Toni Morrison

STATUS QUOtes — 20211221

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons.” — Ruth Ann Schabacker

My grandfather had a saying he used to say to me when I was a kid … ‘Always remember that I’m always for you, but I’d rather be for you when you’re right than when you’re wrong.'” — James Jones

“What difference do it make if the thing you scared of is real or not?” — Toni Morrison

“You can’t lose weight without exercise. But I’ve got a philosophy about exercise. I don’t think you should punish your legs for something your mouth did.” — Gary Owens

 

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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 — 20210519

Jeff

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

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Definitions belong to the definers — not the defined.” — Toni Morrison

“During all my years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.” — Bernard Baruch

“To know how to say what others only know how to think is what makes people poets or sages; and to dare to say what others only dare to think makes people martyrs or reformers or both [ed].” — Elizabeth Charles

“Nothing says, ‘I have no idea what to get you,’ quite like giant beige bath towels.” — Missbhavens

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20210112

Jeff

“To be amused by what you read —
that is the great spring of happy quotations.”
— C. E. Montague —

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“What you can imagine depends on what you know.” — Daniel Dennett

“When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else. This is not just a grab-bag candy game.” — Toni Morrison

“I am selfish, private and easily bored. Will this be a problem?” — Neil Gaiman

“One thing you will probably remember well is any time you forgive and forget.” — Franklin Jones

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20190811

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Every death is like the burning of a library.” — Alex Haley

“At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough. You don’t need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough. No record of it needs to be kept and you don’t need someone to share it with or tell it to. When that happens — that letting go — you let go because you can.” — Toni Morrison

“Relief is a wonderful emotion, highly underrated. In fact, I prefer it to elation or joy. Relief lets the air out of the Tire of Pain.” — Adriana Trigiani

“The risk I took was calculated, but man am I bad at math.” — Unknown

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20181013

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“A flea can trouble a lion more than a lion can trouble a flea.” — African Proverb

“If you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.” — Toni Morrison

“Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.” — Bill Gates

“Went to the air & space museum, but there was nothing there.” — Unknown

 

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20180504

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“Trust one who has gone through it.” — Virgil

“Patience is not simply the ability to wait – it’s how we behave while we’re waiting.” — Joyce Meyer

“Don’t tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief’s wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear’s caul.” — Toni Morrison

“I never graduated from Iowa. I was only there for two terms – Truman’s and Eisenhower’s.” — Alex Karras, American football player, sports announcer & actor

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20180426

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Fortune is a giver and a taker.” — Polish Proverb

“Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take
with you your all.” — Kahlil Gibran

“If you wanna fly, you gotta give up the stuff that weighs you down.[ed]” — Toni Morrison

“Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.” — Mark Twain

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20161011

Jeff

“You are your best thing.” — Toni Morrison, Beloved

“Courage is more than standing for a firm conviction. It includes the risk of questioning that conviction.” — Julian Weber Gordon

“To live forever, die in the service of others.” — Debasish Mridha, M.D.

“There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won’t cure, but I don’t know many of them.” — Sylvia Plath

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20150501

Jeff

“No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.” — Bertolt Brecht

“Many are frustrated because they keep waiting for the blooming of flowers of which they have yet to sow the seeds.[ed]” — Steve Maraboli

“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.” — Khalil Gibran

“So what if I can’t spell Armaggedon? … it’s not the end of the world.” — Stewart Francis

 

Bonus Quotes About Writing:

“Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.” — Mark Twain

“You don’t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald

“If there’s a book you want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” — Toni Morrison