Archibald Rutledge – good fortune
“One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.” ~Archibald Rutledge
Year: 2011
Elizabeth Kenny – better to be a lion
“It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.” ~Elizabeth Kenny
Stan Getz – music
“My life is music. And in some vague, mysterious, and subconscious way, I have always been driven by a taut inner spring which has propelled …
Richard Leakey
“Primates need good nutrition, to begin with. Not only fruits and plants, but insects as well.” Richard Leakey quotes
Loos, Anita
Show business is the best possible therapy for remorse. Loos, Anita quotes
Dickson, Paul
May you look back on the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future. Dickson, Paul quotes
Niccolini, Giovanni
By asking for the impossible we obtain the best possible. Niccolini, Giovanni quotes
John P. Grier
“The will to believe is perhaps the most powerful, but certainly the most dangerous human attribute.” John P. Grier quotes
Tenderness is a virtue. -Goldsmith, Oliver
Tenderness is a virtue. -Goldsmith, Oliver
Philip Hamerton
“Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the …
In private grief with careless scorn. In public seem to triumph and not to mourn. -Grannville
In private grief with careless scorn. In public seem to triumph and not to mourn. -Grannville
Wer viel Licht sucht, wird durch viel Dunkelheit gehen müssen.
Wer viel Licht sucht, wird durch viel Dunkelheit gehen müssen.
Good laws make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong. -Gladstone, William E.
Good laws make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong. -Gladstone, William E.
Fantasie haben heißt nicht, sich etwas auszudenken,
Fantasie haben heißt nicht, sich etwas auszudenken, es heißt, sich aus den Dingen etwas zu machen. (Thomas Mann)
Eurípides de Salamina – 29/8/2011
Cuando un hombre bueno está herido, todo el que se considere bueno debe sufrir con él. Frases de Eurípides de Salamina – 29/8/2011
Humankind cannot bear very much reality. -Eliot, T. S.
Humankind cannot bear very much reality. -Eliot, T. S.
Einen sicheren Freund erkennt man in unsicherer Sache. ~~~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
Einen sicheren Freund erkennt man in unsicherer Sache. Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is wise to learn; it is God-like to create. -Saxe, John
It is wise to learn; it is God-like to create. -Saxe, John
"I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strangely, I am ungrateful to these teachers" – Kahlil Gibran
“I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strangely, I am ungrateful to these teachers” – …
I wish I knew what I know now before. -Stewart, Rod
I wish I knew what I know now before. -Stewart, Rod
priorities
It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing; his manhood all taken out of him by the hydraulic …
Gary Zukav
“Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science.” Gary Zukav quotes
Robert Service
“Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.” Robert Service quotes
Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation. -Nicklaus, Jack
Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation. -Nicklaus, Jack
Enzensberger, Hans Magnus
Every orientation presupposes a disorientation. Enzensberger, Hans Magnus quotes
Jameson, Anna
All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just side of a question is …
Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou knowest, all thou hast, nor all thou cans’t. -Franklin, Benjamin
Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou knowest, all thou hast, nor all thou cans’t. -Franklin, Benjamin
Lawrence G. Lovasik – treasure of happiness
“Try to make at least one person happy every day. If you cannot do a kind deed, speak a kind word. If you cannot speak …
"If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them." – Francis Bacon Sr.
“If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island …
Alles geben die Götter, die unendlichen, ihren Lieblingen ganz.
Alles geben die Götter, die unendlichen, ihren Lieblingen ganz.
The pyramids, attached with age, have forgotten the names of their founders. -Fuller, R. Buckminster
The pyramids, attached with age, have forgotten the names of their founders. -Fuller, R. Buckminster
Unterhaltung besteht meistens nicht darin,
Unterhaltung besteht meistens nicht darin, dass man selbst etwas Gescheites sagt, sondern dass man etwas Dummes anhören muss. (Wilhelm Busch)
François de la Rochefoucauld – 28/8/2011
No se elogia, en general, sino para ser elogiado. Frases de François de la Rochefoucauld – 28/8/2011
"Hurricane Katrina was the most significant test of our new national emergency preparedness and response system since 9/11 and it obviously did not pass the test," – Joe Lieberman
“Hurricane Katrina was the most significant test of our new national emergency preparedness and response system since 9/11 and it obviously did not pass the …
Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat. -Fischer, Martin H.
Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat. -Fischer, Martin H.
"[If Hurricane Katrina represented a real-life rehearsal of sorts, the response suggested to many that the nation is not ready to handle a terrorist attack of similar dimensions.] This is what the department was supposed to be all about, … Instead, it obviously raises very serious, troubling questions about whether the government would be prepared if this were a terrorist attack. It’s a devastating indictment of this department’s performance four years after 9/11." – Clark Kent Ervin
“ This is what the department was supposed to be all about, … Instead, it obviously raises very serious, troubling questions about whether the government …
Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God. -Bruce, Lenny
Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God. -Bruce, Lenny
Franceso Guicciardini – Ambassadors
“Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states. ”~Franceso Guicciardini on Statesmanship
From small beginnings come great things. -Proverb, American
From small beginnings come great things. -Proverb, American
"New Orleans won’t be safe from another storm like Katrina until we restore this hurricane buffer." – Robert Twilley
“New Orleans won’t be safe from another storm like Katrina until we restore this hurricane buffer.” – Robert Twilley