January 2010

Jessamyn West Quotations

-It is the loving, not the loved, woman who feels lovable. Jessamyn West

Andy Warhol Quotations

-They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. Andy Warhol

Al Franken Quotations

-It’s easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world. Al Franken

Natalie Goldberg Quotations

-Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Natalie Goldberg

Christina Baldwin Quotations

-How we remember, what we remember and why we remember form the most personal map of our individuality. Christina Baldwin

Thomas Wolfe Quotations

-If a man has talent and can’t use it, he’s failed. If he uses only half of it, he has partly failed. If he uses the whole of it, he has succeeded, and won a satisfaction and triumph few men ever know. Thomas Wolfe

Anna Freud Quotations

-I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time. Anna Freud

Lu Xun Quotations

-Hope cannot be said to exist, nor can it be said not to exist. It is just like roads across the earth. For actually the earth had no roads to begin with, but when many men pass one way, a road is made. Lu Xun

Bill Hicks Quotations

-It’s just a ride and we can change it any time we want. It’s only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings and money, a choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your door, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes [...]

Peggy Noonan Quotations

-Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It’s unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don’t have to try. Peggy Noonan

Tom Morris Quotations

-The only way most people recognize their limits is by trespassing on them. Tom Morris

Thomas K. Mattingly II Quotations

-It’s very hard to take yourself too seriously when you look at the world from outer space. Thomas K. Mattingly II

C. P. Snow Quotations

-When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion. -The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you’ll never find it. C. P. Snow

Richard Steele (Sir) Quotations

-Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools. Sir Richard Steele

Laura Schlessinger Quotations

-Don’t worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward. Laura Schlessinger

Phil Knight Quotations

-Play by the rules, but be ferocious. Phil Knight

Gail Godwin Quotations

-Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. Gail Godwin

Margaret Lee Runbeck Quotations

-Giving is a necessity sometimes… more urgent, indeed, than having. -Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling. Margaret Lee Runbeck

L. Frank Baum Quotations

-Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity. Imagination has given us the steam engine, the telephone, the talking-machine, and the automobile, for these things had to be dreamed of before they became realities. So I believe [...]

Robin Williams Quotations

-You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it. Robin Williams