Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering. -Jung, Carl
Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering. -Jung, Carl
Month: November 2009
In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness. -Eliot, George
In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness. -Eliot, George
A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind’s eye. -Wells, Carolyn
A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind’s eye. -Wells, Carolyn
Gene Roddenberry
“We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes.” Gene …
Give yourself something to work toward — constantly. -Ash, Mary Kay
Give yourself something to work toward — constantly. -Ash, Mary Kay
Poe, Edgar Allan
There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one …
Austen, Jane
To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. Austen, Jane quotes
Pitt, Martin
Politician: From the Greek poly (many) and the French t?te (head or face, as in t?te-?-t?te: head to head or face to face). Hence Pitt, …
Benny, Jack
It’s not so much knowing when to speak, when to pause. Benny, Jack quotes
Korzybski, Alfred
The map is not the territory. Korzybski, Alfred quotes
Clark, Dick
Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law. Clark, Dick quotes
I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence. -Hampton, Christopher
I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence. -Hampton, Christopher
One thing alone not even God can do,To make undone whatever hath been done. -Aristotle
One thing alone not even God can do,To make undone whatever hath been done. -Aristotle
Quarrels
The last sound on the worthless earth will be two human beings trying to launch a homemade spaceship and already quarreling about where they are …
Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death? -Plato
Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death? -Plato
Jessamyn West
“A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is …
A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost. -Foch, Ferdinand
A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost. -Foch, Ferdinand
W. Clement Stone
“Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.” W. Clement Stone quotes
Paul Lynde
“I sang in the choir for years, even though my family belonged to another church.” Paul Lynde quotes
Walter Benjamin
“Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.” Walter Benjamin quotes
A classic is a book that doesn’t have to be written again. -Doren, Carl Van
A classic is a book that doesn’t have to be written again. -Doren, Carl Van
Ambrose Redmoon
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” Ambrose Redmoon quotes
Taste may change, but inclination never. -La Rochefoucauld, Francois De
Taste may change, but inclination never. -La Rochefoucauld, Francois De
Ross, Joel E.
Don’t hide your strategy under a bushel. Communicate it throughout your company. It’s better today to disclose too much that too little. Ross, Joel E. …
Macewan, Norman
Many a man never fails because he never tries. Macewan, Norman quotes
Gabirol, Ibn
I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did. Gabirol, Ibn quotes
Earnhardt, Dale
You can’t let one bad moment spoil a bunch of good ones. Earnhardt, Dale quotes
Jennings, Elizabeth
At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long for in dreams, yet still include them all. Jennings, Elizabeth …
Bernanos, Georges
Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses. Bernanos, Georges quotes
Cocteau, Jean
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. Cocteau, Jean quotes
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true. -Tracy, Brian
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true. -Tracy, Brian
Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak. -Cicero, Marcus T.
Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak. -Cicero, Marcus T.
Opera
A supreme social challenge. – Amory, Cleveland
Irreverence
Impiety. Your irreverence toward my deity. – Bierce, Ambrose
Awards
The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity. – Graves, Robert
Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits. -James, William
Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits. -James, William
The joy of youth is to disobey; but the trouble is that there are no longer any orders. -Cocteau, Jean
The joy of youth is to disobey; but the trouble is that there are no longer any orders. -Cocteau, Jean
Our Union: It must be preserved. -Jackson, Andrew
Our Union: It must be preserved. -Jackson, Andrew
The more experiments you make the better. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
The more experiments you make the better. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Priestley, J. B.
I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting …