Quotes – Page 2 – A Pondering Mind

“A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.” ~ John C. Maxwell

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. ~ George Bernard Shaw

Honesty is the best policy – when there is money in it. ~Mark Twain

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them. ~Albert Einstein

Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand. ~Stevie Wonder

A Sheet Of Paper

All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down. Friedrich Nietzsche

In a mad world, only the mad are sane. ~Akiro Kurosawa

City Life

I’m impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work. Michael Douglas

Make Coffee

I believe humans get a lot done, not because we’re smart, but because we have thumbs so we can make coffee. Flash Rosenberg

Knowing something and understanding it were not the same thing. ~Mitch Albom

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. ~Benjamin Franklin

If there is a true universal mind, must it be sane? ~Charles Fort

Music Language

Music is the one universal language. It’s your best friend when the chips are down, and it’s better than any energy drink when you’re feeling it. Dave Smalley

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education. ~Bertrand Russell

Tragedy And Comedy

Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more. Jeannette Walls

So I’m more at home with my backpack, sleeping in a hotel room or on a bus or on an airplane, than I am necessarily on a bed. It’s weird being here. It feels like I’m standing next to my real life. Henry Rollins

“Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness.” ~ Ibn Taymiyyah

Needle In A Haystack

It’s a funny thing about looking for things. If you hunt for a needle in a haystack you don’t find it. If you don’t give a damn whether you ever see the needle or not it runs into you the first time you lean against the stack. P. G. Wodehouse

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us,and sometimes, they win. ~Stephen King

Painting is silent poetry. ~Plutarch

When It’s Time

“I’m the one that’s got to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.” ~ Jimi Hendrix

You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow. ~Janis Joplin

“At the end of the day people won’t remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.” ~ Maya Angelou

Balance: a dance with how and when. ~Soul Dancer

Enjoy The Day

“Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.” ~ Horace

People can do whatever they want. It’s when they conform to society that they restrict themselves. ~Erin Pracht

“Singing, it’s like it’s like loving somebody, it’s a supreme emotional and physical experience.” ~Janis Joplin

No such thing

“No such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time, no such thing as down time. All you got is life time. Go.” ~ Henry Rollins

If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on. ~Sheryl Sandberg

Time Capsules

We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like. Alfred Hitchcock

Every moment is a new beginning. -Elie Wiesel

Write … write … pencil … paper. ~ Heinrich Heine

No man has the right to dictate …..

No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit. -Ansel Adams, American Photographer

Success Is Learned

Success isn’t something that just happens – success is learned, success is practiced and then it is shared. -Sparky Anderson

Acceptance is the only way out of hell. ~Marsha M. Linehan

You got nothing to lose. You don’t lose when you lose fake friends. ~Joan Jett

Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone. ~Anthony Burgess

So long as the universe had a beginning …..

So long as the universe had a beginning, we could suppose it had a creator. But if the universe is really completely self-contained, having no boundary or edge, it would have neither beginning nor end: it would simply be. What place, then, for a creator? ~Stephen Hawking

Tis’ better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else’s perfectly. ~Elizabeth Gilbert

Conquering Some Fear

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Food Security

Innovations that are guided by smallholder farmers, adapted to circumstances, and sustainable for the economy and environment will be necessary to ensure food security in the future. ~Bill Gates

Food is as important as energy….

Food is as important as energy, as security, as the environment. Everything is linked together. ~Louise Fresco

Making Excuses

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. -Benjamin Franklin

Order & Chaos

What we imagine is order is merely the prevailing form of chaos. -Kerry Thomley

Bookish Homeless People

I spent a lot of time at the New York Public Library, the main branch. I was one of those people. If you ever spend a good amount of time there, you realize there are people who spend the entire day there. They’re bookish homeless people. -Lisa Yuskavage

Poor People And The Homeless

You can spend the money on new housing for the poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or a golf course. -Jello Biafra

The present and the past …..

The present and the past coexist, but the past shouldn’t be in flashback. ~Alain Resnais

Past time is finite, future time is infinite. ~Edwin Powell Hubble

“If you do not push the boundaries, you will never know where they are.” ~T. S. Eliot

Walk Beside Me …..

“Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” ~ Albert Camus

“Three great forces rule the world: stupidity, fear and greed.” ~Albert Einstein

Fill Your Life Up With Ideas

“Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely. All you really have that really matters are feelings. That’s what music is to me.” – Janis Joplin”

Uninteresting Life

There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy. ~Mark Twain

Conquering Fear

“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.” ~Bertrand Russell Unpopular Essays (1950) “Outline of Intellectual Rubbish”

The world we see ……

“The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.” ~William James

“We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.” ~Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes, Marion Glasserow Gladney (1986). “Our Best Years”, Doubleday Books

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. ~Alice Walker

Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. ~Sam Levenson

Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today’s events. ~Albert Einstein

No one has ever died, from an over exposure to education. ~Robert M. Hensel

Robert M. Hensel, Spanish Poet-Writer

Clear Labeling For Genetically Modified Food

Europe believes that providing clear labeling for genetically modified food is a consumer right, but such practice is absolutely opposed by vast majority of states in the U.S. -Zac Goldsmith

Rose Bushes

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses. -Abraham Lincoln

Problems of the world…..

All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work. -Thomas J. Watson, American Scientist

Enjoy Life

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“Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself.” ~Alice Walker

Beautiful People

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do notContinue reading “Beautiful People”

The morning cup of coffee …..

The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

People spend to much time finding other people to blame …..

People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives. -J. Michael Straczynski, American Producer – 1954 –