John Dryden

STATUS QUOtes — 20201022

Jeff

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

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“And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.” — John Dryden

“The person who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. This is part of the penalty for greatness, and every person understands, too, that it is no proof of greatness.” — Elbert Hubbard

“Everything comes at a cost. Just what are you willing to pay for it?” — Serena Williams

“Money won’t buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a huge research staff to study the problem.” — Bill Vaughan

 

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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 — 20181203

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“All objects lose by too familiar a view.” — John Dryden

“People who think they’re generous to a fault usually think that’s their only fault”. — Sydney Harris

“Go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.” — Neil Gaiman

“The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it.” — Mignon McLaughlin

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20170830

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare.” — John Dryden

“To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.” — Jane Austen

“The great political tugs of the past have concerned the distribution of the golden eggs. We must focus on the health of the goose. [ed]” — Paul Tsongas

“The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.” — Terry Pratchett

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20160325

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“The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.” — Jawaharlal Nehru

“When perfection is driving, shame is riding shotgun and fear is the backseat driver.” — Brené Brown

“Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.” — John Dryden

“A doctor can bury his mistakes, but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.” — Frank Lloyd Wright

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20150129

Jeff

“We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.” — John Dryden

“I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation.” — C.S. Lewis

“To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing.” — Eva Young

“The axe forgets what the tree remembers.” — African Proverb