“The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once, by holding out no hopes to her suitor.”
—Marguerite de Valois.
Stephen Colbert: Dreams can change
“Thankfully, dreams can change. If we’d all stuck with our first dream, the world would be overrun with cowboys and princesses.”
—Stephen Colbert.
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Stephen Baldwin: Jesus isn’t a logo
“Jesus isn’t a logo, I’m not promoting some company, some brand. I’m just professing my faith.”
—Stephen Baldwin.
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Edsger W Dijkstra: Computer Science
“Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.”
—Edsger W. Dijkstra.
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Martha Quinn: What you are willing to give yourself
“Demand no more out of your partner than what you are willing to give yourself.”
—Martha Quinn.
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Donovan Phillips Leitch: Softer you sing
“The softer you sing, the louder you’re heard.”
—Donovan Phillips Leitch
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Dave Gahan: Surface
“You’re only going to get surface with me. It takes me ages to warm up to people.”
—Dave Gahan.
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Harry S Truman: Study men
“Study men, not historians.”
—Harry S Truman.
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Rabindranath Tagore: Burden of his tail
“The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of his tail.”
—Rabindranath Tagore.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Only music
“Only music clarifies, reconciles, and consoles. But it is not a straw just barely clutched at. It is a faithful friend, protector, and comforter, and for its sake alone, life in this world is worth living. Who knows, perhaps in heaven there will be no music. So let us live on the earth while we still have life!”
—Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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Dan Barker: Not thinking critically
‘Not thinking critically, I assumed that the “successful” prayers were proof that God answers prayer while the failures were proof that there was something wrong with me.’
—-Dan Barker.
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Sigmund Freud: Neurosis
“Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.”
—-Sigmund Freud.
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Christopher Morley: Heavy hearts
“Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.”
—Christopher Morley.
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Simon Sinek: Empathize, then criticize
“We must all try to empathize before we criticize. Ask someone what’s wrong before telling them they are wrong.”
—Simon Sinek.
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Lance Henriksen: Corporate nationalism
“Corporate nationalism to me is a little bit like what would have happened if Hitler had won. It’s scary stuff. It’s totalitarianism in a different from, under a different flavour.”
—Lance Henriksen.
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William Kingdon Clifford: Insufficient evidence
“It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.”
—William Kingdon Clifford.
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Dick Dale: Song, a painting
“Every song is like a painting.”
—Dick Dale.
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Niccolo Machiavelli: Titles
“It is not titles that make men illustrious, but men who make titles illustrious.”
—Niccolo Machiavelli.
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Niccolo Machiavelli: Hatred
“Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.”
—Niccolo Machiavelli.
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Rumi: Gratitude
“Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life.”
—Rumi
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David Beckham: No time for hobbies
“I don’t have time for hobbies. At the end of the day, I treat my job as a hobby. It’s something I love doing.”
—David Beckham.
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Simon Sinek: Best reaction is humility
“When we feel humiliated, the best reaction is humility.”
—Simon Sinek.
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Joseph Heller: Injustice, treachery or bad luck
“Destiny is a good thing to accept when it’s going your way. When it isn’t, don’t call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck.”
—Joseph Heller.
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Annie Dillard: How we spend our days
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
—Annie Dillard.
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Hosea Balou: Suspicion
“Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness.”
—Hosea Balou.
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Jerry Seinfeld: Bookstore
“A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.”
—Jerry Seinfeld.
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Henri Poincaré: Thought
“Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything.”
—Henri Poincaré.
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Frederick Maitland: Simplicity
“Simplicity is the end result of long, hard work, not the starting point.”
— Frederick Maitland.
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Saddam Hussein: Politics
“Politics is when you say you are going to do one thing while intending to do another. Then you do neither what you said nor what you intended.”
—Saddam Hussein.
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Herbert Spencer: Seeing by proxy
“Reading is seeing by proxy.”
—-Herbert Spencer.
