Jonathan Swift

STATUS QUOtes — 20220925

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off.” — Jonathan Swift

The poet Mallarmé listened to the painter Degas complaining about his inability to write poems even though he was full of ideas – “My dear Degas,” Mallarmé responded, “poems are not made out of ideas. They’re made out of words.” — Stéphane Mallarmé

“Know your limit and circle of influence; you are not called to meet the needs of everyone.” — Bernard Kelvin Clive

“In many states you can get a driver’s license when you’re sixteen years old, which made a lot of sense to me when I was sixteen years old, but now seems insane.” — Phyllis Diller

 

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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 — 20201201

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most.” — Aesop

“Research suggests a paradoxical truth about innovation: good ideas are more likely to emerge in environments that contain a certain amount of noise and error.” — Steven Johnson

“Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired.” — Jonathan Swift

“A plumber and Michelangelo obtained their marble from the same quarry, but what each saw in the marble made the difference between a nobleman’s sink and a brilliant sculpture.” — Bob Kail

 

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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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Q.U.O.T.E. [Quotes Up On The Edge] – 20200616

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Today’s Q.U.O.T.E. – 20200616

 

“We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.” — Jonathan Swift

“When failure proliferates unpunished, you get a proliferation of failure.” — Keith Ellison

“If you ever see me getting beaten by the police, put down the video camera and come help me.” — ‘Bobcat’ Goldthwait

“I once gave my husband the silent treatment for an entire week, at the end of which he declared, ‘Hey, we’re getting along pretty great lately!’” — Bonnie McFarlane

 

 

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What’s the difference between STATUS QUOtes and Q.U.O.T.E. (Quotes Up On The Edge)

If you happen to follow STATUS QUOtes on a regular basis, you might have noticed that controversial topics are largely avoided.

As a quotation enthusiast, I felt there was a need for a space with quotes that would resonate with readers and which, by the nature of the quote or the person quoted, might cut a bit closer to the bone than those on the STATUS QUOte pages.

That’s where Q.U.O.T.E. – Quotes Up On The Edge comes in. These pages, unlike STATUS QUOtes, will not be published on a daily or regular basis. When there has been an ample number of witticisms, timely remarks, irreverent humor, etc. to gather an interesting compilation, they will appear on JBRish.com

If this is your “cup of tea,” check back often! Please do not comment about the topics and/or opinions; they are not necessarily those of JBRish. If you have something to say that would enlighten viewers regarding the meaning of the quotation or quip, then please feel free to chime in.


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STATUS QUOtes — 20200517

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.” — Kazuo Ishiguro

“Where I am not understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound is couched underneath.” — Jonathan Swift

“It’s not only for unanswered questions that we seek knowledge but also for the examination of unquestioned answers.” — Anodea Judith

“I’m sick to death of people saying we’ve made 11 albums that sounds exactly the same, in fact, we’ve made 12 albums that sound exactly the same.” — Angus Young, lead guitarist of the hard rock band AC/DC

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20191124

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Looking effortless takes a lot of effort.” — Alexa Chung

“What makes a nation great is not primarily its great people, but the stature of its innumerable mediocre ones [ed].” — Jose Ortega y Gasset

“I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort where we overlap.” — Ani DiFranco

“All human race would be wits. And millions miss, for one that hits.” — Jonathan Swift

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20180822

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.” — Al Bernstein

“In a strong relationship, you should love your companion more than you need them.” — Steve Maraboli

“It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.” — Jonathan Swift

“I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.” — Ronald Reagan

 

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20171215

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received.” — Antonio Porchia

“We need not stride resolutely towards catastrophe, merely because those are the marching orders.” — Noam Chomsky

“When I gave food to the poor, they called me a saint. When I asked why the poor have nothing to eat, they called me a communist.” — Dom Hélder Câmara

“One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid.” — Jonathan Swift

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20160713

Jeff

“Everything in excess is opposed to nature.” — Hippocrates

“You learn a lot when you know no one else is going to do things for you.” — Megan Crewe

“There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails.” — Jonathan Swift

“Remember the waterfront shack with the sign FRESH FISH SOLD HERE. Of course it’s fresh, we’re on the ocean. Of course it’s for sale, we’re not giving it away. Of course it’s here, otherwise the sign would be someplace else. The final sign: FISH.” — Peggy Noonan

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20160515

Jeff

“Actions are destiny’s pen.” — Grenville Kleiser, Dictionary of Proverbs

“For good or ill, your conversation is your advertisement. Every time you open your mouth you let men look into your mind.” — Bruce Burton

“I have always a sacred veneration for anyone I observe to be a little out of repair in his person, as supposing him either a poet or a philosopher.” — Jonathan Swift

“A long time ago I learned not to explain things to people. It misleads them into thinking they’re entitled to know everything I do.” — Lisa Kleypas, Dreaming of You

 

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