Kevin Kelly

STATUS QUOtes — 20230328

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“The truth doesn’t hurt unless it ought to.” — Bertie Charles Forbes

“Because behind this expansion [of knowledge ] there is a great asymmetry: what is knowable but still unknown will always be larger than what we already know, meaning there are more possibilities waiting to be discovered than have already been discovered. This asymmetry in knowledge is reason to be optimistic, because it means there are no limits to our improvement.” — Kevin Kelly

“In my heart I had the thorn of a passion. I managed to take it off one day. I no longer feel my heart.” — Antonio Machado

“The concept of best-friendship is responsible for the worst birthday party of my life. I was 11 and hosting a sleepover. We were all having fun, eating pizza and comparing our Beanie Babies—until someone referred to someone else as her best friend. Suddenly, we were at war.” — Jaya Saxena

 

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— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20221116

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“There is more to talking than just words.” — Humphrey Bogart

“Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.” — Jean Jacques Rousseau

“Spend as much time crafting the subject line of an email as the message itself because the subject line is often the only thing people read.” — Kevin Kelly

“I want to take one of those English as a Second Language courses – just go in and blow everybody away on the first day.” — Craig Anton

 

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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 — 20220708

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“Anything you say before the word ‘but’ does not count.” — Kevin Kelly

“The family was still hard-pressed for money, and dreamed of savory treats to eat, but they had the warmth of one another, and enough on which to live, and in most parts of the world that is called plenty.” — Gregory Maguire

“Just as someone can be too smart for their own good, there are those who are too patient for their own good, or too hardworking.” — Amor Towles

“The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine.” — John Howard

 

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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 — 20220504

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Boredom: the desire for desires.” — Leo Tolstoy

“People are more critical of other people’s arguments than of their own, without being overly critical: They are better able to tell valid from invalid arguments when the arguments are someone else’s rather than their own.” — Emmanuel Trouche, Petter Johansson, Lars Hall, Hugo Mercier

“What you do on your bad days matters more than what you do on your good days.” — Kevin Kelly

“It’s a family joke that when I was a tiny child I turned from the window out of which I was watching a snowstorm, and hopefully asked, ‘Momma, do we believe in winter?'” — Philip Roth

 

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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 — 20210511

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Reciprocity is a deep instinct; it is the basic currency of social life.” — Jonathan Haidt

“History teaches us that in 100 years from now some of the assumptions you believed will turn out to be wrong. A good question to ask yourself today is ‘What might I be wrong about?'” — Kevin Kelly

“What is sauce for the goose may be sauce for the gander but is not necessarily sauce for the chicken, the duck, the turkey or the guinea hen.” — Alice B. Toklas

“People who use selfie sticks really need to have a good, long look at themselves.” — Abi Roberts

 

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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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