So I’m sure you’ve seen the folks who put wise words of wisdom at the end of their emails. Over the past few years, I’ve gotten in the habit of collecting those quotes and I’ve published them below. Some are profound, some are silly, I agree with some and I find others ridiculous.
Nonetheless, I love reading these, so if you shoot me a message I expect to see something at the end for this page!
Enjoy!
My intelligence, then, is not absolute but is a function of the society I live in and of the fact that a small subsection of that society has managed to foist itself on the rest as an arbiter of such matters.
What Is Intelligence, Anyway?
-Isaac Asimov
“Millions long for immortality who don’t know what to do with themselves on
a rainy Sunday afternoon.”
-Susan Ertz
Therapy is expensive. Popping bubble wrap is cheap. You choose.
“everything we got, we got the hard way”
mary chapin carpenter
“He who bids frequently, lives a happy and contented life, with many friends and lots of money and fame.”
-Confusious
“In the absences of a decent time machine, fiction remains the most sturdy
vehicle for visiting other eras.”
-Tom Nolan
“Nothing so much enhances a good as to make sacrifices for it”
George Santayana (1863 – 1952)
The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you’re uncool.
–Almost Famous
*As hard as wanting something may be, the people who suffer the most are those who don’t know what they want.*
“Far too many people spend their lives reading the menu instead of enjoying the meal.”
“We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us
by what we have already done.”
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else’s can shorten it.”
-Cullen Hightower
“You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.”
Robin Williams
“Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original and the part that is original is not good.”
-Samuel Johnson
“Millions long for immortality who don’t know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.”
-Susan Ertz
“Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane.”
“Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.”
Steven Wright
“The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence.”
-Robert J. Shiller
A Woman Should Be Hidden So Deeply in Christ that a Man Has to Be Seeking Christ to Find Her.
