STATUS QUOtes — 20220925

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

— Margaret Thatcher —

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off.” — Jonathan Swift

The poet Mallarmé listened to the painter Degas complaining about his inability to write poems even though he was full of ideas – “My dear Degas,” Mallarmé responded, “poems are not made out of ideas. They’re made out of words.” — Stéphane Mallarmé

“Know your limit and circle of influence; you are not called to meet the needs of everyone.” — Bernard Kelvin Clive

“In many states you can get a driver’s license when you’re sixteen years old, which made a lot of sense to me when I was sixteen years old, but now seems insane.” — Phyllis Diller

 

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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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