Kurt Vonnegut

STATUS QUOtes — 20240517

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Confidence must be monitored so that it does not spoil or rot and turn to arrogance.” — John Wooden

“When one longs for a drink, it seems as though one could drink a whole ocean—that is faith; but when one begins to drink, one can only drink altogether two glasses—that is science.” — Anton Chekhov

“What I want you to try and find out is, is there anything special going on or is it all just as crazy as it looked to me?” — Kurt Vonnegut

“The real problem of leisure time is how to keep others from using yours.” — Arthur Lacey

 

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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 — 20221127

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Stand tall, smile bright, and let ’em wonder what secret’s making you laugh.” — Dan Brown

“The new electronic interdependence recreates the world in the image of a global village.” — Marshall McLuhan

“When things are going sweetly and peacefully, please pause a moment, and then say out loud: ‘If this isn’t nice, what is?'” — Kurt Vonnegut

“I owned a mountain cabin once that had hot and cold running water . .. hot in the summer and cold in the winter.” — Tom Zegan

 

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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] – 20210928

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Today’s Q.U.O.T.E. – 20210628

 

“We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.” — Kurt Vonnegut

“All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair.” — Mitch Albom

“The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambitions.” — Vauvenargues

“Willie Nelson’s the one who told me the reason it costs so much to get divorced is because it’s worth it.” — Merle Haggard

 

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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 — 20210618

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all.” — Kurt Vonnegut

“Your heart will tell you where to go. Your head will guide you there safely. Use one without the other and you’ll get lost.” — D.R. Harris

“If you’re creating anything at all, it’s really dangerous to care about what people think.” — Kristen Wiig

“You look at passers-by in Rome and think, ‘Do they know what they have here?’ You can say the same about Philadelphia. Do people know what went on here?” — Frank McCourt

 

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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 — 20210119

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“Necessity relieves us from the embarrassment of choice.” — Luc de Clapiers

“Most people who sneer at technology would starve to death if the engineering infrastructure were removed.” — Robert A. Heinlein

“Like any one of us, they started with no road map or guarantee of success. But they went out and picked up the ball or the pen, the guitar or the kitchen knife, and took the first step. And then, the next.” — Camille Sweeney

“Shrapnel was invented by an Englishman of the same name. Don’t you wish you could have something named after you?”** — Kurt Vonnegut

 
** Shrapnel is named after Major-General Henry Shrapnel (Wikipedia)

 

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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 — 20201124

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“Knowing things is magical, if other people don’t know them.” — Terry Pratchett

“Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.” — Kurt Vonnegut

“How can we expect somebody else to keep our secret if we cannot keep it ourselves?” — Francois de la Rochefoucauld

“Prenuptial agreement: Paper a lawyer prepares to protect the party of the first part from the party of the second part should they discover the party’s over.” — Rheta G. Johnson

 

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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 — 20200414

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“We feel like separate water droplets but we are also ocean.” — Jane Hirshfield

“Sometimes I remind myself that I almost skipped the party, that I almost went to a different college, that the whim of a minute could have changed everything and everyone. Our lives, so settled, so specific, are built on happenstance. — Anna Quindlen

“Those years weren’t lost. They simply weren’t the way I’d planned them.” — Kurt Vonnegut

“The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but it is still nonsense.” — Benjamin Franklin

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20190211

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“We live at the edge of the miraculous.” — Henry Miller

“History is merely a list of surprises. It can only prepare us to b surprised yet again.” — Kurt Vonnegut

“I think it’s brought the world a lot closer together, and will continue to do that. There are downsides to everything; there are unintended consequences to everything. The most corrosive piece of technology that I’ve ever seen is called television – but then, again, television, at its best, is magnificent.” — Steve Jobs

“This contract is so one-sided that I am surprised to find it written on both sides of the paper.” — Francis Raymond Evershed, British judge

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20180322

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.” — Steve Prefontaine

“High school is closer to the core of the American experience than anything else I can think of.” — Kurt Vonnegut

“Experience is something I always think I have until I get more of it.” — Burton Hills

“I can define middle-aged. That’s when you’re faced with two temptations and you choose the one that’ll get you home before nine o’clock.” — Ronald Reagan

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20171023

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“There’s only one me, and I’m stuck with him.” — Kurt Vonnegut

“An individual who breaks a law that his conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

“There are no office hours for leaders.” — Cardinal James Gibbons

“Classics which at home are drowsily read have a strange charm in a country inn, or in the transom of a merchant brig.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

 
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