Saturday, February 03, 2007

25 great quotes and proverbs

1.The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory,but progress.-Joseph Joubert,essayist(1754-1820)
2.Intellectuals solve problems:geniuses prevent them.-Albert Einstein
3.Efficiency is intelligent wisdom.-David Dunham
4.One can pay back the loan of gold,but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.-Malayan proverb
5.It takes a genius to whine appealingly.-F.Scott Fitzgerald
6.Tremble:your whole life is a rehearsal for the moment you are in.-Judith Malina
7.We aim above the mark to hit the mark.-Ralph Waldo Emerson
8.What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.-P.D.James,writer(b.1920)
9.The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away ,for expedients,and by parts.-Edmund Burke,statesman and writer(1729-97)
10.There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.-William F.Buckley Jr
11.Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freedom of speech.-Benjamin Franklin
12.Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.-M.F.K.Fisher
13.We either make ourselves miserable,or we make ourselves strong.The amount of work is the same.-Carlos Castaneda
14.Once you start asking questions,innocence is gone.-Mary Astor
15.It is not good to make sentimental journeys.You see the differences instead of the sameness.-Mary Astor
16.A man needs a little madness or else----he never dares to cut the rope and be free.-Anthony Quinn to Alan Bates in the 1964 film ZORBA
THE GREEK.
17.It is better to burn out than to fade away.
18.A painter paints,a musician plays,a writer writes-but a movie actor waits.-Mary Astor
19.Gossip needs no carriage.-Russian proverb
20.If you want to get across an idea,wrap it up as a person.-Ralph Bunche
21.If you can't return a favor,pass it on.-Louise Brown(1906-96),American dancer and teacher
22.To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.-Thomas Jefferson
23.Writing is like getting married.One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.-Iris Murdoch
24.To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.-Marcel Jouhandeau
25.The faster I write the better my output.If I'm going slow I'm in trouble.It means I'm pushing the words instead of being pulled by them.-Raymond Chandler

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