“Politics is when people choose their words and actions based on how they want others to react rather than based on what they really think.”

        — Patrick Lencioni, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

“It wasn’t until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say ‘I don’t know’.”

        — W. Somerset Maugham

“Babies are such a nice way to start people.”

        — Don Herrold

“Interpretive dance, when it succeeds, is still a failure.”

        — Toby Hede, “Things I have learned from a lifetime of failure” Ignite Melbourne 2010

“Libraries: The medicine chest of the soul.”

        — Library at Thebes, inscription over the door

“Eat the first Skittle in the bag like it’s the last Skittle in the bag.”

        — David Tate (@mixteenth)

“They gave each other a smile with a future in it.”

        — Ring Lardner

“Three words, eight letters, three syllables, five vowels, three consonants, two nouns, one emotion, many meanings, a big lie, a rare truth: I LOVE YOU!”

        — MJ (@_iamMJ)

He who think by the inch,
and talk by the mile,
ought to be kicked by the foot.

“Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.”

        — John Dewey

“Never be afraid to try, remember… Amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.”

        — Unknown

“Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.”

        — Merry Browne

“Laughter is a part of the human survival kit.”

        — David Nathan

“Don’t try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough.”

        — Arthur Freed

“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”

        — William Somerset Maugham

“The three horrors of modern life – talk without meaning, desire without love, work without satisfaction.”

        — Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960

“A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point.”

        — Mistinguett

“Courage is tiny pieces of fear all glued together.”

        — Irisa Hail

“There are too many people, and too few human beings.”

        — Robert Zend

“He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away.”

        — Raymond Hull

“For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, ‘It might have been’.”

        — John Greenleaf Whittier

“Liz is different from all the other girls I’ve known. For one thing, she likes me.”

        — Jon, Garfield