STATUS QUOtes — 20240823

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

— Margaret Thatcher —

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Crooked wood burns quite as well as straight.” — German Proverb

“A young man asked Mozart how to write a symphony. Mozart replied, ‘You’re far too young to write a symphony.’ The young man then said, ‘What? You were writing symphonies when you were 10, and I’m 21.’ Mozart smiled and replied, ‘Yes, but I didn’t go around asking people how to do it.'” — via Sahil Bloom

“Today I live in the quiet, joyous expectation of good.” — Ernest Holmen

“If I had a dollar for every time I said that, I’d be making money in a very weird way.” — Mitch Hedberg

 

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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 — 20230712

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

— Margaret Thatcher —

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“I always forget that trying to reason with the unreasonable is… unreasonable.” — Jennette McCurdy

“If you’re opening a hot dog stand, you could worry about the condiments, the cart, the name, the decoration. But the first thing you should worry about is the hot dog. The hot dogs are the epicenter. Everything else is secondary.” — Jason Fried

“The answer to any question starting, ‘Why don’t they…’ is almost always, Money.” — Robert Heinlein

“I went to a record store, they said they specialized in hard-to-find records… nothing was alphabetized!” — Mitch Hedberg

 

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— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20220104

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

— Margaret Thatcher —

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“Equality of opportunity is an equal opportunity to prove unequal talents.” — Viscount Samuel

“The majority of people are subjective toward themselves and objective toward all others, terribly objective sometimes, but the real task is, in fact, to be objective toward oneself and subjective toward all others.” — Sören Kierkegaard

“If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer because it was he, because it was I.” — W. Somerset Maugham

This sign says ‘IMPROV,’ but I had a bad set on Friday night, so yesterday they put an ‘E’ on the end of it.” — Mitch Hedberg, comedian

 

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— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20210818

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

— Margaret Thatcher —

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Asking for feedback creates a critic. Asking for advice creates a partner.” — via Farnam Street Media

“You should never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.” — Henrik Ibsen

“When someone gives you a rare insight into their life, do not repay that gesture by betraying their trust.” — Dodinsky

“One time, a guy handed me a picture and said, ‘Here’s a picture of me when I was younger.’ Every picture of you is when you were younger.” — Mitch Hedberg

 

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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 — 20210501

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

— Margaret Thatcher —

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Forget decorated generals, tell me about Private Ryan.” — Dejan Stojanovic

“It is easy for people to write and talk like philosophers, but to act with wisdom, there is the rub! [ed]” — Antoine Rivarol

“It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.” — Margaret Mead

“Why is Cloud 9 so amazing? What is wrong with Cloud 8?” — Mitch Hedberg

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20210131

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

— Margaret Thatcher —

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“Men will only throw stones at trees that are laden with fruit.” — Proverb

“There is one path in the world that none can walk but you. Where does it lead? Don’t ask, walk!” — Friedrich Nietzsche

“I would remind you that extremism in the defence of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” — Barry Goldwater

“What’s a sesame seed grow into? … I don’t know we never give them a chance… what in the world is a sesame?! … it’s a street… it’s a way to open stuff [ed].” — Mitch Hedberg

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20200817

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

— Margaret Thatcher —

 

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“We rarely hear the inward music, but we’re all dancing to it nevertheless.” — Rumi

“There’s a balance between what you want to give the world and what it needs. If you’re lucky, your work is in the middle.” — Austin Kleon

“An effort made for the happiness of others lifts us above ourselves.” — Lydia M. Child

“2-in-1 is a foolish term, because 1 is not big enough to hold 2; that’s why 2 was created.” — Mitch Hedberg

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20200707

Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”

— Margaret Thatcher —

 

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Life does not ask what we want. It presents us with options.” — Thomas Sowell

“I wish to say what I think and feel today, with the proviso that tomorrow perhaps I shall contradict it all.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I love, too, that I know a little more today than I did yesterday, or I simply know it more profoundly.” — Maya Angelou

“I have no problem not listening to The Temptations.” — Mitch Hedberg

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20200430

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“We pretend that we don’t care. But we care.” — Lorde

“Mastery is like swimming—it is too difficult to move forward when we are creating our own resistance or swimming against the current. Know your strengths and move with them.” — Robert Greene

“To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization.” — Arnold Toynbee

“The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I’ll never be as good as a wall.” — Mitch Hedberg

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20190423

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.” — Joseph Joubert

“The trouble with life isn’t that there is no answer, it’s that there are so many answers.” — Ruth Benedict

“Don’t laugh at a youth for his affectations he is only trying on one face after another to find his own.” — Logan Pearsall Smith

“If something is 1.0, you don’t need to say, ‘point oh.'” — Mitch Hedberg

 

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