witty

STATUS QUOtes — 20150609

Jeff

“I’ve learned… that when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.” — Andy Rooney

“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.” — Haruki Murakami

“If you’re not enough before the gold medal, you won’t be enough with it.” — from the movie Cool Runnings

“Culture is roughly anything we do and the monkeys don’t.” — Lord Raglan

STATUS QUOtes — 20150608

Jeff

“You don’t have to know exactly where you’re going to be headed somewhere great.” — Unknown

“Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.” — Francis Bacon

“You don’t always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too.” — Anne Lamott

“Normal people … believe that if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain’t broke, it doesn’t have enough features yet.” — Scott Adams

STATUS QUOtes — 20150607

Jeff

“There’s no need to be perfect to inspire others. Let people get inspired by how you deal with your imperfections.” ― Ziad K. Abdelnour

“He who praises you for what you lack wishes to take from you what you have.” ― Don Juan Manuel

“Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.” ― Benjamin Franklin

“I hate brushing my teeth at night because that signifies that you can’t have any more food and I’m just never ready for that kind of commitment.” ― Unknown

STATUS QUOtes — 20150606

Jeff

“The language of friendship is not words, but meanings.” — Henry David Thoreau

“Live as if everything you do will eventually be known.” — Hugh Prather

“Life should be touched, not strangled.“ — Ray Bradbury

“The best way to get a puppy is to beg for a baby brother… they’ll settle for a puppy every time.” — Winston Pendelton

STATUS QUOtes — 20150605

Jeff

“It’s better to be in the arena, getting stomped by the bull, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lot.” — Steven Pressfield

“We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.” — Albert Einstein

“No man’s credit is as good as his money.” — Edgar Watson Howe

“My mother always told me I wouldn’t amount to anything because I procrastinate; I said ‘Just wait.’” — Judy Tenuta

STATUS QUOtes — 20150604

Jeff

“Reflect upon your present blessings, of which everyone has many.” — Charles Dickens

“There is nothing in this world that does not have a decisive moment” — Cardinal de Retz

“We may be afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.[ed]” — Eleanor Roosevelt

“I wouldn’t touch the metric measuring system with a 3.048m pole.” — Anonymous

STATUS QUOtes — 20150603

Jeff

“Happiness isn’t something you experience; it’s something you remember.” — Oscar Levant

“A lot of people try to change their behavior, but if you don’t change your beliefs, then whatever it is that motivated your behavior will find another way to come out sideways.” — Neil Strauss

“He who does not hope to win has already lost.” — Jose Joaquin Olmedo

“Finally, a guy who says what people who aren’t thinking are thinking.” — Jon Stewart

STATUS QUOtes — 20150602

Jeff

“Freedom begins between the ears.” — Edward Abbey

“We all get the same amount of ice. The problem is some of us get it during the summer while others receive it in the winter.[ed]” — William ‘Bat’ Masterson

“Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes

“The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate.” — Doug Larson

STATUS QUOtes — 20150531

Jeff

“Don’t tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon!” — Dorothy Parker

“You believe that easily which you hope for earnestly.” — Terence

“If you can’t get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.” — George Bernard Shaw

“I love asking kids what they want to be when they grow up because I’m still looking for ideas.” — Unknown

STATUS QUOtes — 20150530

Jeff

“I will follow my gut. It might not always be right but it’s my true north.” — Amy Selwyn

“The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder.” — Frederick William Faber

“Think big thoughts, but relish small pleasures.” — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

“Gardening: Man’s effort to improve his lot.” — Anonymous