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William Shakespeare: Rumour
“Rumour is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures And of so easy and so plain a stop That the blunt monster with uncounted heads, The still-discordant wavering multitude, Can play upon it.” ― William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2.
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John Henry Newman: Facts
“Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not… We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them. ” John Henry Newman
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Florence King: Wit and women
“The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism destroys wit, so women must choose between taking lovers and taking no prisoners. ” Florence King
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Criss Jami: Slander
“What man ever openly apologizes for slander? It is not so much a feeling of slander as it is that of a massive lie, a misdeed not only to the slandered but also to those manipulated in the process. He has made them all, every one, his enemies, thereupon he is so overwhelmed with guilt…
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David Gilmour: Falling in love
“It’s not true that you fall in love only once in your life. But it is true that you only fall in love a certain way, with a certain absoluteness, once.” —David Gilmour.
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Criss Jami: Popularity and loneliness
“How is it that some celebrities, whom the average person would believe to have all the popularity a human being could want, still admit to feeling lonely? It is quite naive to assume that popularity is the remedy for loneliness. Loneliness does not necessarily equal physical solitude, it is the inability to be oneself and…
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Oprah Winfrey: New Year
“Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” —Oprah Winfrey, American Media Proprietor.
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Mildred Witte Stouven: Porcelain
“A clay pot sitting in the sun will always be a clay pot. It has to go through the white heat of the furnace to become porcelain.” —Mildred Witte Stouven.
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Freda Alder: Rape
“Rape is the only crime in which the victim becomes the accused.”—Freda Alder
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Mary Wortley Montagu: Romantic novels
“Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing men, manners, and things, that never have been, or are likely to be. ” Mary Wortley Montagu
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Benjamin Franklin: New Year
“Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.” —Benjamin Franklin, Author, Inventor and Diplomat.
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Mary Jo Asmus: Leadership
[A]s a leader, it is your responsibility to find passion in the work you do.” –Mary Jo Asmus, executive coach, writing at SmartBlog on Leadership
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Mark Nelligan: Mistakes
“If you can’t make a mistake, you can’t make anything. ” —Mark Nelligan.
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G.K. Chesterton: New Year
The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul.” —G.K. Chesterton, English Writer.
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Chinese proverb: The playing triad
“If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.” –Chinese proverb.
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Nayeley Saldana: People mess up
“People mess up. At the time they won’t notice or even care of what you feel and what you do for them. They will walk all over you and shove your face into the ground. Once they realize what they’ve done, its up to you to choose if they deserve the same or not. But…
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Bertrand Russell: Cocksureness and doubt
“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. ” —Bertrand Russell.
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G.K. Chesterton: New Year
“The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts…
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Henry David Thoreau: Burry words
“The words of some men are thrown forcibly against you and adhere like burrs.” —Henry David Thoreau, naturalist and author (1817-1862).
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Martin Luther King, Jr: Mortality and immortality
“Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Unknown: Bravest, strongest and happiest
“The first to apologise is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest. The first to forget is the happiest.”—Unknown.
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Allan Sherman: Leper
“In Hollywood if you are not working, you are a leper. True, you are probably living in the most expensive leper colony in the world. ” Allan Sherman Related articles Lepers Ask For Increment In Ogun(mosvinbami.com) Nepali Leper Colony All Wrapped Up(coetography.com) Weaving Strengthens Leper Colony(coetography.com) President Mahama Donates To Leprosy Aid Committee(modernghana.com)…
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Edith Lovejoy Pierce: New Year
“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year‘s Day.” ― Edith Lovejoy Pierce Related articles Happy New Year Quotes(mademan.com) Happy New Year Greetings From Jenny’s Serendipity!(jennysserendipity.com)
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Abraham Lincoln: Tact
“Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.” —Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the US (1809-1865).
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Edmund Hillary: For the hell of it
“Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it. ” Edmund Hillary Related articles The Superhero Mentality(liveoutsolutions.wordpress.com)
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Leo Tolstoy: Change
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” —Leo Tolstoy
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John Bunyan: Prayer
“When you pray, rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart. ” —John Bunyan.
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Mary Catherine Bateson: Goals
“Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers. ” —Mary Catherine Bateson.
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Neil Gaiman: New Year
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re Doing Something. So that’s my wish for you, and…
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Brenda Lee: Beatles
“The Beatles were raw musically, but I think they really had something. ” Brenda Lee Related articles Fun Facts, Brenda Lee!(thebirthdayregister.wordpress.com) Brenda Lee was Just 13 Years Old When She Recorded the Christmas Staple “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”(todayifoundout.com) Song of the day: Brenda Lee – Sweet Nuthin’s(thefword.org.uk) Brenda Lee –…
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Charles Lamb: New Year's Day
“New Year’s Day is every man’s birthday.” —Charles Lamb.
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Paulo Coelho: True love
“True love allows each person to follow his or her own path, aware that doing so can never drive them apart.” –—Paulo Coelho, Brida.
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Percy Bysshe Shelley: Neither curiosity, interest, pain nor pleasure
“I have neither curiosity, interest, pain nor pleasure, in anything, good or evil, they can say of me. I feel only a slight disgust, and a sort of wonder that they presume to write my name.”― Percy Bysshe Shelley.
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Mark Twain: New Year
“New Year’s Day… now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.” – Mark Twain, American Author & Humorist.
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Blaise Pascal: The ear and the heart
“We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting. ” —Blaise Pascal.
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Arthur Laurents: Fantasies
“That was all and it was enough for me: fantasies are better left fantasies. ” Arthur Laurents
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Kristin Armstrong: Running
‘I do, after all, love a challenge. Not just the result at the end, but the drudgery in the middle, the hard work, the sweat, the mess of transformation. I love the process of getting there, especially when “there” isn’t a fixed point, but the constant renaming as each finish line morphs into another start…
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Edna Ferber: Christmas
Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling. Edna Ferber
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Leonard Boswell: Work pride
“The pride people take in their work transcends to their homes, their education, families and communities. ” —Leonard Boswell.
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P J O'Rourke: New Year's Eve
“This drunkenness culminates on New Year’s Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you’re married to.” —P J O’Rourke.
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Glenn Frey: Writing
“I’ve read somewhere that when you’re writing, you should stop while you’re doing well so you always want to go back to work. ” —Glenn Frey.
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William Shakespeare: Lend me your ears
“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them The good is oft interred with their bones.” —William Shakespeare.
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Mary Ellen Chase: Christmas
Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind. —Mary Ellen Chase
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Tom Landry: Leadership
“Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you’re in control, they’re in control. ” Tom Landry
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George Bernard Shaw: The man who writes…
“The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time.” –—George Bernard Shaw.
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Shelby Foote: Longevity
“Longevity conquers scandal every time. ” —Shelby Foote.
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Dale Carnegie: Bored with life?
“Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours. ” Dale Carnegie Related articles Dale Carnegie(thehumpedzebra.wordpress.com) How to Win Friends & Influence People: Dale Carnegie(futurelawyer.typepad.com) Dale Carnegie…
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Doug Coupland: Christmas
Christmas makes everything twice as sad. Doug Coupland Related articles Douglas Coupland among artists pushing for new Vancouver Art Gallery space(theglobeandmail.com) Douglas Coupland to create art for downtown condo tower(calgaryherald.com)
