Quotes

STATUS QUOtes — 20210519

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Definitions belong to the definers — not the defined.” — Toni Morrison

“During all my years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.” — Bernard Baruch

“To know how to say what others only know how to think is what makes people poets or sages; and to dare to say what others only dare to think makes people martyrs or reformers or both [ed].” — Elizabeth Charles

“Nothing says, ‘I have no idea what to get you,’ quite like giant beige bath towels.” — Missbhavens

 

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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 — 20210517

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Life is filled with secrets. You can’t learn them all at once.” — Dan Brown

“Second chances are scarier than first chances, because the second time you know how much you’re risking.” — Nora Roberts

“We behave according to what we bring to the occasion. Our beliefs affect how we process all new things, whether the ‘thing’ is a football game, a presidential candidate, Communism, or spinach.” — Annie Duke

“They say winning isn’t everything, and I’ve decided to take their word for it.” — Bill Watterson

Bonus quote – “Pandemic-era habits die hard, but I’m confident we can once again re-wire our brains to view other people not as biological vectors for disease, but as…people, just with germs. Here’s to hoping this summer, we’ll learn to come together as quickly as we learned to distance.” — Neal Freyman

 

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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 — 20210515

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong.” — John G. Riefenbaker

“Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them. They make the impossible happen.” — Dr. Robert Jarvik

“Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.” — Joseph Campbell

“A hot dog at the game beats roast beef at the Ritz.” — Humphrey Bogart

 

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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 — 20210513

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“You can’t sweep other people off their feet, if you can’t be swept off your own.” — Clarence Day

“The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.” — Martin Luther King

“If you have several ideas that all seem pretty good, work on the one that you think about, when you’re not trying to think about it.” — Sam Altman

“Some people are so busy learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade.” — Vernon Law

 

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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 — 20210511

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Reciprocity is a deep instinct; it is the basic currency of social life.” — Jonathan Haidt

“History teaches us that in 100 years from now some of the assumptions you believed will turn out to be wrong. A good question to ask yourself today is ‘What might I be wrong about?'” — Kevin Kelly

“What is sauce for the goose may be sauce for the gander but is not necessarily sauce for the chicken, the duck, the turkey or the guinea hen.” — Alice B. Toklas

“People who use selfie sticks really need to have a good, long look at themselves.” — Abi Roberts

 

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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 — 20210509

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“I guess grace doesn’t have to be logical. If it did, it wouldn’t be grace.” — Max Lucado

“There is no difference between the worry of a human mother and an animal mother for their offspring. A mother’s love does not derive from the intellect but from the emotions, in animals just as in humans.” — Maimonides

“Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools.” — Sir Richard Steel

“I’ve never had a humble opinion in my life. If you’re going to have one, why bother to be humble about it?” — Joan Baez

 

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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 — 20210507

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Lists are the butterfly nets that catch my fleeting thoughts.” — Betsy Cañas Garmon

“Do not be too honest in your dealings, for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.” — Chanakya

“People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don’t find myself saying, ‘Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner.’ I don’t try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.” — Carl Rogers

“Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.” — Doug Larson

 

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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 — 20210505

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Irony is just honesty with the volume cranked up.” — George Saunders

“Today, we turn to one person to provide what an entire village once did: a sense of grounding, meaning, and continuity. At the same time, we expect our committed relationships to be romantic as well as emotionally fulfilling. Is it any wonder that so many relationships crumble under the weight of it all?” — Esther Perel

“If you cannot mould yourself as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?” — Thomas Kempis

“Some people are widely read – I’m thinly read.” — 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 — 20210503

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Each of us is called to vigilance and steadfastness on behalf of others.” — The Washington National Cathedral

“Be with someone who treats you as a destination, not a stop along the way.” — Mandy Hale

“It is a sobering thought that each of us gives his hearers and his readers a chance to look into the inner working of his mind when he speaks or writes.” — J. M. Barker

“If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don’t want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all.” — David Livingstone

 

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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

Jeff

“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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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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