Great quote by Oprah Winfrey

Often we don't even realize who we're meant to be because we're so busy trying to live out someone else's ideas.But other people and their opinions hold no power in defining our destiny.-Oprah Winfrey,O Magazine,November 2009

A quartet of interesting quotes

1.A democracy ceases to be a democracy if its citizens do not participate in its governance.-Walter Cronkite
2.The crow wished that everything was black;the owl,that everything was white.-William Blake
3.Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships.-Charles Simic
4.The craftiest trickery is too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.-Johann Kaspar Lavater

Three great quotes

1.One can acquire everything in solitude----except character.-Marie Henry Beyle
2.Communism was overthrown by life,by thought,by dignity.-Vaclav Havel(1936-),Czech politician and playwright
3.Gratitude is born in hearts that take time to count up past mercies.-Charles E.Jefferson

Two great quotes

1.Awards are meaningless for actors,unless they all play the same part.-Humphrey Bogart,1943.
2.There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do.-Bill Watterson

A couple of interesting quotes

1.Travel makes a wise man better but a fool worse.-Thomas Fuller(1608-61),English scholar and preacher
2.The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.-Dag Hammarskjold

Three good quotes for Monday

1.Some prizes are just too high,no matter how much you may want the prize.The only thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart.-Lois McMaster Bujold,MEMORY.
2.Food is our common ground,a universal experience.-James Beard
3.Human beings,by changing the inner attitudes of their minds,can change the outer aspects of their lives.-William James

A couple more interesting quotes

1.A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.-George Santayana(1863-1952)
2.Gossip needn't be false to be evil--there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around.-Frank A.Clark(1911-91),writer behind THE COUNTRY PARSON cartoon

Two good quotes

1.Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions,including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.-Doug Larson
2.Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.-Charles F.Kettering

A Trio of three more great quotes

1.Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so,too.-Voltaire
2.Anyone who stops learning is old,whether at 20 or 80.-Henry Ford
3.We all have a few failures under our belt.It's what makes us ready for the successes.-Randy K.Milholland

Three great quotes

1.None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.-Ferdinand Foch
2.Truth equals money.-50 Cent
3.Philosophy is really there to redeem what lies in an animal's gaze.-Theodor Adorno

Great quote

1.Perfection is a road,not a destination.Every time I live,I get an education.-Burk Hudson

Great quote by Ludwig Wittgenstein

Resting on your laurels is as dangerous as resting when you are walking in the snow.You doze off and die in your sleep.-Ludwig Wittgenstein

A couple of interesting websites

1. www.songfacts.com
2.www.museumofhoaxes.com

Quote by Virgil Thomson

I've never known a musician who regretted being one.Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you,music itself is not going to let you down.-Virgil Thomson(1896-1989),U.S. composer and critic

A couple of interesting quotes

1.Simplicity is the peak of civilization.-Jesse Sampter
2.Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past.-Comedian Lily Tomlin

Three fortifying quotes

1.A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer,and attempting a task he cannot achieve.-19th -century author Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
2.The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.-W.Somerset Maugham(1874-1965),English author.
3.When everything seems to be going against you,remember that the airplane takes off against the wind,not with it.-Henry Ford(1863-1947),U.S.entrepreneur

Three fortifying quotes

A wonderful quote

If I had my life to live over-----I'd dare to make more mistakes next time.-Nadine Stair

A couple of great quotes on aging

1.One of the best parts of growing older?You can flirt all you like since you've become harmless.-Liz Smith
2.No one grows old by living-only by losing interest in living.-Marie Ray

Great quote by Goldie Hawn

There are only three ages for women in Hollywood:Babe,District Attorney and Driving Miss Daisy.-Goldie Hawn

Five interesting quotes on aging

1.I think all this talk about age is foolish.Every time I'm one year older,everyone else is too.-Gloria Swanson
2.You're not aging---You're marinating.-Anonymous
3.We turn not older with years,but newer every day.-Emily Dickinson
4.The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of child into old age,which means never losing our enthusiasm.-Aldous Huxley
5.Birthdays are nature's way of telling us to eat more cake.-Anonymous

A couple of interesting quotes

1.To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.-Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
2.I think no virtue goes with size.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Three good quotes

1.An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.-George Santayana
2.It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us.-Norman MacLean
3.Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves.-Germaine Greer,O Magazine,September 2002.

A couple of great quotes

1.The senses do not deceive;it's the judgment that deceives.-Goethe(1749-1832),German writer and polymath
2.Mediocre people have an answer for everything and are astounded by nothing.-Eugene Delacroix(1798-1863),French romantic artist

Quote by Kin Hubbard

Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.-Kin Hubbard

Great quote for Friday

Sometimes I lie awake at night and I ask,''Where have I gone wrong?''Then a voice says to me,''This is going to take more than one night.''-Charles M.Schulz,''Peanuts.''

A trio of interesting quotes for Wednesday

1.Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.-Raymond Lindquist
2.Most people are other people.Their thoughts are someone else's opinions,their lives a mimicry,their passions a quotation.-Oscar Wilde
3.If there is a God,atheism must seem to him as less of an insult than religion.-Oscar Wilde

Two great quotes

1.Sentimentality is a superstructure covering brutality.-Carl Jung
2.We live in an age disturbed,confused,bewildered,afraid of its own forces,in search not merely of the road ,but even of its direction.-Woodrow Wilson