Thursday, October 30, 2014

Fortune Quote #818

Very few people do anything creative after the age of thirty-five. The
reason is that very few people do anything creative before the age of
thirty-five. -- Joel Hildebrand

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Fortune Quote #817

Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds
sang there except those that sang best. -- Henry Van Dyke

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Fortune Quote #816

Truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction has to make sense.

Monday, October 27, 2014

Fortune Quote #815

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle. --
Michelangelo

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Fortune Quote #814

This door is baroquen, please wiggle Handel. (If I wiggle Handel, will it
wiggle Bach?) -- Supposedly found on a door in the MSU music
building

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Fortune Quote #813

There's something the technicians need to learn from the artists. If it
isn't aesthetically pleasing, it's probably wrong.

Friday, October 24, 2014

Fortune Quote #812

There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and
that is not being talked about. -- Oscar Wilde

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Fortune Quote #811

There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows
what they are. -- Somerset Maugham

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Fortune Quote #810

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying
than the piano when played by a sister or near relation. -- Oscar
Wilde

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Fortune Quote #809

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid,
stable business. -- John Steinbeck [But horse racing *is* a stable
business...]