Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Monday, September 29, 2014
Fortune Quote #787
It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but
I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous. --
Robert Benchley
I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous. --
Robert Benchley
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Fortune Quote #785
I wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence. There's a
knob called "brightness", but it doesn't seem to work. -- Gallagher
knob called "brightness", but it doesn't seem to work. -- Gallagher
Friday, September 26, 2014
Fortune Quote #784
I never made a mistake in my life. I thought I did once, but I was
wrong. -- Lucy Van Pelt
wrong. -- Lucy Van Pelt
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Fortune Quote #783
I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on
earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has
succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a
goal in front and not behind. -- George Bernard Shaw
earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has
succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a
goal in front and not behind. -- George Bernard Shaw
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Fortune Quote #781
He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.
-- John Mason Brown, drama critic
-- John Mason Brown, drama critic
Monday, September 22, 2014
Fortune Quote #780
George Bernard Shaw once sent two tickets to the opening night of one of
his plays to Winston Churchill with the following note: "Bring a friend, if
you have one." Churchill wrote back, returning the two tickets and excused
himself as he had a previous engagement. He also attached the
following: "Please send me two tickets for the next night, if there is one."
his plays to Winston Churchill with the following note: "Bring a friend, if
you have one." Churchill wrote back, returning the two tickets and excused
himself as he had a previous engagement. He also attached the
following: "Please send me two tickets for the next night, if there is one."
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Fortune Quote #779
First things first--but not necessarily in that order. -- The
Doctor, "Doctor Who"
Doctor, "Doctor Who"
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