George Carlin

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Jeff

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

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“Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.” — George Carlin

“The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another person’s observation, not overturning it.” — Edward Bulwer-Lytton

“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” — Thornton Wilder

“Political Correctness -The art of saying something totally bland when a good insult would be more satisfying, and more deserved.” — Harry Newton

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20230624

Jeff

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

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“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.” — Horace

“’How can you live without knowing?’ I do not know what they mean. I always live without knowing. That is easy. How you get to know is what I want to know.” — Richard Feynman

“He could imagine a dozen things that could go wrong; it was little consolation that it was always the thirteenth that actually happened.” — Arthur Clarke

“Scientists announced today that they have discovered a cure for apathy. However, they claim no one has shown the slightest interest in it.” — George Carlin

 

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— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20230602

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“A different world cannot be built by indifferent people.” — Peter Marshall

“How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live ’em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give ’em.” — Shel Silverstein

“There will be times when making the next right decision will be scary. I’ll tell you a secret. That’s how I’ve gotten through every challenge without being overwhelmed – by asking: what is the next right move? You don’t have to know all the right moves. You just need to know the next one.” — Oprah Winfrey

“If a turtle doesn’t have a shell, is he homeless or naked?” — George Carlin

 

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— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20221023

Jeff

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

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“He who wants to get to the source must swim against the current.” — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

“There are more good people than bad people, and overall there’s more that’s good in the world than there is that’s bad. We just need to hear about it, we just need to see it.” — Tucker Elliot

“Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.” — Marcel Proust

“Ever wonder about those people who spend $2 apiece on those little bottles of Evian water?… try spelling Evian backward.” — George Carlin

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20220820

Jeff

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

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“People do not lack strength; they lack will.” — Victor Hugo

“If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.” — Orville Wright (first successful motor-operated airplane)

“A sense of humor judges one’s actions and the actions of others from a wider reference … it pardons shortcomings; it consoles failure. It recommends moderation.” — Thornton Wilder

“When something is ‘new and improved’, which is it? If it’s new, then there has never been anything before it. If it’s an improvement, then there must have been something before it.” — George Carlin

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20220612

Jeff

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

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“I have a heart with room for every joy.” — Philip James Bailey

“The mark of a good book is that you’re happy to come home to it. The mark of a great book is that you occasionally schedule your life to stay home with it.” — Derek Thompson

“I’m not saying that everything I did was right, but everything I did was for an honourable purpose.” — Lee Kuan Yew

“Why do croutons come in airtight packages? It’s just stale bread to begin with.” — George Carlin

 

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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.””
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STATUS QUOtes — 20210324

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“May the flowers remind us why the rain was necessary.” — Xan Oku

“The heart is a muscle like any other and the best exercise you can do for it is called picking yourself up off the floor.” — Iain Thomas

“The reason that clichés become clichés is that they are the hammers and screwdrivers in the toolbox of communication.” — Terry Pratchett

“They say that instead of cursing the darkness, one should light a candle. Nothing is mentioned, though, about cursing a lack of candles.” — George Carlin

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20201125

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“Don’t fix me; Love me for what’s broken.” — Seth Godin

“Reading can teach you the best of what others already know. Reflection can teach you the best of what only you can know.” — James Clear

“It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends.” — J. K. Rowling

“When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot’s hands.” — George Carlin

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20201007

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“Give people a second chance, but not a third.” — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

“Because that’s the thing about the exact moment when you get somewhere that has required effort: There’s a freeze-frame instant of total fulfillment, when every expectation has been met and the world is perfect.” — Amanda Lindhout

“I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellect.” — Oscar Wilde

“Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body.” — George Carlin

 

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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.
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STATUS QUOtes — 20200803

Jeff

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

 

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“Find yourself a cup; the teapot is behind you. Now tell me about hundreds of things.” — Saki

“The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning.” — Natalie Babbitt

“Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but, most of all, endurance.” — James Baldwin

“I don’t have hobbies; hobbies cost money. Interests are quite free.” — George Carlin

 
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