Quotes
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To read a book …..
To read a book for the first time is to make an acquaintance with a new friend; to read it for a second time is to meet an old one. ~ Chinese Saying Continue reading
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Joseph Addison Quote
“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.” ~ Joseph Addison, Essayist 1672 – 1719 Continue reading
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The American Dream has run out of gas. ~ J. G. Ballard
The American Dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer supplies the world with its images, its dreams, its fantasies. No more. It’s over. It supplies the world with its nightmares now: the Kennedy assassination, Watergate, Vietnam… ~ J. G. Ballard, British author 1930- Continue reading
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There are two ways to be fooled. ~ Soren Kierkegaard
“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard, Philosopher – B: May 5, 1813 – D: November 11, 1855 Continue reading
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Beautiful Thing ~ Albert Einstein
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. ~ Albert Einstein Continue reading
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If only life were one long crisis, everyone would be perfect. ~ Angela Thirkell
Angela Thirkell, The Headmistress (1945) Continue reading
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Monsters are real …. ~ Stephen King
“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” ~ Stephen King Continue reading
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Public speaking ~ Evan Esar
Public speaking is the art diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary. ~ Evan Esar (1899 – 1995) Continue reading
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To be persuasive …. ~ Edward R. Murrow
“To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.” ~ Edward R. Murrow (B: April 25, 1908 – D: April 27, 1965) Continue reading
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Rules For Happiness ~ Immanuel Kant
“Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.” ~ Immanuel Kant, Philosopher – B: April 22, 1724 – D: February 12, 1804 Continue reading
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Cats regard people as warmblooded furniture. ~ Jacquelyn Mitchard*
*The Deep End of the Ocean Continue reading
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Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts. ~ Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison (1943 – 1971), No One Hear Gets Out Alive Continue reading
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Few people know how to take a walk. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children. ~ Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler – British Poet, Author 1835 – 1902 Continue reading
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote
If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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Always read with a pen in your hands,… ~ Tim Parks
“Always read with a pen in your hands, not beside you on the table, but actually in your hand, ready, armed … Put a question mark by everything you find suspect. Underline anything you really appreciate. Feel free to write ‘splendid,’ but also, ‘I don’t believe a word of it.’ And even ‘bullshit.’” ~ Tim Continue reading
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“Why don’t you write books people can read?”
“Why don’t you write books people can read?” – Nora Joyce to her husband James (1882-1941) Continue reading
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“An artist is somebody who produces things that people don’t need to have.” ~ Andy Warhol
Source: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975) Continue reading
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Henry Rollins Quote
People are best on records and books because you can turn them off or put them back on the shelf. ~Henry Rollins Continue reading
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It is perfectly okay to write garbage—as long as you edit brilliantly. ~ C. J. Cherryh
Carolyn Janice Cherry Pen Name: C. J. Cherryr, American writer of speculative fiction. Continue reading
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Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it. ~ Russell Baker
Russell Baker – American journalist 1925-2019 Continue reading
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Peter Ustinov Quote
If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can’t be done. ~ Peter Ustinov (1921 – 2004) Continue reading
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I trust everyone. I just don’t trust the devil inside them. ~ Troy Kennedy-Martin
Troy Kennedy-Martin, Scottish born film and television screenwriter (1932 – 2009) Continue reading
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All colors will agree in the dark. ~ Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, English philosopher and statesman (1561-1626) Continue reading
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There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home. ~ Ken Olsen
Source: Time magazine (1977) Continue reading
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell. ~ Karl Popper
Karl Popper – Austrian-British philosopher and professor 1902-1994 Continue reading
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Alexander Graham Bell Quote
“The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking.” ~ Alexander Graham Bell, B. March 3, 1847 – D. August 2, 1922 Continue reading
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“Love one another (His last words)” ~ George Harrison
George Harrison – B. February 25, 1943 – D. November 29, 2001 (58 y/o) Continue reading
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Life and death matters, yes. ~ Raymond Carver
“Life and death matters, yes. And the question of how to behave in this world, how to go in the face of everything. Time is short and the water is rising.” ~ Raymond Carver, Writer – (1938-1988) Continue reading
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Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor. ~ Sholem Aleichem
Sholem Aleichem, leading Yiddish author and playwright. 1859-1916 Continue reading
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“Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.” ~ Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant, Philosopher – B. April 22, 1724 – D. February 12, 1804 Continue reading
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“The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.” ~ Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes, Philosopher – B. March 31, 1596 – D. February 11, 1650 Continue reading
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“I miss everything about Chicago, except January and February.” ~ Gary Cole
Gary Cole, Television actor (B. September 20, 1956) Continue reading
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Novels are fictions ~ Paul Auster
“Novels are fictions and therefore they tell lies, but through those lies every novelist attempts to tell the truth about the world.” ~ Paul Auster, Author (B. February 3, 1947) Continue reading
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“Everything in the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born.” ~ Clarice Lispector
Writer, B. December 10, 1920 – D. December 9, 1977 Continue reading
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure. ~ Samuel Johnson
Source note: Johnsonian Misellanies (1966 edition) Continue reading
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Albert Einstein Quote
Many of the things you can count, don’t count. Many of the things you can’t count, really count. ~ Albert Einstein Continue reading
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To the intelligent man or woman ~ Edward Abbey
“To the intelligent man or woman, life appears infinitely mysterious. But the stupid have an answer for every question.” ~ Edward Abbey (B. January 29, 1927 – D. March 14, 1989) Continue reading
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