STATUS QUOtes — 20151009

“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.” — Buddha

“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“History is apt to judge harshly those who sacrifice tomorrow for today.” — Harold MacMillan

“Seeing a murder on television… can help work off one’s antagonisms. And if you haven’t any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.” — Alfred Hitchcock

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20151008

“In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to whom the idea first occurs.” — Francis Darwin

“It’s never paid to bet against America. We come through things, but its not always a smooth ride.” — Warren Buffett

“If you don’t start somewhere, you’re gonna go nowhere.” — Bob Marley

“Coffee in England always tastes like a chemistry experiment.” — Agatha Christie

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20151007

“I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.” — Aldous Huxley

“I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.” — Thomas A. Edison

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…” — Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20151006

“Hell is a half-filled auditorium.” — Robert Frost

“It’s good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it’s good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven’t lost the things that money can’t buy.” — George Lorimer

“Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

“How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt?” — Harry S. Truman

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20151005

“Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.” — Elmer G. Letterman

“The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn.” — Joyce Maynard

“There Is A Voice Inside Of You
That Whispers All Day Long,
“I Feel That This Is Right For Me,
I Know That This Is Wrong.”
No Teacher, Preacher, Parent, Friend
Or Wise Man Can Decide
What’s Right For You- Just Listen To
The Voice That Speaks Inside.” — Shel Silverstein

“I’m astounded by people who want to ‘know’ the universe when it’s hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.” — Woody Allen

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20151004

“When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge.” — Tuli Kupferberg

“Memories are like mulligatawny soup in a cheap restaurant. It is best not to stir them.” — P. G. Wodehouse

“Inspiration is around every corner. Go for a walk.” — James Massing (?)

“When money talks, nobody checks the grammar.” — Anonymous

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20151003

“There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.” — Oscar Wilde

“He who rejects change is the architect of decay.” — Harold Wilson

“Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them.” — Franklin P. Adams

“Nobody works as hard for their money as the person who marries it.” — Frank ‘Kin’ Hubbard

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20151002

“The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson

“You win a few, you lose a few. Some get rained out. But you got to dress for all of them.” — Satchel Paige

“If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.” — Norman Vincent Peale

“We’ve a cat called Ben Hur; we called it Ben till it had kittens.” — Sally Poplin

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20150924

“Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting, and autumn a mosaic of them all.” — Stanley Horowitz

“The constant happiness is curiosity.” — Alice Munro

“Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.” — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

“Class Reunion: A gathering where you come to the conclusion that most of the people your own age are a lot older than you are.” — Anonymous

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20150922

“We all have our time machines, don’t we. Those that take us back are memories…And those that carry us forward, are dreams.” — H.G. Wells

“It is better to play than do nothing.” — Confucius

“It took me quite a long time to develop a voice and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.” — Madeleine Albright

“There’s ‘Fantasy Golf’? Apparently, there’s a level of boredom I’ve never experienced.” — Paula Poundstone

 

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