May 2009

Percy Cerutty Quotations

-Great people and great athletes realize early in their lives their destiny, and accept it. Even if they do not consciously realize the how, the where, the what. Percy Cerutty

Jimmy Demaret Quotations

-Golf and sex are about the only things you can enjoy without being good at. Jimmy Demaret

Bob Talbert Quotations

-A great city is one that handles art and garbage equally well. Bob Talbert

Andre Malraux Quotations

-The greatest mystery is not that we have been flung at random between the profusion of matter and of the stars, but that within this prison we can draw from ourselves images powerful enough to deny our nothingness. -The most important thing in life is to see to it that you are never beaten. Andre [...]

Elizabeth Taylor Quotations

-It is very strange that the years teach us patience – that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting. Elizabeth Taylor

John Gray Quotations

-It is not giving children more that spoils them; it is giving them more to avoid confrontation. John Gray

Edmund Phelps Quotations

If no one has been annoyed for some time by what he sees to be your irresponsibility, you should consider whether you are holding your imagination too much in check. Edmund Phelps

Jeff Foxworthy Quotations

-My whole career can be summed up with ‘Ignorance is bliss.’ When you do not know better, you do not really worry about failing. Jeff Foxworthy

William Ellery Channing Quotations

-Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. William Ellery Channing

Muriel Spark Quotations

-Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. Muriel Spark

Twyla Tharp Quotations

-Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. Twyla Tharp

Queen Victoria Quotations

-I would earnestly warn you against trying to find out the reason for and explanation of everything. … To try and find out the reason for everything is very dangerous and leads to nothing but disappointment and dissatisfaction, unsettling your mind and in the end making you miserable. Queen Victoria

Francis Quarles Quotations

-Be very circumspect in the choice of thy company. In the society of thine equals thou shalt enjoy more pleasure; in the society of thy superiors thou shalt find more profit. To be the best in the company is the way to grow worse. Francis Quarles

Lee Iacocca Quotations

-There ain’t no free lunches in this country. And don’t go spending your whole life commiserating that you got raw deals. You’ve got to say, ‘I think that if I keep working at this and want it bad enough I can have it.’ Lee Iacocca

E. L. Doctorow Quotations

-The great civilizer on Earth seems to have been doubt. Doubt, the constantly debated and flexible inner condition of theological uncertainty, seems to have held people in thrall to ethical behaviour, while the true believers, of whatever stamp, religious or religious-statist, have done the murdering. E.L. Doctorow

Jean Piaget Quotations

-The principle goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done–men who are creative, inventive and discoverers. Jean Piaget

Alan Patrick Herbert Quotations

-The conception of two people living together for 25 years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep. Alan Patrick Herbert

Kazuo Inamori Quotations

-Too many people think only of their own profit. But business opportunity seldom knocks on the door of self-centered people. No customer ever goes to a store merely to please the storekeeper. Kazuo Inamori

George Aiken Quotations

-If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other cause for prejudice by noon. George Aiken

Price Cobb Quotations

-Some days you’re a bug, some days you’re a windshield. Price Cobb