appraisal
Evaluate what you want — because what gets measured, gets produced. – Belasco, James A.
Category: Quotes of the day
The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all. -Twain, Mark
The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all. -Twain, Mark
Cathy Guisewite
“Food, love, career, and mothers, the four major guilt groups.” Cathy Guisewite quotes
Dunne, Finley Peter
Most vegetarians I ever see looked enough like their food to be classed as cannibals. Dunne, Finley Peter quotes
Russell, Dora
We have never yet had a labor Government that knew what taking power really means; they always act like second-class citizens. Russell, Dora quotes
Fitzhenry, R. I.
Timing, degree and conviction are the three wise men in this life. Fitzhenry, R. I. quotes
David Nestor
“Don’t hold on to anything too tightly; sooner or later, you’ll have to let go.” David Nestor quotes
Beatrix Potter
Thank goodness…I was never sent to school…it would have rubbed off some of the originality. Discuss Beatrix Potter quotes
He was dull in a new way, and that made many think him great. -Johnson, Samuel
He was dull in a new way, and that made many think him great. -Johnson, Samuel
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all. -Thoreau, Henry David
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all. -Thoreau, Henry David
For us, the best time is always yesterday. -Tolstaya, Tatyana
For us, the best time is always yesterday. -Tolstaya, Tatyana
The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason. -Franklin, Benjamin
The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason. -Franklin, Benjamin
George Henry Lewes
“Insight is the first condition of Art.” George Henry Lewes quotes
"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." – Mother Teresa of Calcutta
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta
We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past. -Chiang Kai-Shek, Madame
We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past. -Chiang Kai-Shek, Madame
The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise. -Dante Alighieri
The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise. -Dante Alighieri
Plough deep while sluggards sleep. -Franklin, Benjamin
Plough deep while sluggards sleep. -Franklin, Benjamin
A king should die on his feet. -Louis XVIII
A king should die on his feet. -Louis XVIII
No literature is complete until the language it was written in is dead. -Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
No literature is complete until the language it was written in is dead. -Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked. -Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked. -Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Olive Schreiner
“We bear the world and we make it… There was never a great man who had not a great mother – it is hardly an …
We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them. -Livy, Titus
We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them. -Livy, Titus
Boone, Daniel
All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife. Boone, Daniel quotes
Bergman, Ingmar
Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into …
Lewis, Sinclair
Our American professors like their literature clear and cold and pure and very dead. Lewis, Sinclair quotes
Uta Hagan
“We must overcome the notion that we must be regular…it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.” Uta …
Woman, the more careful she is about her face, the more careless about her house. -Johnson, Ben
Woman, the more careful she is about her face, the more careless about her house. -Johnson, Ben
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. -Wilde, Oscar
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. -Wilde, Oscar
Posterity gives every man his true value. -Tacitus, Publius Cornelius
Posterity gives every man his true value. -Tacitus, Publius Cornelius
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive. -Hill, Napoleon
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive. -Hill, Napoleon
If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. -Roosevelt, Franklin D.
If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. -Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Rumi
“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” Rumi quotes
Clason, George S.
Men of action are favored by the Goddess of luck. Clason, George S. quotes
Leiris, Michel
Nothing seems more like a whorehouse to me than a museum. In it you find the same equivocal aspect, the same frozen quality. Leiris, Michel …
Lord Billingsley
“By the time I’d grown up, I naturally supposed that I’d be grown up.” Lord Billingsley quotes
Cut your losses and let your profits run. -Proverb, American
Cut your losses and let your profits run. -Proverb, American
Love is full of anxious fears. -Ovid
Love is full of anxious fears. -Ovid
Man is born to live and not to prepare to live. -Pasternak, Boris
Man is born to live and not to prepare to live. -Pasternak, Boris
Vote for the man who promises least; he’ll be the least disappointing. -Baruch, Bernard M.
Vote for the man who promises least; he’ll be the least disappointing. -Baruch, Bernard M.
"A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all" – Chinese Proverbs
“A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all” – Chinese Proverbs