David Foster Wallace

STATUS QUOtes — 20240311

Jeff

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

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“No one has it all figured out.” — Sahil Bloom

“Mine was the unbearable jealousy a cultured pearl must feel toward a genuine one.” — Yukio Mishima

“The point here is that I think this is one part of what teaching me how to think is really supposed to mean. To be just a little less arrogant. To have just a little critical awareness about myself and my certainties. Because a huge percentage of the stuff that I tend to be automatically certain of is, it turns out, totally wrong and deluded. I have learned this the hard way…” — David Foster Wallace

“Unlike most other people, I’m just an average person.” — Ashleigh Brilliant

 

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— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20220112

Jeff

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

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“There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.” — Fernando Pessoa

“To be, in a word, unborable… It is the key to modern life. If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you cannot accomplish.” — David Foster Wallace

“Time sets the stage; fate writes the script; but only we may choose our character.” — Liam Thomas Ryder

“Find enough clever things to say, and you’re a Prime Minister; write them down and you’re a Shakespeare.” — George Bernard Shaw

 

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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 — 20210202

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“No one is born without faults. That person is best who has fewest [ed].” — Horace

“Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind.’Pooh!’ he whispered. ‘Yes, Piglet?’ ‘Nothing,’ said Piglet, taking Pooh’s paw. ‘I just wanted to be sure of you.'” — A. A. Milne

“Practice makes perfect, but it doesn’t make new. The gifted learn to play magnificent Mozart melodies and beautiful Beethoven symphonies, but never compose their own original scores.” — Adam Grant

“In America we can say what we think, and even if we can’t think, we can say it anyhow.” — Charles Franklin Kettering

 

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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 — 20210201

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Things that have never happened before happen all the time.” — Morgan Housel

“The weakest link in the chain is also the strongest. It can break the chain.” — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

“Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.” — David Foster Wallace

“Always willing to lend a helping hand to the one above him.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

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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 — 20201130

Jeff

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

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“The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.” — David Foster Wallace

“Opportunity lives at the intersection of what people need tomorrow and can be just barely built today.” — Aaron Levie

“I cannot stress enough that the answer to life’s questions is often in people’s faces. Try putting your iPhones down once in a while, and look in people’s faces. People’s faces will tell you amazing things. Like if they are angry, or nauseous or asleep.” — Amy Poehler

“If you don’t like my opinion of you, you can always improve.” — Ashleigh Brilliant

 

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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 — 20200903

Jeff

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

 

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“Everything I’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it.” — David Foster Wallace

“Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting.” — Johann von Goethe

“I started at the top and worked my way down.” — Orson Welles

“Younger and younger, our children are seeing the sippy-cup as half empty.” — Maria Bamford

 
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Quotes from David Foster Wallace, Johann von Goethe, Orson Welles and Maria Bamford that are poignant,witty, humorous, inspirational or thought provoking

STATUS QUOtes — 20200518

Jeff

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“I’m feasting on a banquet of crumbs.” — Carrie Fisher

“Put another way, the costs of your good habits are in the present. The costs of your bad habits are in the future.” — James Clear

“The severing of an established connection is exponentially more painful than the rejection of an attempted connection.” — David Foster Wallace

“How come there’s only one Monopolies Commission?” — Nigel Rees

 

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