Bill Vaughan

STATUS QUOtes — 20231223

Jeff

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

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“To live a life of virtue, you have to become consistent, even when it isn’t convenient, comfortable, or easy.” — Epictetus

“When we denigrate mediocrity, we discourage ourselves and others from trying new things. It would be great to be a great painter, but it’s also great just to paint. Or sing or throw pots or knit scarves or play chess.” — Will Schwalbe

“The way a question is asked limits and disposes the ways in which any answer to it — right or wrong — may be given.” — Susanne Langer

“In the game of life it’s a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season.” — Bill Vaughan

 

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— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20210413

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“You cannot speak of the ocean to a frog that lives in a well.” — Bill Vaughan

“Just because things hadn’t gone the way I’d planned didn’t necessarily mean they’d gone wrong.” — Ann Patchett

“Fortune is said to be blind, but her favorites never are. Ambition has the eye of the eagle, prudence that of the lynx; the first looks through the air, the last along the ground.” — Edward Bulwer-Lytton

“Today is the oldest you’ve ever been and the youngest you’ll ever be again.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20201022

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.” — John Dryden

“The person who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. This is part of the penalty for greatness, and every person understands, too, that it is no proof of greatness.” — Elbert Hubbard

“Everything comes at a cost. Just what are you willing to pay for it?” — Serena Williams

“Money won’t buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a huge research staff to study the problem.” — Bill Vaughan

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20201018

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“Feel compliments as deeply as you feel insults.” — James Clear

“The Four Rules of Life: 1. Show Up 2. Pay Attention 3.Tell the Truth 4. Don’t be upset at the results.” — Bill Vaughan

“They’re only truly great who are truly good.” — George Chapman

“Canadians are generally indistinguishable from Americans, and the surest way of telling the two apart is to make that observation to a Canadian.” — Richard Staines

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20200819

Jeff

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

 

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“On the neck of a giraffe a flea begins to believe in immortality.” — Bill Vaughan

“Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work.” — C.S. Lewis

“Some people like what you do, some people hate what you do, but most people simply don’t give a damn.” — Charles Bukowski

“Henry Ford’s reaction to a consultant who questioned why he paid $50,000 a year to someone who spent most of his time with his feet on his desk.’Because a few years ago that man came up with something that saved me $2,000,000,’ he replied. ‘And when he had that idea his feet were exactly where they are now.’” — Rory Sutherland

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20190418

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“It’s not the load that breaks you down. It’s the way you carry it.” — Lou Holtz

“Why are you stingy with yourselves? Why are you holding back? What are you saving for—for another time? There are no other times. There is only now. Right now.” — George Balanchine

“I was prepared, but it still hurt.” — Hiro Fujiwara

“A three-year-old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a two hundred dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm. [ed]” — Bill Vaughan

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20151231

Jeff



Welcoming the New Year! for All JBRish Readers with a wish for
a Happy, Healthy and Fulfilling 2016

 
“Go to the effort. Invest the time. Write the letter. Make the apology. Take the trip. Purchase the gift. Do it. The seized opportunity renders joy. The neglected brings regret.” — Max Lucado

“The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings.” — Dave Weinbaum

“Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.” — Henry David Thoreau

“An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.” — Bill Vaughan

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20151019

Jeff

“It’ll be pretty when we get there, but it won’t be pretty along the way.” — Ed Catmull

“There are two worlds: the world we can measure with line and rule, and the world that we feel with our hearts and imagination.” — Leigh Hunt

“One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are.” — Steve Jobs

“Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem of an efficient way to get himself five miles to work and back each day.” — Bill Vaughan

 

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