deeply, question more deeply, hurt more deeply, and love more deeply. Sonia Taitz

Nikita Khrushchev Quotations

-Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. Nikita Khrushchev

Carlos Seleme Quotations

-History is written by the victors, not the vanquished. Carlos Seleme

Aquaviva Quotations

Let us be resolute in prosecuting our ends, and mild in our methods of so doing. Aquaviva

James Beard Quotations

-I believe that if ever I had to practice cannibalism, I might manage if there were enough tarragon around. James Beard

John Foster Dulles Quotations

-The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it’s the same problem you had last year. John Foster Dulles

Mary Shelley Quotations

…my dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed–my dearest pleasure when free. Mary Shelley

Elizabeth Goudge Quotations

-Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing. Elizabeth Goudge

Edmond de Goncourt Quotations

-A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world. Edmond de Goncourt

Nido Qubein Quotations

-Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets. Nido Qubein

H. H. Williams Quotations

-Furious activity is no substitute for understanding. H. H. Williams

Hugh White Quotations

-When you make a mistake, don’t look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power. Hugh White

Stuart’s Law of Retroaction

-It is easier to get forgiveness than permission. Stuart’s Law of Retroaction

Scott Westerfeld Quotations

-We don’t always get to choose what we love. -A little drama wins more friends than boring. Scott Westerfeld

André Dubus Quotations

-Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people. André Dubus

Hesketh Pearson Quotations

-Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely. Hesketh Pearson

Muriel Fox Quotations

-Women and men have to fight together to change society – and both will benefit… Partnership, not dependence, is the real romance in marriage. Muriel Fox

Seneca the Younger Quotations

-No man is crushed by hostile Fortune who is not first deceived by her smiles. -Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones. Seneca the Younger

George Dorsey Quotations

-Play is the beginning of knowledge. George Dorsey

Emerson Pugh Quotations

If the human mind was simple enough to understand, we’d be too simple to understand it. Emerson Pugh

Cathy Guinsewite Quotations

All parents believe their children can do the impossible. They thought it the minute we were born, and no matter how hard we’ve tried to prove them wrong, they all think it about us now. And the really annoying thing is, they’re probably right. Cathy Guinsewite

Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotations

-To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent – that is to triumph over old age. Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Simon Gray Quotations

-People should worry about each other. Because worry is just love in its worst form. But it’s still love. -In my experience, the worst thing you can do to an important problem is discuss it. You know – I really do think this whole business of non-communication is one of the more poignant fallacies of [...]