Friday, December 30, 2022

“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

Thursday, December 29, 2022

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

        — W. Somerset Maugham

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

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

        — Don Herrold

Tuesday, December 27, 2022

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

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

Monday, December 26, 2022

“Libraries: The medicine chest of the soul.”

        — Library at Thebes, inscription over the door

Friday, December 23, 2022

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

        — David Tate (@mixteenth)

Thursday, December 22, 2022

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

        — Ring Lardner

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

“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)

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

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

Monday, December 19, 2022

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

        — John Dewey

Friday, December 16, 2022

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

        — Unknown

Thursday, December 15, 2022

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

        — Merry Browne

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

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

        — David Nathan

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

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

        — Arthur Freed

Monday, December 12, 2022

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

        — William Somerset Maugham

Friday, December 9, 2022

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

        — Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960

Thursday, December 8, 2022

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

        — Mistinguett

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

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

        — Irisa Hail

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

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

        — Robert Zend

Monday, December 5, 2022

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

        — Raymond Hull

Friday, December 2, 2022

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

        — John Greenleaf Whittier

Thursday, December 1, 2022

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

        — Jon, Garfield