STATUS QUOtes — 20231217

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”

— Margaret Thatcher —

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Acorns were good till bread was found.” — Francis Bacon

“We are like books. Most people only see our cover, the minority read only the introduction, many people believe the critics. Few will know our content.” — Émile Zola

“There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.” — Michel de Montaigne

“Future, n. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true, and our happiness is assured.” — Ambrose Bierce

 

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“I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.”
— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20150222

“Truly successful decision making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.” — Malcolm Gladwell

“Within every acorn there is the dream of an oak tree.” — JBR inspired by Sue Monk Kidd

“If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.” — Emile Zola

“My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.” — Quentin Crisp