Quotes
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To Much
“I used to say, ‘Things cost too much.’ Then my teacher straightened me out on that by saying, ‘The problem isn’t that things cost too much. The problem is that you can’t afford it.’ That’s when I finally understood that the problem wasn’t ‘it’-the problem was ‘me.’” ~ Jim Rohn Continue reading
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Traveling
“Traveling is like flirting with life. It’s like saying, ‘I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station.” ~ Lisa St. Aubin de Terán Continue reading
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Poor People
There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck. ~ Jean-Paul Sartre Continue reading
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“Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly.” ~Rosalind Russell
Rosalind Russell, Actress, 1907-1976 Continue reading
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Being Useless
“What horrifies me most is the idea of being useless: well-educated, brilliantly promising, and fading out into an indifferent middle age.” ~ Sylvia Plath Continue reading
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Success
“The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.” ~ John Madden, A former coach of the Oakland Raiders Continue reading
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“The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.” ~John Burroughs
John Burroughs, Essayist, 1837-1921 Continue reading
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Night Time
Night time is really the best time to work. All there to be yours because everyone else is asleep. ~Catherine Ohara Continue reading
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The Wise Man
“The wise man doesn’t give the right answers, he poses the right questions.” ~ Claude Levi-Strauss Continue reading
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Coffee And Tea
“If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; If you are depressed, it will cheer you; If you are excited, it will calm you.” ~ William E. Gladstone, Former Chancellor of the Exchequer, United Kingdom Continue reading
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Self-Expression
“To me, clothing is a form of self-expression – there are hints about who you are in what you wear.” ~ Marc Jacobs, Fashion designer Continue reading
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Pursuit Of Money
“In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed.” ~ John Rawls, Philosopher, 1921 – 2002 Continue reading
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The Most Beautiful Things
Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance. ~John Steinbeck Continue reading
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“Lawyers sometimes tell the truth. They’ll do anything to win a case.” ~Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham, Philosopher, 1748 – 1832 Continue reading
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Bricks
“A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.” ~ Gilles Deleuze, Philosopher, 1925 – 1995 Continue reading
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Two Ways To Be Fooled
“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 Continue reading
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Words
Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects. ~ Blaise Pascal Continue reading
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The Poor
The poor don’t know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity. ~ Jean-Paul Sartre Continue reading
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More And More Information
We live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning. ~ Jean Baudrillard, French philosopher, Born: June 27, 1929 – Died: March 6, 2007 Continue reading
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Dream Beings
All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together. ~Jack Kerouac Continue reading
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“If you can’t do anything about it, laugh like hell.” ~David Cook
David Cook, Singer-songwriter Continue reading
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“It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.” ~ Jerome K. Jerome
Jerome K. Jerome, Writer, Born: May 2, 1859 – Died: June 14, 1927 Continue reading
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Essentials To Happiness
Joseph Addison, Essayist, Born: May 1, 1672 – Died: June 17, 1719 Continue reading
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Falling In Love
“Show me a man or a woman alone and I’ll show you a saint. Give me two and they’ll fall in love. Give me three and they’ll invent the charming thing we call ‘society’. Give me four and they’ll build a pyramid. Give me five and they’ll make one an outcast. Give me six and… Continue reading
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Dogs Are Leaders
Dogs are leaders of the planet. If you see two life forms, one of them is making poop, the other one’s carrying it for him, who would you assume is in charge. ~Jerry Seinfeld Continue reading
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Art Quote
One eye sees, the other feels. ~Paul Klee Continue reading
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Change
Why change? Everyone has his own style. When you have found it, you should stick to it. ~Audrey Hepburn Continue reading
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Climbing Out Of Bed
Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I’m not going to make it, but you laugh inside – remembering all the times you’ve felt that way. ~Charles Bukowski Continue reading
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Treasured Wealth
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. ~Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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“The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.” ~ Al Neuharth
Al Neuharth, Author, Born: March 22, 1924 – Died: April 19, 2013 Continue reading
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“Modern man drives a mortgaged car over a bond-financed highway on credit-card gas.” ~ Earl Wilson
Earl Wilson, MLB pitcher, Born: October 2, 1934 – Died: April 23, 2005 Continue reading
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Senseless To Think Of Complaining
It is therefore senseless to think of complaining since nothing foreign has decided what we feel, what we live, or what we are. `~Jean-Paul Sartre Continue reading
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A Common Question
“The common question that gets asked in business is, why? That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, why not?” ~ Jeff Bezos Continue reading
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“Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.” ~Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant, Philosopher, Born: April 22, 1724 – Died: February 12, 1804 Continue reading
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Three Great Things
The three great things of life are: good health; work, and a philosophy of life. ~Jack London Continue reading
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People
To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do rather than what they say. ~Rene Descartes Continue reading
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Shoes
“Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.” ~ John Locke Continue reading
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“All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.” ~Ellen Glasgow
Ellen Glasgow, Novelist ~ Born: April 22, 1873 – Died: November 21, 1945 Continue reading
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Life After Death
“The real question of life after death isn’t whether or not it exists, but even if it does what problem this really solves.” ~ Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher ~ 1889 – 1951 Continue reading
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Boundaries
“A boundary is not that at which something stops, but that from which something begins.” ~ Martin Heidegger, Philosopher ~ 1889 – 1976 Continue reading
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Change Your Life
“Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.” ~ Simone de Beauvoir Continue reading
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Beat Generation
“The so-called Beat Generation was a whole bunch of people, of all different nationalities, who came to the conclusion that society sucked.” ~ John Clellon Holmes, Author ~ 1926 – 1988 Continue reading
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Redistribution Of Wealth
“You are talking to a leftist. I believe in the redistribution of wealth and power in the world. I believe in universal hospital care for everyone. I believe that we should not have a single homeless person in the richest country in the world. And I believe that we should not have a C.I.A. that… Continue reading
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Simplify Your Life
“Simplify your life. Don’t waste the years struggling for things that are unimportant. Don’t burden yourself with possessions. Keep your needs and wants simple and enjoy what you have. Don’t destroy your peace of mind by looking back, worrying about the past. Live in the present. Simplify!” ~ Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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Time And Space
“Time and space – time to be alone, space to move about – these may well become the great scarcities of tomorrow.” ~ Edwin Way Teale, Naturalist ~ 1899 – 1980 Continue reading
A Pondering Mind 