Summer 2003 Quotes
" In great affairs men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small things they show themselves as they are." (Nicholas Chamfort)
"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it." (W. Somerset Maugham)
"If you are going through hell, keep going." (Winston Churchill)
"I fell asleep reading a dull book, and I dreamed that I was reading on, so I awoke from sheer boredom." (Heinrich Heine)
"The Fountainhead is a compelling world where man is not presented as he is, but as he could be: a heroic being with productive achievement as his noblest activity, reason his only absolute." (Ayn Rand paraphrased).
"The road to Hell is paved with good intentions." (Samuel Johnson)
"If we don't change direction soon, we'll end up where we're going." (Professor Irwin Corey)
"Writing comes more easily if you have something to say. (Sholem Asch)
"I will never become a friend or ally of Microsoft" (Chris White)
"I don't think being funny is anyone's first choice." (Woody Allen)
"When you wish to instruct be brief -- so that people's minds can quickly grasp what you have to say, understand your point, and retain it accurately. Unnecessary words just spill over the side of a mind already crammed to the full." (Cicero)
"The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude." (William James)
"Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult." (Samuel Johnson)
"The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself." (James Thurber)
"The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change; until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds." (R.D. Laing)
"All good biography, as all good fiction, comes down to the study of original sin, of our inherent disposition to choose death when we ought to choose life." (Rebecca West) "Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, old Time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying."(Robert Herrick)
" In great affairs men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small things they show themselves as they are." (Nicholas Chamfort)
"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it." (W. Somerset Maugham)
"If you are going through hell, keep going." (Winston Churchill)
"I fell asleep reading a dull book, and I dreamed that I was reading on, so I awoke from sheer boredom." (Heinrich Heine)
"The Fountainhead is a compelling world where man is not presented as he is, but as he could be: a heroic being with productive achievement as his noblest activity, reason his only absolute." (Ayn Rand paraphrased).
"The road to Hell is paved with good intentions." (Samuel Johnson)
"If we don't change direction soon, we'll end up where we're going." (Professor Irwin Corey)
"Writing comes more easily if you have something to say. (Sholem Asch)
"I will never become a friend or ally of Microsoft" (Chris White)
"I don't think being funny is anyone's first choice." (Woody Allen)
"When you wish to instruct be brief -- so that people's minds can quickly grasp what you have to say, understand your point, and retain it accurately. Unnecessary words just spill over the side of a mind already crammed to the full." (Cicero)
"The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude." (William James)
"Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult." (Samuel Johnson)
"The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself." (James Thurber)
"The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change; until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds." (R.D. Laing)
"All good biography, as all good fiction, comes down to the study of original sin, of our inherent disposition to choose death when we ought to choose life." (Rebecca West) "Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, old Time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying."(Robert Herrick)
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