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STATUS QUOtes — 20240625

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

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“Quotations in conversation are torches in darkness.” — Vikrant Parsai

“Whatever you do, do it to the purpose; do it thoroughly, not superficially. Go to the bottom of things. Any thing half done, or half known, is in my mind, neither done nor known at all. Nay, worse, for it often misleads.” — Lord Chesterfield

“If I don’t practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it.” — Jascha Heifetz, “widely regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time”

“We were taught as kids to not get in strangers’ cars or meet strangers from the internet, and now we literally summon strangers from the internet and get in their cars.” — via Dave Vescio, Twitter

 

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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 — 20200210

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“The world is your oyster. It’s up to you to find the pearls.” — Chris Gardner

“The manner of your speaking is full as important as the matter, as more people have ears to be tickled than understandings to judge.” — Lord Chesterfield

“Tis God gives skill, but not without men’s hands: he could not make Antonio Stradivarius violins without Antonio.” — George Eliot

“We had a good team on paper. Unfortunately, the game was played on grass.” — Brian Clough, English football player & manager

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20191105

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“Some people feel the rain, others just get wet.” — Bob Marley

“There is no such thing as absolute certainty, but there is assurance sufficient for the purposes of human life.” — John Stuart Mill

“I too had thoughts once of being an intellectual, but I found it too difficult.” — Albert Schweitzer

“Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius.” — Matthew McConaughey

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20191104

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“He is rich that is satisfied.” — Thomas Fuller

“If you are possessed by an idea, you find it expressed everywhere, you even smell it.” — Thomas Mann

“Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.” — Lord Chesterfield

“Asked in 1919 whether it was true that only three people in the world understood the theory of general relativity, [Eddington] allegedly replied: ‘Who’s the third?'” — Arthur Eddington, Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20181111

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“Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions.” — Frank Lloyd Wright

“I am convinced that a light supper, a good night’s sleep, and a fine morning, have sometimes made a hero of the same man, who, by an indigestion, a restless night, and rainy morning, would have proved a coward.” — Lord Chesterfield

“Realists don’t fulfill their ambitions. There must be a dreamer in all of us.” — Unknown

“Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.” — Charles de Gaulle

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20170223

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“Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.” — Rose Kennedy

“Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.” — Lord Chesterfield

“Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.” — Democritus

“And that ancient law went into effect which says that when you need towns they are very far apart.” — John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20161025

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“Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.” — Meister Eckhart

“Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.” — Minna Antrim

“No man who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives is long left without proper reward.” — Booker T. Washington

“Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so.” — Lord Chesterfield

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20160919

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“Polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold.” — Lord Chesterfield

“Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives, and some weave gold thread. Both contribute to make the whole picture beautiful and unique.” — Unknown

“I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.” — Neil Armstrong

“His ignorance was an Empire State Building of ignorance. You had to admire it for its size.” — Dorothy Parker

 

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