Sunday, August 28, 2005
Heres some quotes from the book "WRITE RIGHT!" by this super egoistic person called Jan Venolia.
They are actually quite interesting.
Those in red and bold are ones that I think are useful.
Those in bold are ones that I particulary like.
"I'm not denyin' the women are foolish: God Almighty made 'em to match the men." George Elliot
"The dubious previlige of a freelance writer is he's given the freedom to starve anywhere." S.J. Perlman
"Santa Claus had the right idea: Visit people once a year." Victor Borge"The ingredients of a diplomat's life are as follows: protocol, alcohol, and Geritol." unknown
"In our country we have three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either." Mark Twain"The optimist proclaims that we live inthe best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true." James Branch Cabell
"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow" Helen Keller
"We are bron princes and the civilizing process turns us into frogs." Eric Berne
"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like , and do what you'd rather not." Mark Twain"Animals have these advantages over man: They have no theologians to instruct them, their funurals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their will." Voltaire
"Conscience is a still, small voice that makes minority reports." Franklin P. Jones
"The fool wonders, the wise man asks." Benjamin Disraeli
"Advice is judged by results, not by intentions" Cicero
"Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism." Arnold Bennett
"On second thought, when the meek eventually inherit the earth, it will probably be in such a conditon that nobody would have it." Laurence J. Peter
"Everything is funny as long as it is happening to someone else." Will Rogers"Most of us hate to see apoor loser-- or a rich winner." Harold Coffin
"Nature gave man two ends -- one to sit on and one to think with. Ever since then, man's success or failure has been dependent onthe onehe used most." George R. Kirkpatrick"Though motherhood is the most important of all the professions -- requiring more knowledge than any other department in human affairs -- there was no attention given to preparation for this office." Elizabeth Cady Stanton"The business of government is to keep government out of business -- that is, unless business needs government aid." Will Rogers"Civilization -- the victory of persuasion over force." Palmer Wright"The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation...is frequently a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself." J.K. Galbraith"Since television, the well-read are being taken over by the well-watched." Mortimer Adler
"The believer is happy; the doubter is wise." Hungarian Proverb
"If a man runs after moeny, he's money-mad; if he keeps it, he's a capitalist; if he spends it, he's a playboy; if he doesn.t' get it, he's a ne'er-do-well; if he doesn't try to get it, he's parasite; and if he accumulates it after a lifetime of hardowkr, people call him a fool who never got anything out of life." Vic Oliver"The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away." Wilson Mizner"A minority may be right; a majority is always wrong." Henrik Ibsen
"I'd like to grow very old as slowly as possible." Mayer Selznick"To get profit without risk, experience without danger, and reward without work, is as impossible as it is to live without being born." A.P. Gouthey"People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one." Leo J. Burke
"A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar." H.L. Mencken
"Everyone has talent. What is rare is he courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads." Erica Jong"The wise makes proverbs and fools repeat them." Isaac D'israeli"Old age isn't so bad when you conider the alternatice." Mauruce Chevalier
A rainbow appeared at2:56 AM***
Friday, August 19, 2005
"Faith is a higher faculty than reason." Phillip James Bailey,
"Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith." Henry Ward Beecher
"Faith is reason grown courageous." Sherwood Eddy
A rainbow appeared at9:39 AM***
Thursday, August 18, 2005
To love others, you must first be a master at loving yourself.
A rainbow appeared at6:15 AM***
Monday, July 25, 2005
Crisis defines life.
It is by going through a crisis that's when you really discover what kind of person you really are.
A rainbow appeared at7:14 AM***
Saturday, July 16, 2005
"Life can only be understood back- wards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard
"The real malady is fear of life, not of death." Naguib Mahfouz
"Sooner or later, you start taking yourself seriously. You know when you need a break. You know when you need a rest. You know what to get worked up about and what to get rid of. And you know when it's time to take care of yourself, for yourself. To do something that makes you stronger, faster, more complete. Because you know it's never too late to have a life. And never too late to change one. " NIKE advertisment
"We come and we cry, and that is life; we yawn and we depart, and that is death! " Ausone de Chancel
"Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead." Hans Christian Anderson
A rainbow appeared at8:13 PM***
Saturday, May 22, 2004
Thinking that someone else will do it for you is the first step to failure.
you know you love me
A rainbow appeared at2:36 AM***
Monday, May 10, 2004
"You have to know the rules very well before you can break them" T(m)
A rainbow appeared at5:14 AM***
