Shower Thoughts

STATUS QUOtes — 20230413

Jeff


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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Generally the theories we believe we call facts, and the facts we disbelieve we call theories.” — Felix Cohen

“We consider speech to be the result of thought (we have a thought, then select a sentence with which to express it), but thought also results from speech (as we grope, in words, toward meaning, we discover what we think).” — George Saunders

“Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world will let them.” — Logan Pearsall Smith

“I never eat in a restaurant that’s over a hundred feet off the ground and won’t stand still.” — Calvin Trillin

 

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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 — 20230224

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“For the birds that cannot soar, Nature has provided low branches.” — Turkish Proverb

“I find that when I have any appointment, even an afternoon one, it changes the whole quality of time. I feel overcharged.” — May Sarton

“When you think about Uber and Airbnb and the other companies that are turning things upside down, Uber isn’t big ’cause they ran a lot of ads. They’re big because someone took out their iPhone and said to their friend, watch this, and pressed a button and a car pulled up.” — Seth Godin

“All I ask of Life is a constant and exaggerated sense of my own importance.” — Ashleigh Brilliant

 

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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 — 20221001

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Pride is the direct appreciation of oneself.” — Arthur Schopenhauer

“True repentance has a double aspect. It looks upon things past with a weeping eye, and upon the future with a watchful eye.” — Robert Smith

“As I get older I seem to believe less and less and yet to believe what I do believe more and more.” — David Jenkins

“Dr. Seuss was seriously lucky to live in a day and age without autocorrect.” — via Shower Thoughts

 

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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 —

 
See previous STATUS QUOtes HERE

Thousands and thousands of quotes delivered since 2011!

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20220820

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“People do not lack strength; they lack will.” — Victor Hugo

“If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.” — Orville Wright (first successful motor-operated airplane)

“A sense of humor judges one’s actions and the actions of others from a wider reference … it pardons shortcomings; it consoles failure. It recommends moderation.” — Thornton Wilder

“When something is ‘new and improved’, which is it? If it’s new, then there has never been anything before it. If it’s an improvement, then there must have been something before it.” — George Carlin

 

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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 —

 
See previous STATUS QUOtes HERE

Thousands and thousands of quotes delivered since 2011!

 
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All original content on this blog is copyrighted by Jeffrey B. Ross with ALL Rights Reserved. While reference links back to JBRish.com are appreciated and encouraged, please acquire approval for any reproduction of original content from this website.

©Jeffrey B. Ross 2014 – 2022 — JBRish.com