Quotes
-
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
-
Architecture is the art of how to waste space. ~ Philip Johnson
Philip Johnson (1906 – 2005) Continue reading
-
“Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments.” ~ Rose Kennedy
B. July 22, 1890 – D. January 22, 1995 Continue reading
-
“There is no beauty without some strangeness” ~ Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe, B. January 19, 1809 – D. October 7, 1849 Continue reading
-
People are afraid of themselves ~ Jim Morrison
“People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that’s bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they’re afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us… Continue reading
-
The function of law ~ Robert Anton Wilson
“The function of law and theology are the same: to keep the poor from taking back by violence what the rich have stolen by cunning.” ~ Robert Anton Wilson, Author (B. January 18, 1932 – D. January 11, 2007 Continue reading
-
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” ~ Anais Nin
Anais Nin, Born: February 21, 1903 – Died: January 14, 1977 Continue reading
-
We don’t like their sound…..
We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out. – Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962 Continue reading
-
“Fear is incomplete knowledge.” ~ Agatha Christie
Born: September 15, 1890 – Died: January 12, 1976 Continue reading
-
Unclose your mind. ~ Haruki Murakami
“Unclose your mind. You are not a prisoner. You are a bird in flight, searching the skies for dreams.” ~ Haruki Murakami Continue reading
-
It has been said, ‘time heals all wounds.’
“It has been said, ‘time heals all wounds.’ I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.” ~ Rose Kennedy Continue reading
-
“Don’t feel sorry for yourself if you have chosen the wrong road, turn around.” ~ Edgar Cayce
Edgar Cayce, Psychic (B. March 18, 1877 – D. January 3, 1945) Continue reading
-
J. R. R. Tolkien Poem
“The greatest adventure is what lies ahead. Today and tomorrow are yet to be said. The chances, the changes are all yours to make. The mold of your life is in your hands to break.” ~ J. R. R. Tolkien Continue reading
-
I always wonder why birds ~ Harun Yahya
“I always wonder why birds choose to stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth, then I ask myself the same question.” ~ Harun Yahya, Author (B. February 2, 1956) Continue reading
-
Yesterday’s the past ~ Bill Keane Quote
Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present. ~ Bill Keane Continue reading
-
January 1st ~ Ellen Goodman
“We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives…not looking for flaws, but for potential.” ~ Ellen Goodman, Journalist (b. April 11, 1941) Continue reading
-
Poets Are The Only People ~ Hannah Arendt
Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake it for a universal one. ~ Hannah Arendt – 1906-1975 Continue reading
-
An Honest Politician ~ Bertrand Russell, Philosopher
“An honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid … because only a very stupid man can honestly share the prejudices of more than half the nation.” ~ Bertrand Russell Continue reading
-
Katharine Hepburn Quote
Acting is a nice childish profession – pretending you’re someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself. ~ Katharine Hepburn Continue reading
-
I don’t miss anything about the 1960s ~ Grace Slick, Singer-songwriter
“I don’t miss anything about the 1960s, not really. I did it. It’s like asking, ‘Do you miss the fourth grade?’ I loved the fourth grade when I was in it, but I don’t want to do it again.” ~ Grace Slick – Born October 30, 1939 Continue reading
-
To Hold Our Tongues ~ Hermann Hesse
“To hold our tongues when everyone is gossiping, to smile without hostility at people and institutions, to compensate for the shortage of love in the world with more love in small, private matters; to be more faithful in our work, to show greater patience, to forgo the cheap revenge obtainable from mockery and criticism: all… Continue reading
-
Enthusiast In Life ~ Roald Dahl
GeniusQuotes.org Continue reading
-
The Mind Of A Writer ~ Robert De Niro
“The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing. Isolated, neurotic, caffeine-addled, crippled by procrastination, consumed by feelings of panic, self-loathing, and soul-crushing inadequacy. And that’s on a good day.” ~ Robert De Niro Continue reading
-
Our Journey Begins ~ Lulu
Born: November 3, 1948 Continue reading
-
Loneliness Was A Reality ~ Stephen King
He began to cry, not hysterically or screaming as people cry when concealed rage with tears, but with continuous sobs who has just discovered that he’s alone and will be for long. He cried because safety and reason seemed to have left the world. Loneliness was a reality, but in this situation madness was also… Continue reading
-
Going To The Cinema ~ Federico Fellini
“Going to the cinema is like returning to the womb; you sit there, still and meditative in the darkness, waiting for life to appear on the screen.” ~ Federico Fellini Continue reading
-
Music Quote
http://Https://geniusquotes.org Continue reading
-
River Of Dreams ~ Billy Joel
“We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.” ~ Billy Joel Continue reading
-
I’m Still Learning About Music ~ Tony Bennett
“I’m still learning about music. The best way to learn is to listen to the audience. When you listen to the audience, they will tell you what they like. I wish these big corporations, instead of telling the audience what they should have, would listen.” ~ Tony Bennett Continue reading
-
Writing Slowly With Revisions ~ Jack Kerouac
“I spent my entire youth writing slowly with revisions and endless rehashing speculation and deleting and got so I was writing one sentence a day and the sentence had no FEELING. Goddamn it, FEELING is what I like in art, not CRAFTINESS and the hiding of feelings.” ~ Jack Kerouac Continue reading
-
The Beat Generation ~ Jack Kerouac
“The Beat Generation, that was a vision that we had, John Clellon Holmes and I, and Allen Ginsberg in an even wilder way, in the late forties, of a generation of crazy, illuminated hipsters suddenly rising and roaming America, serious, bumming and hitchhiking everywhere, ragged, beatific, beautiful in an ugly graceful new way.” ~ Jack… Continue reading
-
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote
Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
-
People Know What They Do ~ Michel Foucault
“People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don’t know is what what they do does.” ~ Michel Foucault Continue reading
-
Accept The Obvious
“The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.” ~ Dick Gregory Continue reading
-
The Secret To Happiness ~ Bertrand Russell
“The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.” ~ Bertrand Russell Continue reading
-
Controlling The Mind ~ Edward Bernays
“If we understand the mechanisms and motives of the group mind, it is now possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without their knowing it In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are… Continue reading
-
Voltaire Quote
The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood. -Voltaire Continue reading
-
Edgar Allan Poe Quote: Lie
“A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.” ~ Edgar Allan Poe Continue reading
-
Edward R. Murrow Quote
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.” ~ Edward R. Murrow Continue reading
-
Emotion
“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” ~ Robert Frost Continue reading
A Pondering Mind 
You must be logged in to post a comment.