Pearl S. Buck

STATUS QUOtes — 20201104

Jeff

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

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“It is not about the pasture of the sheep, but about their wool.” — Pope Pius II

“I don’t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.” — Pearl S. Buck

“Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness…. When experience is not retained, as among less advanced civilizations, infancy is perpetual [ed].” — George Santayana

“What shall we call our son so he does not get bullied at school? … We shall call him Englebert Humperdink… yes, that’ll work.” — Eddie Izzard

 

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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 — 20180531

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Once the ‘what’ is decided, the ‘how’ always follows. We must not make the ‘how’ an excuse for not facing and accepting the ‘what.'” — Pearl S. Buck

“To be good and lead a good life means to give to others more than one takes from them.” — Leo Tolstoy

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” — Plato

“Bifocals are God’s way of saying, ‘Keep your chin up.'” — Matt Wohlfarth

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20180216

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Your silence will not protect you.” — Audre Lorde

“Love cannot be forced, love cannot be coaxed and teased. It comes out of heaven, unasked and unsought.” — Pearl S. Buck

“If you want to learn to swim jump into the water. On dry land no frame of mind is ever going to help you.” — Bruce Lee

“I’m not a very competitive person… I’m always the first to say it.” — Stewart Francis

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20160627

Jeff

“At the foot of the lighthouse it is dark.” — Japanese Proverb

“You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.” — Pearl S. Buck

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” — Annie Dillard

“The older you get, the better you realize you were.” — George Carlin

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20150421

Jeff

“Hunger makes a thief of any man.” — Pearl S. Buck

“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.” — Dale Carnegie

“When you stop chasing the wrong things, you give the right things a chance to catch you.” — Lolly Daskal

“Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.” — Max L. Forman