C.S. Lewis

STATUS QUOtes — 20211015

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.” — C.S. Lewis

“No fact is so simple that it is not harder to believe than to doubt at the first presentation. Equally, there is nothing so mighty or so marvelous that the wonder it evokes does not tend to diminish in time.” — Lucretius

“It’s not foresight or hindsight we need. We need sight, plain and simple. We need to see what is right in front of us.” — Gordon Atkinson

“There is no answer to the Pythagorean theorem. Well, there is an answer, but by the time you figure it out, I got 40 points, 10 rebounds and then we’re planning for the parade.” — Shaquille O’Neal, professional basketball player

 

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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 — 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 — 20191116

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Noble parents have noble children [ed].” — Euripides

“The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.” — Henry Miller

“You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.” — C. S. Lewis

“You may look around and see two groups here: white collar, blue collar. But I don’t see it that way, and you know why not? Because I am collar-blind.” — Steve Carell (as Michael Scott)

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20190814

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“It’s like 10,000 spoons, when all you need is a knife.” — Alanis Morissette

“Only a few people are interested in what you have to say, but that’s all right. You don’t tell the quality of a master by the size of his crowds, remember.” — Richard Bach

“It is only our bad temper that we put down to being tired or worried or hungry; we put our good temper down to ourselves.” — C. S. Lewis

“Bill Gates is a very rich man today… and do you want to know why?… the answer is one word: versions.” — Dave Barry

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20190726

Jeff

NOTE – Sorry that this was posted late and out-of-date order!

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Where would be the merit if heroes were never afraid?” — Alphonse Daudet

“Every person from your past lives as a shadow in your mind. Good or bad, they all helped you write the story of your life, and shaped the person you are today.” — Doe Zantamata

“Humanism is the philosophy that you should be a good guest at the dinner table of life.” — A.C. Grayling

“I know of only one bird – the parrot – that talks; and it can’t fly very high.” — Wilbur Wright

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20190725

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“There’s nothing worse than a brilliant beginning.” — Pablo Picasso

“When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind.” — C. S. Lewis

“Even though people may be well-known, they hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth: birth, marriage, and death.” — Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

“Gravity. It’s not just a good idea; it’s the law!” — Adam Savage

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20190609

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.” — Gaston Bachelard

“In your life, you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to them. There are some that you wonder if they ever think about you. And then there are some you wish you never had to think about again. But you do.” — C.S. Lewis

“Thinking well to be wise: planning well, wiser: doing well wisest and best of all.” — Malcolm Forbes

“Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we’re quoting.” — John Green

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20190317

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Everything that’s worth having is some trouble.” — L.M. Montgomery

“You cannot use someone else’s fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it.” — Audre Lorde

“Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.” — C.S. Lewis

“Sometimes I get really lonely… especially when I’m throwing a Frisbee.” — Mitch Hedberg

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20180407

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“Our sacrifices don’t have to be the same for them to be meaningful.” — Jay Mullings

“Good manners are just a way of showing other people that we have respect for them.” — Bill Kelly

“Our instincts are at war… Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.” — C. S. Lewis

“Watermelon…it’s a good fruit; you eat, you drink, you wash your face.” — Enrico Caruso, Italian operatic tenor

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20180214

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Good words won’t cover up ugly actions.” — Unknown

“What! You too? I thought no one but myself…” — C.S. Lewis (and friendship is born [ed])

“Optimism for me isn’t a passive expectation that things will get better; it’s a conviction that we can make things better.” — Melinda Gates

“I’ve been on so many blind dates, I should get a free dog.” — Wendy Liebman

 
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