Virgilia Peterson Quote – Memory Must Be Selective
“I can understand that memory must be selective, else it would choke on the glut of experience. What I cannot understand is why it selects what it does.” – Virgilia Peterson
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Gertrude Stein Quote – Common Sense
“Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.” – Gertrude Stein
Read moreThomas Henry Huxley Quote – The Cost Of Doing Nothing
“There is a well-worn adage that those who set out upon a great enterprise would do well to count the cost. I am not sure that this is always true. I think that some of the very greatest enterprises in this world have been carried out successfully simply because the people who undertook them did not count the cost; and […]
Read moreJohn Steinbeck Quote – Searching For Security
“We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it.” – John Steinbeck
Read moreWarren Buffett Quote – Human Characteristic
“There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.” – Warren Buffett
Read moreC. Northcote Parkinson Quote – Delay is the deadliest form of denial
“Delay is the deadliest form of denial.” – C. Northcote Parkinson
Read moreEleanore Roosevelt Quote – One’s Philosophy
“One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes… and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.” – Eleanore Roosevelt
Read moreEmile Henry Gauvreau quote – Strange Race of People
“I was part of that strange race of people aptly described as spending their lives doing things they detest to make money they don’t want to buy things they don’t need to impress people they dislike.” – Emile Henry Gauvreau
Read moreStephen Colbert Quote – Say Yes
“Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt […]
Read moreAbraham Lincoln Quote – Happiness
“Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” – Abraham Lincoln
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