If you give money, spend yourself with it. -Thoreau, Henry David
If you give money, spend yourself with it. -Thoreau, Henry David
Month: October 2009
I don’t know any other way to lead but by example. -Shula, Don
I don’t know any other way to lead but by example. -Shula, Don
Lewis Thomas
“The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand.” Lewis Thomas quotes
A. R. Ammons
“Anything looked at closely becomes wonderful.” A. R. Ammons quotes
Franz Kafka
“Anything that has real and lasting value is always a gift from within.” Franz Kafka quotes
Coco Chanel
“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” Coco Chanel quotes
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
“Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.” Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes
Simon Travaglia
“Don’t borrow someone else’s spectacles to view yourself with.” Simon Travaglia quotes
Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor. -Tacitus, Publius Cornelius
Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor. -Tacitus, Publius Cornelius
Chapman Cohen
“Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.” Chapman Cohen quotes
Ransom, Ralph
Man was created as a being who should constantly keep improving, a being who on reaching one goal sets a higher one. Ransom, Ralph quotes
Fisher, Dorothy Canfield
A mother is not a person to lean on but person to make leaning unnecessary. Fisher, Dorothy Canfield quotes
Temple, Sir William
Who ever converses among old books will be hard to please among the new. Temple, Sir William quotes
Nightingale, Earl
People are where they are because that is exactly where they really want to be — whether they will admit that or not. Nightingale, Earl …
Djilas, Milovan
Normal life cannot sustain revolutionary attitudes for long. Djilas, Milovan quotes
Swindoll, Charles
When I think of vision, I have in mind the ability to see above and beyond the majority. Swindoll, Charles quotes
Roosevelt, Eleanor
If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor. Roosevelt, Eleanor quotes
There just isn’t any pleasing some people. The trick is to stop trying. -Rosenberg, Joel
There just isn’t any pleasing some people. The trick is to stop trying. -Rosenberg, Joel
Jim Dietz
“Rowing is a sport for dreamers. As long as you put in the work, you can own the dream. When the work stops, the dream …
I’ve been on a calendar, but I’ve never been on time. -Monroe, Marilyn
I’ve been on a calendar, but I’ve never been on time. -Monroe, Marilyn
Tomorrow
He that has given today may, if he so please, take away tomorrow. – Horace
It is a glorious thing to be indifferent to suffering, but only to one’s own suffering. -Lynd, Robert
It is a glorious thing to be indifferent to suffering, but only to one’s own suffering. -Lynd, Robert
The new so called morality has too often the old immorality condoned. -Shawcross, Lord
The new so called morality has too often the old immorality condoned. -Shawcross, Lord
Excellence
I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best. – Wilde, Oscar
Evil
My mother’s obsession with the good scissors always scared me a bit. It implied that somewhere in the house there lurked: the evil scissors. – …
Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond. -Hegel, Georg
Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond. -Hegel, Georg
Pema Chodron
“It’s also helpful to realize that this very body that we have, that’s sitting right here right now… with its aches and it pleasures… is …
Yugoslav Proverb
“If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority.” Yugoslav Proverb quotes
Chris Rock
“You don’t pay taxes – they take taxes.” Chris Rock quotes
Fools are without number. -Erasmus, Desiderius
Fools are without number. -Erasmus, Desiderius
Truman Capote
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” Truman Capote quotes
Keillor, Garrison
A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together. Keillor, Garrison quotes
Feldman, Marty
Money can’t buy poverty. Feldman, Marty quotes
Ford, Ford Madox
Only two classes of books are of universal appeal. The very best and the very worst. Ford, Ford Madox quotes
Sagan, Francoise
It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the fronts people assume before one another’s eyes, and the front a writer puts …
The obscure we see eventually, the completely apparent takes longer. -Murrow, Edward R.
The obscure we see eventually, the completely apparent takes longer. -Murrow, Edward R.
(Louis Charles) Alfred de Musset
“How glorious it is – and how painful – to be an exception.” (Louis Charles) Alfred de Musset quotes
He who sleeps half a day has won half a life. -Kraus, Karl
He who sleeps half a day has won half a life. -Kraus, Karl
Speculation
If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation. – Hazlitt, William
Science and Scientists
The man of science is a poor philosopher. – Einstein, Albert