For an idea to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be
always old-fashioned.
Saturday, March 31, 2018
Friday, March 30, 2018
Fortune Quote #2067
Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens
to you. -- Aldous Huxley
to you. -- Aldous Huxley
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Fortune Quote #2066
Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and
just before you realize what is wrong with it.
just before you realize what is wrong with it.
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Fortune Quote #2065
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only
thing. -- Albert Schweitzer
thing. -- Albert Schweitzer
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Monday, March 26, 2018
Sunday, March 25, 2018
Fortune Quote #2062
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of
the world. -- Schopenhauer
the world. -- Schopenhauer
Saturday, March 24, 2018
Fortune Quote #2061
Dorothy: "But how can you talk without a brain?" Scarecrow: "Well, I
don't know... but some people without brains do an awful lot of talking."
don't know... but some people without brains do an awful lot of talking."
Friday, March 23, 2018
Fortune Quote #2060
Do not try to solve all life's problems at once -- learn to dread each day
as it comes. -- Donald Kaul
as it comes. -- Donald Kaul
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Fortune Quote #2058
Dear Lord: Please make my words sweet and tender, for tomorrow I may have
to eat them.
to eat them.
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Monday, March 19, 2018
Fortune Quote #2056
Creativity in living is not without its attendant difficulties, for
peculiarity breeds contempt. And the unfortunate thing about being ahead
of your time when people finally realize you were right, they'll say it was
obvious all along. -- Alan Ashley-Pitt
peculiarity breeds contempt. And the unfortunate thing about being ahead
of your time when people finally realize you were right, they'll say it was
obvious all along. -- Alan Ashley-Pitt
Sunday, March 18, 2018
Saturday, March 17, 2018
Friday, March 16, 2018
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Fortune Quote #2051
Brisk talkers are usually slow thinkers. There is, indeed, no wild beast
more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to
communicate. -- Jonathan Swift
more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to
communicate. -- Jonathan Swift
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Fortune Quote #2050
Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy
evidence of the fact. -- George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
evidence of the fact. -- George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
Monday, March 12, 2018
Fortune Quote #2049
Blessed is he who has reached the point of no return and knows it, for he
shall enjoy living. -- W.C. Bennett
shall enjoy living. -- W.C. Bennett
Sunday, March 11, 2018
Fortune Quote #2048
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be
disappointed. -- Alexander Pope
disappointed. -- Alexander Pope
Saturday, March 10, 2018
Fortune Quote #2047
Blessed are they that have nothing to say, and who cannot be persuaded to
say it. -- James Russell Lowell
say it. -- James Russell Lowell
Friday, March 9, 2018
Fortune Quote #2046
"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds
himself no wiser than before," Bokonon tells us. "He is full of murderous
resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their
ignorance the hard way." -- Kurt Vonnegut, "Cat's Cradle"
himself no wiser than before," Bokonon tells us. "He is full of murderous
resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their
ignorance the hard way." -- Kurt Vonnegut, "Cat's Cradle"
Thursday, March 8, 2018
Fortune Quote #2045
Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need more.
-- Addison H. Hallock
-- Addison H. Hallock
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Fortune Quote #2044
Be not anxious about what you have, but about what you are. --
Pope St. Gregory I
Pope St. Gregory I
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Fortune Quote #2043
Be nice to people on the way up, because you'll meet them on your way
down. -- Wilson Mizner
down. -- Wilson Mizner
Monday, March 5, 2018
Fortune Quote #2042
Be careful what you set your heart on -- for it will surely be
yours. -- James Baldwin, "Nobody Knows My Name"
yours. -- James Baldwin, "Nobody Knows My Name"
Sunday, March 4, 2018
Fortune Quote #2041
Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink
that they may live. -- Socrates
that they may live. -- Socrates
Saturday, March 3, 2018
Fortune Quote #2040
Associate with well-mannered persons and your manners will improve. Run
with decent folk and your own decent instincts will be strengthened. Keep
the company of bums and you will become a bum. Hang around with rich
people and you will end by picking up the check and dying broke. --
Stanley Walker
with decent folk and your own decent instincts will be strengthened. Keep
the company of bums and you will become a bum. Hang around with rich
people and you will end by picking up the check and dying broke. --
Stanley Walker
Friday, March 2, 2018
Fortune Quote #2039
Anyone can say 'no'. It is the first word a child learns and often the
first word he speaks. It is a cheap word because it requires no
explanation, and many men and women have acquired a reputation for
intelligence who know only this word and have used it in place of thought
on every occasion. -- Chuck Jones (Warner Bros. animation director.)
first word he speaks. It is a cheap word because it requires no
explanation, and many men and women have acquired a reputation for
intelligence who know only this word and have used it in place of thought
on every occasion. -- Chuck Jones (Warner Bros. animation director.)
Thursday, March 1, 2018
Fortune Quote #2038
Anyone can become angry -- that is easy; but to be angry with the right
person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose and
in the right way -- that is not easy. -- Aristotle
person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose and
in the right way -- that is not easy. -- Aristotle
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