Quite a Quote!

Mel Gibson: Happiness

“The thing we’re all looking for is happiness, and if we achieve just a modicum of that or even a little piece of serenity even for five minutes a day, we’re very lucky.” —Mel Gibson.
C S Lewis: Higher tribunal than him

“If God forgives us we must forgive ourselves otherwise its like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than him.” —C.S. Lewis.
Isaac Asimov: Computers

“I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.” —Isaac Asimov.
Lord Alfred Tennyson: Common love of good

“Ring out false pride in place and blood, / The civic slander and the spite; / Ring in the love of truth and right, / Ring in the common love of good.” —Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Simon Sinek: We make progress

“If we think about everything we have to do, we feel overwhelmed.If we do the one thing we have to do, we make progress.” —Simon Sinek.
Warren Buffett: We like haystacks, not needles

“The speed of information really doesn’t make any difference to us. It’s the processing and finally coming to some judgment that actually has some utility…it’s a judgment about the price of a business or a part of a business, a security, versus what it’s essentially worth. And none of that involves anything to do, really,…
Christine Lagarde: Aging population

“I know this is economic jargon, but essentially, if you bring more women to the job market, you create value, it makes economic sense, and growth is improved. There are countries where it’s almost a no-brainer: Korea, Japan, soon to be China, certainly Germany, Italy. Why? Because they have an aging population.” —-Christine Lagarde.
George Marshall: Prevent war to win it

“The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.” —George Marshall.
John Denver: Generation of young people

“I think the biggest problem in the world is that we have a generation of young people, and maybe two, who don’t think it’s going to get any better.” —John Denver.
L P Hartley: Foreign country

“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” —L.P. Hartley.
Eliza Dushku: What do you have to lose?

“Go big or go home. Because it’s true. What do you have to lose?” —Eliza Dushku.
Simon Sinek: Losing and failing

“There is a difference between losing and failing.Losing reflects the score. Failing reflects our attitude.” —Simon Sinek.
Pablo Casals: Love of one’s country

“The love of one’s country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?” —Pablo Casals.
Mary Tyler Moore: Cloning

“There are two kinds of cloning right now. One is therapeutic cloning which is for coming up with cures for life threatening, really, really awful diseases. Then there is reproductive cloning, which is to make a human being out of your DNA and a donor egg.” —Mary Tyler Moore.
Turkish proverb: Look, he is one of us

‘The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe because the handle was made of wood and they said ” Look, he is one of us”.’ ~ Turkish proverb.
Simon Sinek: Great structures

“An architect imagines what if. A builder figures out how to. Great structures emerge only when the two work well together.” —Simon Sinek.
Rose Franken: Real lovers

“Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.” —Rose Franken.
Woodrow Wilson: Against the stream

“The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.” —Woodrow Wilson.
Louis Pasteur: Two sentiments

“When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.” —Louis Pasteur.
Mao Zedong: We think too small

“We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.” —Mao Zedong.
Simon Sinek: Goal of life

“The goal of life is not to have our lives mean something to ourselves.The goal of life is to have our lives mean something to others.” —Simon Sinek.
Rod Serling: Tools of conquest

“The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs, and explosions, and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices, to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy; and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of…
Isaac Newton: Greatest friend is truth

“Plato is my friend; Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.” —Isaac Newton.
Simon Sinek: Greatness

“Greatness is only possible if you believe, without any doubt, that the future is bright.” —Simon Sinek.
George Crabbe: Habit

“Habit with him was all the test of truth, / It must be right: I’ve done it from my youth.” -George Crabbe.
Ava Gardner: Off screen

“Because I was promoted as a sort of a siren and played all those sexy broads, people made the mistake of thinking I was like that off the screen. They couldn’t have been more wrong.” —Ava Gardner.
Dale Robert Greenley: Ignorance and bigotry

“One can be ignorant without being bigoted, but one can’t be bigoted without being ignorant.” -Dale Robert Greenley.
Harry Shearer: Bananas in cheese department

“Democrats always like to brag that their guys are smarter than the opponents and Republicans always like to brag that their guys are more moral than the opponents. But if you’re looking for morals in politics you’re looking for bananas in the cheese department.” —Harry Shearer.
Simon Sinek: Patterns

“There may be patterns for the things that succeed, but that doesn’t mean there’s a formula for success.” —Simon Sinek.
Charles de Lint: Quiet wonders

“Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors. And this I will tell you as well: One cannot seek to uphold honor in a being that has none.” —-Charles de Lint.
Vanessa Paradis: Scary soulmate

“The idea of a soulmate is beautiful and very romantic to talk about it in a movie or a song, but in reality, I find it scary.” —Vanessa Paradis.
Florence Luscomb: Tragedy

“The tragedy in the lives of most of us is that we go through life walking down a high-walled lane with people of our own kind, the same economic situation, the same national background and education and religious outlook. And beyond those walls, all humanity lies, unknown and unseen, and untouched by our restricted and…
Simon Sinek: Sales and loyalty

“To drive sales, make a pitch. To build loyalty, make a friend.” —Simon Sinek.
Jane Fonda: Master of the situation

“We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.” —Jane Fonda.
Alexander Hamilton: Speedy victim

“An individual who is observed to be inconsistent to his plans, or perhaps to carry on his affairs without any plan at all, is marked at once. By all prudent people, as a speedy victim to his own unsteadiness and folly.“― Alexander Hamilton.
Bill Walsh: Harsh reality of newspaper editing

“A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don’t allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines.” —Bill Walsh.
Jake Gyllenhaal: Every journey starts with fear

“Every journey starts with fear.” —Jake Gyllenhaal.
Simon Sinek: Hearing versus listening

“Hearing is listening to what is said. Listening is hearing what isn’t said.” —Simon Sinek.
Paul Klee: Art should be like a holiday

“Art should be like a holiday: something to give a man the opportunity to see things differently and to change his point of view.” —-Paul Klee.
Brad Pitt: Success is a beast

“Success is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within.” —Brad Pitt.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: Communism

“That which is against communism is for humanity. Not to accept, to reject this inhuman Communist ideology is simply to be a human being. It isn’t being a member of a party.” —Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
Simon Sinek: Humility

“When we feel humiliated, the best reaction is humility.” —Simon Sinek.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Good soup

“Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.” —Ludwig van Beethoven.
Billy Gibbons: Play what you want to hear

“Until you learn to play what you want to hear, you’re barking up the wrong tree.” —Billy Gibbons.
Simon Sinek: Live

“The most important thing to do before we die… is live.” —Simon Sinek.
Muriel Rukeyser: Made of stories

“The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.” —-Muriel Rukeyser.
John Le Carre: We lie to one another every day

“We lie to one another every day, in the sweetest way, often unconsciously. We dress ourselves and compose ourselves in order to present ourselves to one another.” —John Le Carre.
Matsuo Basho: Seek what they sought

“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.” ― Matsuo Basho.
Don Johnson: They don’t want to know nothing about you!

“People in the business will stay with you through drugs and alcohol and divorces and insanity and everything else, but you have a failure, pal, and they don’t want to know nothing about you!” —Don Johnson.
Marcus Aurelius: Junk junk

“You can discard most of the junk that clutters your mind—things that exist only there—and clear out space for yourself: … by comprehending the scale of the world… by contemplating infinite time… by thinking of the speed with which things change—each part of every thing; the narrow space between our birth and death; the infinite…