It takes two to speak the truth. One to speak and another to
listen. -- Henry Thoreau
Friday, January 31, 2020
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Fortune Quote #2739
He who is unaware of his ignorance will be only misled by his
knowledge. -- Richard Whately
knowledge. -- Richard Whately
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Fortune Quote #2738
People may resist our advice, spurn our appeals, reject our suggestions,
refuse our help, but they are powerless against our prayers. --
Jill Briscoe
refuse our help, but they are powerless against our prayers. --
Jill Briscoe
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Fortune Quote #2737
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to
grow sharper. -- Eden Phillpotts
grow sharper. -- Eden Phillpotts
Monday, January 27, 2020
Fortune Quote #2736
Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify
it. -- Camus
it. -- Camus
Sunday, January 26, 2020
Fortune Quote #2735
One doctor said to another, "I want your opinions about the terminating of
a pregnancy. The father was syphilitic. The mother had tuberculosis. Of the
four children born, the first was blind, the second died, the third was
deaf and dumb, the fourth also had tuberculosis. What would you have done
about the fifth pregnancy?" "I would have aborted it." "Then you would have
murdered Beethoven."
a pregnancy. The father was syphilitic. The mother had tuberculosis. Of the
four children born, the first was blind, the second died, the third was
deaf and dumb, the fourth also had tuberculosis. What would you have done
about the fifth pregnancy?" "I would have aborted it." "Then you would have
murdered Beethoven."
Saturday, January 25, 2020
Fortune Quote #2734
We have become too civilised to grasp the obvious. For the truth is very
simple. To survive you often have to fight, and to fight you have to dirty
yourself. War is evil, and it is often the lesser evil. -- George
Orwell
simple. To survive you often have to fight, and to fight you have to dirty
yourself. War is evil, and it is often the lesser evil. -- George
Orwell
Friday, January 24, 2020
Fortune Quote #2733
Pacifism is objectively pro-Fascist. This is elementary common sense. If
you hamper the war effort of one side you automatically help out that of
the other. -- George Orwell
you hamper the war effort of one side you automatically help out that of
the other. -- George Orwell
Thursday, January 23, 2020
Fortune Quote #2732
But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt
thought. -- George Orwell
thought. -- George Orwell
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Fortune Quote #2731
We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to
visit violence on those who would do us harm. -- George Orwell
visit violence on those who would do us harm. -- George Orwell
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Fortune Quote #2730
We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the
first duty of intelligent men. -- George Orwell
first duty of intelligent men. -- George Orwell
Monday, January 20, 2020
Fortune Quote #2729
The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap
between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were,
instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish
squirting out ink. -- George Orwell
between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were,
instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish
squirting out ink. -- George Orwell
Sunday, January 19, 2020
Fortune Quote #2728
On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not
quite all the time. -- George Orwell
quite all the time. -- George Orwell
Saturday, January 18, 2020
Fortune Quote #2727
It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we
are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim
that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the
word if it were tied down to any one meaning. -- George Orwell
are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim
that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the
word if it were tied down to any one meaning. -- George Orwell
Friday, January 17, 2020
Fortune Quote #2726
In a time of universal deceit -- telling the truth is a revolutionary
act. -- George Orwell
act. -- George Orwell
Thursday, January 16, 2020
Fortune Quote #2725
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what
they do not want to hear. -- George Orwell
they do not want to hear. -- George Orwell
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Fortune Quote #2724
All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way.
People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes,
and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are
unwelcome. -- George Orwell
People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes,
and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are
unwelcome. -- George Orwell
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Fortune Quote #2723
Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's
mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them. -- George Orwell
mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them. -- George Orwell
Monday, January 13, 2020
Fortune Quote #2722
Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from
the age of seven or eight onwards. -- George Orwell
the age of seven or eight onwards. -- George Orwell
Sunday, January 12, 2020
Saturday, January 11, 2020
Fortune Quote #2720
Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless
you're
scared.
-- Eddie Rickenbacker
you're
scared.
-- Eddie Rickenbacker
Friday, January 10, 2020
Fortune Quote #2719
For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out
the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For
beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge that you'll never walk alone. --
Audrey Hepburn
the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For
beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge that you'll never walk alone. --
Audrey Hepburn
Thursday, January 9, 2020
Fortune Quote #2718
With passion pray. With passion, love. With passion eat and drink and
dance and play. Why look like a dead fish in this ocean of God? --
Rumi (1207-1273)
dance and play. Why look like a dead fish in this ocean of God? --
Rumi (1207-1273)
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Fortune Quote #2717
History always repeats itself, the first time as tragedy, and the second
as farce. -- Karl Marx
as farce. -- Karl Marx
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Fortune Quote #2716
You know, you don't have to look like everybody else to be acceptable and
to feel acceptable. -- Fred Rogers
to feel acceptable. -- Fred Rogers
Monday, January 6, 2020
Fortune Quote #2715
I feel the greatest gift we can give to anybody is the gift of our honest
self. -- Fred Rogers
self. -- Fred Rogers
Sunday, January 5, 2020
Fortune Quote #2714
If you've tried to do something and have failed, you're better off than
if you had tried to do nothing and succeeded. -- Guideposts magazine
if you had tried to do nothing and succeeded. -- Guideposts magazine
Saturday, January 4, 2020
Fortune Quote #2713
Over my fifteen years as a professional writer, I've evolved the following
definition: "A story is anything that will make a reader turn pages -- and
then come away, when he or she is finished, not feeling cheated." In my
opinion, that's the only critical rule for a story; otherwise, anything
goes. -- Neil Gaiman
definition: "A story is anything that will make a reader turn pages -- and
then come away, when he or she is finished, not feeling cheated." In my
opinion, that's the only critical rule for a story; otherwise, anything
goes. -- Neil Gaiman
Friday, January 3, 2020
Fortune Quote #2712
When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has
struck before you crush him. -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt;
September 11, 1941
struck before you crush him. -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt;
September 11, 1941
Thursday, January 2, 2020
Fortune Quote #2711
Is it a negotiated peace if a gang of outlaws surrounds your community and
on threat of extermination makes you pay tribute to save your own
skins? -- Franklin Roosevelt, 1940
on threat of extermination makes you pay tribute to save your own
skins? -- Franklin Roosevelt, 1940
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
Fortune Quote #2710
How shall freedom be defended? By arms when it is attacked by arms; by
truth when it is attacked by lies; by democratic faith when it is attacked
by authoritarian dogma. Always, and in the final act, by determination and
faith. -- Archibald Macleish
truth when it is attacked by lies; by democratic faith when it is attacked
by authoritarian dogma. Always, and in the final act, by determination and
faith. -- Archibald Macleish
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