Harper Lee

STATUS QUOtes — 20210126

Jeff

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

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“I wake expectant, hoping to see a new thing.” — Annie Dillard

“Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: They both begin where reason ends.” — Harper Lee

“Leverage is everything; don’t begin to pry till you have got the long arm on your side.” — Oliver W. Holmes Sr.

“Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the work.” — Laurence J. Peter

 

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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 — 20200712

Jeff

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

 

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“Like snowflakes, the human pattern is never cast twice.” — Alice Childress

“Solitude would be an ideal state if one were able to pick the people one avoids.” — Karl Kraus

“Folks don’t like to have somebody around knowin’ more than they do. It aggravates ’em. You’re not gonna change any of them by talkin’ right, they’ve got to want to learn themselves, and when they don’t want to learn there’s nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language.” — Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.” — Brian Gerald O’Driscol

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20180804

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Screws fall out all the time, the world is an imperfect place.” — John Bender, The Breakfast Club

“You oughta be thankful
A whole heaping lot
For the people and places
You’re lucky you’re not.”
— Dr. Seuss —

“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.” — Harper Lee

“The difference between humans and other mammals is that we know how to accessorize.” — Madeleine Albright

 

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20160727

Jeff

“You should become a connoisseur of your own mistakes.” — Daniel Dennet

“A project is complete when it starts working for you, rather than you working for it.” — Scott Allen

“Whatever we had missed, we possessed together the precious, the incommunicable past.” — Willa Cather, My Ántonia

“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” — Harper Lee

 

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