Phillips Brooks

STATUS QUOtes — 20230505

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.” — Diane Arbus

“Based on the experience of my life, which I have not exactly hit out of the park, I tend to agree with that thing about, If it’s not broke, don’t fix it. And would go even further to: Even if it is broke, leave it alone, you’ll probably make it worse.” — George Saunders

“To say, well done to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.” — Phillips Brooks

“I saw a subliminal advertising executive today, but only for a second.” — Steven Wright

 

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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 — 20200619

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“You cannot get to the top by sitting on your bottom.” — Proverb

“Everything keeps its best nature only by being put to its best use.” — Phillips Brooks

“My advice for people is to love the world they are in, in whatever way makes sense to them. It may be a devotional practice, it may be song or poetry, it may be by gardening, it may be as an activist, scientist, or community leader.” — Paul Hawken

“Marriage requires searing honesty at all costs. I learned that from my third wife.” — Alan Arkin

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20180709

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“If others had not been foolish, we should be so.” — William Blake

“Life comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work. The hills are full of marble before the world blooms with statues.” — Phillips Brooks

“A good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude.” — Rainer Maria Rilke

“I’m not a vegetarian because I love animals. I’m a vegetarian because I hate plants.” — A. Whitney Brown

 
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