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STATUS QUOtes — 20240106

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom.” — Hermann Hesse

“Unfortunately sometimes one can’t do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.” — Somerset Maugham

“In order to understand the dance you must be still. And in order to truly understand stillness you must dance.” — Rumi

“What kind of person actually sits down and decides that no one should be allowed to end a sentence with a preposition? Not even decide what ideas you should or shouldn’t talk about, but to actually make rules about what order to put your words in … It’s such an amazing kind of petty tyranny.” — Jonathan Blum

 

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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 — 20210610

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Where there is an unknowable, there is a promise.” — Thornton Wilder

“There is one thing that all true spirituality has in common, whether that spirituality is derived from faith, from science, from nature or from the arts – a sense of wonder.” — Andrew Schneider

“An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.” — Somerset Maugham

“I’m a realist. You don’t enter a Volkswagen at Indianapolis 500 unless you know a helluva shortcut.” — Darlene Stander

 

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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 – 2021 — JBRish.com