Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Robertson Davies: Grudges
Never harbour grudges ; they sour your stomach and do no harm to anyone else. —Robertson Davies
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Dave Barry: Just get up and dance
Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. just get up and dance. —Dave Barry.
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David Lloyd George : Big step
Don’t be afraid to take a big step. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps. -David Lloyd George, British prime minister (1863-1945)
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Ted Koppel: Competitive screeching
Journalism has become a sort of competitive screeching : what is trivial takes precedence over important matters that develop over time.
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Roberta Bondar: Knowledge
Without knowledge, the world is bereft of culture. and so we must be educators and students both. —Roberta Bondar.
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Kahlil Gibran: Utterers and listeners
He who listens to truth is not less than he who utters truth. -Kahlil Gibran, poet and artist (1883-1931).
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Saul Bellow: Need for illusion
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. -Saul Bellow, writer, Nobel laureate (1915-2005)
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Malcolm de Chazal: Expressions and words
Our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don’t understand us. -Malcolm De Chazal, writer and painter (1902-1981)
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Jorge Luis Borges: Resources
A writer — and, I believe, generally all persons — must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given…
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Edward Abbey: Anarchism
Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others. – Edward Abbey.
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Abraham Lincoln: Tact
“Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.” —Abraham Lincoln.
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Tallulah Bank head: Mistakes
If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner. – Tallulah Bankhead
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Heinrich Heine: More fools than people
There are more fools in the world than there are people. – Heinrich Heine
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Fritz Perls: Expectations
I am not in this world to live up to other people’s expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine. – Fritz Perls
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Sydney J Harris: Mirrors
“Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times; few are windows, bringing light to bear on the dark corners where troubles fester. The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” —Sydney J. Harris, journalist and author (1917-1986).
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Randy K Milholland: Friendship
Friendship is being there when someone’s feeling low and not being afraid to kick them. – Randy K. Milholland
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Calvin Coolidige: Meeting trouble
“Never go out to meet trouble. If you will just sit still, nine cases out of ten someone will intercept it before it reaches you.” — Calvin Coolidge.
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Kurt Vonnegut: Telling of jokes
“Well, the telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful.” —Kurt Vonnegut.
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Jean Paul Richter: Sleep, riches and health
For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted. -Jean Paul Richter, writer (1763-1825)
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Henry David Thoreau: Aim above morality
“Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much of life. So aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.” -Henry David Thoreau, naturalist and author (1817-1862).
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Walter Scott: Willows and oaks
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character. -Walter Scott, novelist and poet (1771-1832).
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Derek Bok: Education and ignorance
”If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. ” ~ Derek Bok.
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Cheryl Garcia Jausions: Irresistible
A man told the fairy godmother to make him irresistible to women. So she turned him into a credit card. Cheryl Garcia Jausions
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Saadi: Sorrow and joy
“That sorrow which is the harbinger of joy is preferable to the joy which is followed by sorrow.” —Saadi, poet (c. 1213-1291).
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George Bernard Shaw: Hell
“A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.” —George Bernard Shaw. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/51505995
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Franklin P. Jones: Opinion
“Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success – yours or his.”—Franklin P. Jones.
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Paulo Coelho: Forgiving the unrepentant
Forgiving the unrepentant is like writing books on water. —Paulo Coelho.
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Isaac Asimov: Assumptions
“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.” ~ Isaac Asimov. Embed from Getty Images
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Indradhanush.Com: Problems
”Don’t put problems on your head, their weight may crush you down..instead put them under your feet and use it as a platform to climb horizons!” Indradhanush.Com
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Sharon Fulham: Keep a happy disposition
“Keep a happy disposition! Laugh often, and laugh at yourself before anyone else does!”~ Sharon Fulham.
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Tom Hanks: Live as long as you want
“May you live as long as you want and not want as long as you live.” ~ Tom Hanks
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Maya Angelou: How?
“If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?” — Maya Angelou.
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Zig Ziglar: Obstacles and decisions
” When obstacles arise… You change your direction to reach your goal… You do not change your decision to get there….” — Zig Ziglar
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William Butler Yeats: Rhetoric and poetry
“Out of the quarrel with others we make rhetoric; out of the quarrel with ourselves we make poetry.” -William Butler Yeats, writer, Nobel laureate (1865-1939).
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Salman Rushdie: Books
“A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.” – Salman Rushdie
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Tom Krause: Courage
“Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.” ~ Tom Krause
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William George Jordan: Contentment
“There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is.” ~ William George Jordan.
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Henry David Thoreau: Character
“You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
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L M Boyd: Cookbooks
Anyone who eats three meals a day should understand why cookbooks outsell sex books three to one. – L. M. Boyd
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Brendan Behan: Critics
Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it’s done, they’ve seen it done every day, but they’re unable to do it themselves. – Brendan Behan.
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George W Bush: Dictator
If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier – so long as I’m the dictator. — George W Bush
