March 2010

Roberto Benigni Quotations

-It’s a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation. Roberto Benigni

Flannery O’Connor Quotations

-The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it. Flannery O’Connor

Robert Southey Quotations

-If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams – the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. -What blockheads are those wise persons, who think it necessary that a child should comprehend everything it reads. Robert Southey

Brenda Ueland Quotations

-So you see, imagination needs moodling – long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling and puttering. Brenda Ueland

Elie Wiesel Quotations

-Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself. Elie Wiesel

James M. Barrie Quotations

-Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else. James M. Barrie

Louise Nevelson Quotations

-I have made my world and it is a much better world than I ever saw outside. Louise Nevelson

Ellen Goodman Quotations

-In journalism, there has always been a tension between getting it first and getting it right. Ellen Goodman

Alfred E. Wiggam Quotations

-A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time. Alfred E. Wiggam

Rabino Nilton Bonder Quotations

-Many people believe that humility is the opposite of pride, when, in fact, it is a point of equilibrium. The opposite of pride is actually a lack of self-esteem. A humble person is totally different from a person who cannot recognize and appreciate himself as part of this world’s marvels. Rabino Nilton Bonder

R. J. Baughan Quotations

-We find greatest joy, not in getting, but in expressing what we are…Men do not really live for honors or for pay; their gladness is not the taking and holding, but in doing, the striving, the building, the living. It is a higher joy to teach than to be taught. It is good to get [...]