“No advantages in this world are pure and unmixed.” — David Hume
“Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.” — Camille Pissarro
“The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.” — Thomas Jefferson
“I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.” — Dorothy Parker
Thousands and thousands of quotes served since 2011
“The sweetest of all sounds is praise.” — Xenophon
“We are all just broken vases trying to keep the flowers alive.” — Matt Baker
“The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.” — Abraham Lincoln
“You know you’re getting old when work is a lot less fun and fun is a lot more work.” — Joan Rivers
Thousands and thousands of quotes served since 2011
“Do something that will last and be beautiful.” — Ken Burns
“I am learning to love the sound of my feet walking away from things not meant for me.” — A. G.
“Take care of your thoughts when you are alone and take care of your words when you are with people.” — Unknown
“Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.” — Casey Stengel, Baseball Manager
I have always appreciated how thinkers, writers and philosophers are able to gather groups of words to express a thought in a poignant, witty or thought-provoking way. Years ago I began to collect quotes that I thought were especially inspirational, humorous or moving. From time-to-time, I would repeat a quote in an appropriate moment and as the topic of quotes arose, people would ask me to share some of them.
This is how STATUS QUOtes was born. I now try to post four quotes every day. I attempt not to repeat any quotes although some have made their way on to the board a number of times. I also try to avoid focusing on one philosopher, writer, etc. Each day I try to select a variety of witicisms that will appeal to a broad spectrum of readers which reflect an age group from teenagers through senior citizens.
STATUS QUOtes will continue as long as I am able to gather enough new expressions to fulfill my mission of providing inspiration and enjoyment to others.
“Watch out for people who are always bragging about who they are. A lion will never have to tell you it’s a lion.”
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“We are advertis’d by our loving friends.” — William Shakespeare
“The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.” — Mary Oliver
“My heart is a bargain today. Will you take it?” — W. C. Fields
“Spend the afternoon. You can’t take it with you.” — Annie Dillard
“Not caring what people think is a hustle that we can’t win.” — Brené Brown
“If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.” — William Feather
“You have to dream before your dreams can come true.” — A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
“Life is what happens between coffee and wine.” — Unknown
“My destination is no longer a place, but a new way of seeing.” — Marcel Proust
“If competing is your sole purpose then you’re already defeated.” — J. Smith
“A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower
“I do not object to people looking at their watches when I am speaking; but I strongly object when they start shaking them to make certain they are still going.” — William Norman Birkett
“No one heals himself by wounding another.” — St. Ambrose
“Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know ‘why’ I look this way. I’ve traveled a long way and some of the roads weren’t paved.” — Will Rogers
“Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.” — George Eliot
“A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you’ve been taking.” — Earl Wilson
“Reforms come from below; no man with four aces howls for a new deal.” — Unknown
“A wrong-doer is often a man that has left something undone, not always he that has done something.” — Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
“I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.” — Duke Ellington
“Never take a reference from a clergyman; they always want to give someone a second chance.” — Lady Selborne
“Everybody’s a teacher if you listen.” — Doris Roberts
“A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.” — Clive James
“Nostalgia is a dirty liar that insists things were better than they seemed.” — Michelle K.
“I don’t have a solution, but I admire the problem.” — Ashleigh Brilliant