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STATUS QUOtes — 20201127

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“It’s often very expensive to think out loud.” — Minna Thomas Antrim

“If we are to make reality endurable, we must all nourish a fantasy or two.” — Marcel Proust

“Never confuse someone else’s inability to do something with its inability to be done.” — Steve Maraboli

“What do you do when you see an endangered animal that eats only endangered plants?” — 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 — 20201117

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“I have something he’ll never have…Enough.” — Joseph Heller

“Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action.” — Brendan Francis

“The prediction I can make with the highest confidence is that the most amazing discoveries will be the ones we are not today wise enough to foresee.” — Carl Sagan

** “How do you write ‘zero’ in Roman Numerals?” — 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 —

** The number zero does not have its own Roman numeral, but the word nulla (the Latin word meaning “none”) was used by medieval scholars in lieu of 0. – via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals#Zero

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20201029

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“Whatever happens tomorrow, we’ve had today.” — David Nicholls

“Along with the differences that abide in each of us, there is also in each of us a maverick, the darling stubborn one who won’t listen, who insists, who chooses preference or the spirited guess over yardsticks or even history. I suspect this maverick is somewhat what the soul is, or at least that the soul lives close by and companionably with its agitating and inquiring force.” — Mary Oliver

“Freedom is the power to choose our own chains.” — Jean Jacques Rousseau

“If Dracula can’t see his reflection in a mirror, how come his hair is always so neatly combed?” — Steven Wright

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20200913

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.” — Vincent van Gogh

“Well-being is about the combination of our love for what we do each day, the quality of our relationships, the security of our finances, the vibrancy of our physical health, and the pride we take in what we have contributed to our communities. Most importantly, it’s about how these five elements interact.” — Tom Rath

“No matter how much we scorn it, kitsch is an integral part of the human condition.” — Milan Kundera

“Everyone has a photographic memory, some just don’t have film.” — 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.
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STATUS QUOtes — 20200822

Jeff

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

 

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“The word is half his that speaks, and half his that hears it.” — Michel de Montaigne

“Simply put: Whenever we have conflicting desires, being good gives us permission to be a little bit bad.” — Kelly McGonigal

“You have the brushes, you have the colors, paint the paradise and go inside.” — Nikos Kazantzakis

“It’s not an optical illusion; it just looks like one.” — Steven Wright

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STATUS QUOtes — 20200403

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“If I cannot fly, let me sing.” — Stephen Sondheim

“Do not be deceived into thinking that how a person acts is the full picture.” — Arthur Helps

“If you do not raise your eyes you will think that you are the highest point.” — Antonio Porchia

“The earth is bipolar.” — Steven Wright

 

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Quotes from Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Helps, Amy Chua and Steven Wright that are poignant,witty, humorous, inspirational or thought provoking

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STATUS QUOtes — 20200120

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“To talk without thinking is to shoot without aiming.” — English Proverb

“I admire people who have the ability to touch you and still be thousands of miles from your presence.” — William Chapman

“The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers.” — Martin Luther King Jr.

“You know when you put a stick in water and it looks bent? … that’s why I never take baths.” — Steven Wright

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20191024

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“The promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.” — William Lyon MacKenzie

“You never know till you try to reach them how accessible people are; but you must approach each by the right door [ed].” — Henry Ward Beecher

“You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.” — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

“Why are the pictures square if the lens is round?” — Steven Wright

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20190224

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Criticizing another’s garden doesn’t keep the weeds out of your own.” — Unknown

“The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.” — Og Mandino

“Time, which changes people, does not alter the image we have retained of them. ” — Marcel Proust

“Can you buy an entire chess set in a pawn shop?” — Steven Wright

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20190118

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you’re not really losing it. You’re just passing it on to someone else.” — Mitch Albom

“In the quiet hours when we are alone and there is nobody to tell us what fine fellows we are, we come sometimes upon a moment in which we wonder, not how much money we are earning, nor how famous we have become, but what good we are doing.” — A. A. Milne

“It is very difficult to live among people you love and hold back from offering them advice.” — Anne Tyler

“Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.” — Steven Wright

 

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