Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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James Joyce: Mistakes
“Mistakes are the portals of discovery. ” ~James Joyce Embed from Getty Images
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Nelson Mandela: Hills
“After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.” ~Nelson Mandela. Embed from Getty Images
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Unknown: Spoken word
“The written word can be erased – not so with the spoken word.” —Author Unknown.
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Beth Brooke: Promotion and women
Sponsorship involves putting your own political capital at risk, so they are going to help that person to succeed. Women get promoted; they don’t get sponsored. Women know they are on their own if they get that promotion. ~Beth Brooke
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Gilbert Murray: Be careful
Be careful in dealing with a man who cares nothing for comfort or promotion, but is simply determined to do what he believes to be right. He is a dangerous uncomfortable enemy, because his body, which you can always conquer, gives you little purchase upon his soul. ~Gilbert Murray Embed from Getty Images
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Georg C. Lichtenberg: Doubt and vigilance
“Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.” ~Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Tim Berners-Lee: Browse
Embed from Getty Images “You affect the world by what you browse.” ~Tim Berners-Lee.
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A crowd always thinks – William R Alger
Originally posted on Ajaytao Quotes Blog: A crowd always thinks – William R Alger
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David Ogilvy: Advertising vernacular
“I don’t know the rules of grammar… If you’re trying to persuade people to do something, or buy something, it seems to me you should use their language, the language they use every day, the language in which they think. We try to write in the vernacular. ” ~David Ogilvy
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Curtis Jackson: In the 'hood
“You can buy cars but you can’t buy respect in the ‘hood” —Curtis Jackson.
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Billy Sunday: Christianity
“Christianity means a lot more than church membership. ” —Billy Sunday Embed from Getty Images
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Woody Allen: Beverly Hills and television shows
“In Beverly Hills, they don’t throw their garbage away. They make it into television shows.” ~Woody Allen http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/178222591
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Benjamin Disraeli: Permanent interests
“We have no permanent friends. We have no permanent enemies. We just have permanent interests.” ~Benjamin Disraeli. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/489722515
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Dr. Anthony Daniels: Cruelty
“Cruelty is like hope: it springs eternal.” ~Dr. Anthony Daniels, The Observer (1998) Embed from Getty Images
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Valerie Natress: Confusion
“There is nothing worse than falling prey To someone else’s confusion.” ~Valerie Natress
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Marlene Dietrich: Quotations
I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself. – Marlene Dietrich Embed from Getty Images
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Ajay Patri: Rumours
“…the basest of rumours have their origins in a tiny kernel of truth.” ~Ajay Patri in Shifting Lives.
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Richard Cecil: Punctuality
“If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no right to throw away your time, if I do my own. ” ~Richard Cecil
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Frederick Buechner: Beautiful and terrible
“Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid.” ~Frederick Buechner
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Thomas Alva Edison: Hallucination
“Vision without execution is hallucination.” ~Thomas Alva Edison. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/2667565
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Henry Brooks Adams: Slippery words, viscous thoughts
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. -Henry Brooks Adams, historian (1838-1918) Embed from Getty Images
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Lorraine Moller: Running
“For me, running is a lifestyle and an art. I’m more interested in the magic of it than the mechanics.” ~Lorraine Moller, Four-time New Zealand Olympian. Embed from Getty Images
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Ben Jonson: Language
“Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee. ” ~Ben Jonson Embed from Getty Images
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Noel Carroll: Running
“Running is the classical road to self-consciousness, self-awareness, and self-reliance.” ~Noel Carroll, Irish middle distance runner.
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Flannery O'Connor: Failures and successes
“It is better to be young in your failures than old in your successes. ” ~Flannery O’Connor Embed from Getty Images
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Nicolo Machiavelli: Three kinds of intelligence
“There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first is excellent, the second good, and the third useless. ” ~Nicolo Machiavelli.
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Robert A. Heinlein: Truism
“It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.” -Robert A. Heinlein, science-fiction author (1907-1988)
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Andrew Masondo: Differences and commonalities
“Understand the differences; act on the commonalities.” ~Andrew Masondo.
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Benjamin Franklin: Trade
“No nation was ever ruined by trade.” ~Benjamin Franklin. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/92180857
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Joseph Heller: Destiny
“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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Arlen Specter: Juvenile delinquents
“When the students are occupied, they’re not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment.” ~Arlen Specter.
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David Mamet: Old age versus youth
Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance. ~David Mamet
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Francois De La Rochefoucauld: Pride or ignorance
“It is more often from pride than from ignorance that we are so obstinately opposed to current opinions; we find the first places taken, and we do not want to be the last.” -Francois De La Rochefoucauld, moralist (1613-1680)
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Raymond Chandler: Mystery novels
“At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.” —Raymond Chandler, writer (1888-1959).
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Aldous Huxley: Work
“People intoxicate themselves with work so that they won’t see how they really are.” ~Aldous Huxley.
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Newt Gingrich: Perseverance
“Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.” ~Newt Gingrich.
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Jerry Rubin: Ultimate power
“The power to define the situation is the ultimate power.” —Jerry Rubin, activist and author (1938-1994)
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Ernest Hemingway: War
“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.” ~Ernest Hemingway.
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John Templeton: Learn more
“If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportunity to learn more. ” —John Templeton.
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Sophie Kerr: Industrious sinner, lazy saint
“An industrious sinner I much prefer to a lazy saint. ”~Sophie Kerr
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Joyce Kilmer: Lovely as a tree
“I think I shall never see a poem, as lovely as a tree.” ~Joyce Kilmer.
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Christian Nestell Bovee: Method
“The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor. ” ~Christian Nestell Bovee.
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez: What matters in life…
“What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it. “ ~Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
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James Whitcomb Riley: Persistence
“The most essential factor is persistence – the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come. ” ~James Whitcomb Riley.
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Russell Lynes: Insults
“If you can’t ignore an insult, top it; if you can’t top it, laugh it off; and if you can’t laugh it off, it’s probably deserved. ” Russell Lynes
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John F Kennedy: Crisis
“The Chinese use two brushstrokes to write the word ‘crisis‘. One brushstroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity.” ~John F Kennedy.
