Tennessee Williams

STATUS QUOtes — 20221216

Jeff

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

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“Neighbors see better than foxes.” — Greek Saying

“When a thing is new, people say ‘It is not true.’ Later, when its truth becomes obvious, they say ‘It is not important.’ Finally, when its importance cannot be denied, they say ‘Anyway, it is not new.'” — William James

“Being disappointed is one thing and being discouraged is something else. I am disappointed but I am not discouraged.” — Tennessee Williams

“I just wanted to give my players some technical advice. I told them the game had started.” — Ron Atkinson, an English former soccer manager


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“Knowing that something is unhelpful is helpful.” — Shower Thoughts@showerfeelings

 

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— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20220227

Jeff

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

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“The Owl thinks slowly, but the Owl thinks long.” — Ursula K. Le Guin

“I’m happier now than ever; it’s that I’m more content. I’m in the harbor of my life.” — Julia Roberts

“Whoever you are — I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.” — from the film A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams

“The best self help book I’ve ever read was, The little Engine that Could.” — Stanley Victor Paskavich

 

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— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20200914

Jeff

JBRish.com and STATUS QUOtes will be on hiatus starting tomorrow. We will resume posting additional quotes, quips and stories shortly. Until then, feel free to visit the website and explore previous posts, quotes, etc. – – https://jbrish.com

 

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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

 
“I want to rest. I want to breathe quietly again.” — Tennessee Williams

“It’s like this. Father Time keeps pitching the years at us. We swing and miss at a few. We hit a few out of the park. We try not to take any called strikes. — Robert Brault

“As much as we complain about other people, there is nothing worse for mental health than a social desert.” — Charles Montgomery

“If someone had told me I would be Pope one day, I would have studied harder.” — Pope John I

 

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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 — 20191221

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“I am running away but I prefer to call it a strategic retreat.” — Tennessee Williams

“At some point, you have to recognize that you have no control over anybody and you have to step back and be ready to catch them when they fall and that’s all you can do.” — Taylor Jenkins Reid

“What you see is news, what you know is background, what you feel is opinion.” — Lester Markel

“Everything comes to him who waits… except a loaned book.” — Frank ‘Kin’ Hubbard

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20190704

Jeff

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“Insanely great takes insanely forever.” — Hugh MacLeod

“Keep awake, alive, new. Perform the paradox of being hard and yet soft. Survive without calcification of the tender membranes. Be a poet. Be alive.” — Tennessee Williams

“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play it better than anyone else.” — Dianne Feinstein

“Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don’t want them to become politicians in the process.” — John F Kennedy

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20190303

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Hope for miracles, but don’t rely on one.” — Yiddish Proverb

“I want to infect you with the tremendous excitement of living, because I believe that you have the strength to bear it.” — Tennessee Williams

“Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.” — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“At 19 miles [of a marathon], when most runners run out of steam and you hit what they call ‘the wall,’ is the exact moment you cross into a dangerous neighborhood; so here, they combine running and fleeing.” — Wayne Federman

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20181114

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Lead them beside still waters because you know how badly they need still waters.” — Tennessee Williams

“’It wasn’t the best decision we could make,’ said one of my old bosses, “but it was the most defensible.” — Seth Godin

“No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.” — Mary Kay Ash

“Never call an accountant a credit to his profession a good accountant is a debit to his profession.” — Charles J.C. Lyall

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20180320

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“Memory takes a lot of poetic license.” — Tennessee Williams

“Doing no evil is very good. But doing no good is very bad.” — Alberto Hurtado

“The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.” — Henry Miller

“I think I’ve discovered the secret of life – you just hang around until you get used to it.” — Sally Brown via Charles Schulz

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20150330

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“Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.” — Louis L’Amour

“The price of greatness is responsibility.” — Winston Churchill

“Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.” — Tennessee Williams

“Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.” — H.L. Mencken

STATUS QUOtes — 20150326

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“But eyes are blind. You have to look with your heart.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels.” ― Tennessee Williams, Conversations with Tennessee Williams

“To confer favours with propriety and grace requires something that riches cannot give.[ed]” — Charles Caleb Colton

“I’m astounded by people who want to ‘know’ the universe when it’s hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.” – Woody Allen