November 2012 – Page 3 – Dictionary of Quotes

Suzy Greaves – life

“To start living a passionate life, you need to dig around and start getting back in touch with what you love, what you enjoy and …

Jimmy Durante – rain

“If you want the rainbow you’ve got to put up with the rain.” ~Jimmy Durante

Ken Hakuta

“Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle.” Ken Hakuta quotes

"To lead an uninstructed people to war is to throw them away" – Confucius

“To lead an uninstructed people to war is to throw them away” – Confucius

I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married. -Elizabeth I

Wahre Gerechtigkeit ist weit mehr als mein Recht.

Any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it. -Thoreau, Henry David

Esopo – 26/11/2012

Las palabras que no van seguidas de hechos, no valen nada. Frases de Esopo – 26/11/2012

"There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures." – William Shakespeare

“There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life …

Take care in your minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves. -Chesterfield, Lord

"The older generation are leading this country to galloping ruin!" – John Lennon

“The older generation are leading this country to galloping ruin!” – John Lennon

What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral. -Lowell, James Russell

Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones. -Bierce, Ambrose

Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart

It is not the straining for great things that is most effective; it is the doing the little things, the common duties, a little better …

Zinsser, William

There’s no sentence that’s too short in the eyes of God. Zinsser, William quotes

"Success is bounding from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." – Winston Churchill

“Success is bounding from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill

"It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment’s grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one’s life." – Chanakya

“It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment’s grief, but disgrace brings …

"i believe the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare" – Maya Angelou

“i believe the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare” – Maya Angelou

"What moves me about…what’s called technique…is that it comes from some mysterious deep place. I mean it can have something to do with the paper and the developer and all that stuff, but it comes mostly from some very deep choices somebody has made that take a long time and keep haunting them." – Diane Arbus

“What moves me about…what’s called technique…is that it comes from some mysterious deep place. I mean it can have something to do with the paper …

"Confusion is the welcome mat at the door of creativity." – Michael J. Gelb

“Confusion is the welcome mat at the door of creativity.” – Michael J. Gelb

"A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone." – Paul Valery

“A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.” – Paul Valery

The world is a contradiction, the universe a paradox. -Joshi, Kedar

Oscar Arias Sanchez

“The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear, toward others as well as ourselves.” Oscar Arias Sanchez quotes

Das Leben ist lang genug, um zu erkennen, dass es nur aus wenigen Augenblicken besteht.

Auch eine Enttäuschung, wenn sie nur gründlich

Auch eine Enttäuschung, wenn sie nur gründlich und endgültig ist, bedeutet einen Schritt vorwärts. (Max Planck)

Ramón Gómez de la Serna – 25/11/2012

Ese precioso y necesario don del sentido común, que es el menos común de los sentidos. Frases de Ramón Gómez de la Serna – 25/11/2012

It is we that are blind, not fortune. -Browne, Sir Thomas

"Sometimes if you want to get rid of the gun, you have to pick the gun up." – Huey Newton

“Sometimes if you want to get rid of the gun, you have to pick the gun up.” – Huey Newton

"I knew one thing: as soon as anyone said you didn’t need a gun, you’d better take one along that worked." – Raymond Chandler

“I knew one thing: as soon as anyone said you didn’t need a gun, you’d better take one along that worked.” – Raymond Chandler

In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these. -Harvey, Paul

"Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience." – Felix Adler

“Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.” – Felix …

"We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it" – James Matthew Barrie

“We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it” – James Matthew Barrie

"Bank failures are caused by depositors who don’t deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement" – Dan Quayle

“Bank failures are caused by depositors who don’t deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement” – Dan Quayle

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