Month: August 2009

America

For other nations, utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered; for Americans it is just beyond the horizon. – Kissinger, Henry

Ben Jonson

“Language most shews a man: Speak, that I may see thee.” Ben Jonson quotes

Lawana Blackwell

“Patterning your life around other’s opinions is nothing more than slavery.” Lawana Blackwell quotes

Spanish Proverb

“If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself.” Spanish Proverb quotes

Max L. Forman

“Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.” Max L. Forman quotes

John Gay

“Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.” John Gay quotes

John Dewey

“Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of the imagination.” John Dewey quotes

Resolution

For I am full of spirit and resolve to meet all perils very constantly. – Shakespeare, William

Persuasion

He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves. – Chesterfield, Lord

Simplicity

The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective. – Buffett, Warren

Culture

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny. – Camus, Albert

Alienation

There is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison; there is no philosophy or ideology that does not think that we …

Stardom

You have to know exactly what you want out of your career. If you want to be a star, you don’t bother with other things. …

Obscurity

What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care. – Blake, …

Pearl Bailey

“What the world really needs is more love and less paper work.” Pearl Bailey quotes

Ludwig van Beethoven

“Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.” Ludwig van Beethoven quotes

George Will

“The future has a way of arriving unannounced.” George Will quotes

Francis of Assisi, St.

It is not fitting, when one is in God’s service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look. Francis of Assisi, St. quotes

Hoffer, Eric

Where everything is possible miracles become commonplaces, but the familiar ceases to be self-evident. Hoffer, Eric quotes

Cicero, Marcus T.

The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body. Cicero, Marcus T. quotes

Bradshaw, Terry

What’s the worst thing that can happen to a quarterback? He loses his confidence. Bradshaw, Terry quotes

Paul, Alice

When you put your hand to the plow, you can’t put it down until you get to the end of the row. Paul, Alice quotes

Bloomfield, Lady

Never chain your dogs together with sausages. One must accustom one’s self to be bored. Bloomfield, Lady quotes

Wright, Frank Lloyd

The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his clients to plant vines. Wright, Frank Lloyd quotes

Sand, George

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth. Sand, George quotes

Vine Deloria, Jr.

“Royalty has always been an unconscious but all-consuming goal of the European immigrant.” Vine Deloria, Jr. quotes

Wives

He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows. – Fuller, Thomas

Credit

O Gold! I still prefer thee unto paper, which makes bank credit like a bark of vapor. – Byron, Lord

Men and Women

Men are just as sensitive, and in some ways more sensitive, than women are. – Angelis, Barbara De

Garry Shandling

“I’m dating a woman now who, evidently, is unaware of it.” Garry Shandling quotes