Antonio Machado

STATUS QUOtes — 20231101

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Answers are closed rooms; and questions are open doors that invite us in.” — Nancy Willard

“I thought my fire was out, and stirred the ashes…I burnt my fingers.” — Antonio Machado

“My first big break came when I was five years old. It’s taken me more than seventy years to realise that. You see, at five I first learnt to read. It’s that simple and it’s that profound.” — Sean Connery

“For everyday life, genius is as useful as a giant telescope in the theater.” — Arthur Schopenhauer

 

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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 — 20230328

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“The truth doesn’t hurt unless it ought to.” — Bertie Charles Forbes

“Because behind this expansion [of knowledge ] there is a great asymmetry: what is knowable but still unknown will always be larger than what we already know, meaning there are more possibilities waiting to be discovered than have already been discovered. This asymmetry in knowledge is reason to be optimistic, because it means there are no limits to our improvement.” — Kevin Kelly

“In my heart I had the thorn of a passion. I managed to take it off one day. I no longer feel my heart.” — Antonio Machado

“The concept of best-friendship is responsible for the worst birthday party of my life. I was 11 and hosting a sleepover. We were all having fun, eating pizza and comparing our Beanie Babies—until someone referred to someone else as her best friend. Suddenly, we were at war.” — Jaya Saxena

 

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— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20200115

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“What have you done with the garden that was entrusted to you?” — Antonio Machado

“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.” — Audrey Hepburn

“No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step forward.” — Amar Bose

“When you put Listerine® in your mouth, it hurts; germs do not go quietly.” — Mitch Hedberg

 

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