STATUS QUOtes — 20240224

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

— Margaret Thatcher —

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“You can’t make a race horse of a pig, but you can make a very fast pig [ed].” — John Steinbeck, East of Eden” — John Steinbeck

“That’s when you know for sure somebody loves you. They figure out what you need and they give it to you — without you asking.” — Adriana Trigiani

“Even where the affections are not strongly moved by any superior excellence, the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain.” — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

“Well, I don’t know as I want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do. I hire him to tell me how to do what I want to do.” — J. P. Morgan

 

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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 — 20160615

“So little of what could happen does happen.” — Salvador Dali

“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.” — J. P. Morgan

“A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

“I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch.” — Ella Maillart

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20151021

“Your children need your presence more than your presents.” — Jesse Jackson

“Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see farther.” – J. P. Morgan

“Sometimes, it’s to your advantage for people to think that you’re crazy.” — Thelonious Monk

“I don’t want to know what the law is, I want to know who the judge is.” — Roy Cohn

 

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