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Quotes from others

June 07, 2011

898. Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him. ~ Aldous Huxley
899. Thomas Edison “To have a great idea, have a lot of them.”
900. “The greatest thing about Twitter is that you can quote something and completely make up the source” – Albert Einstein
906. “A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.” – James Crook
908. Mahatma Gandhi “Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.”
909. “The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.” – Leonardo da Vinci
910. “The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.” Benjamin Disraeli
911. “The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.” – Samuel Johnson
912. All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness. Tennessee Williams
913. Chris Rock: A man is only as faithful as his options
914. The kindest word in all the world is the unkind word, unsaid.
915. “Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.” – Abraham Lincoln
916. “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi
917. "He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves,& sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.‘’ Burke
918. It ain’t the parts of the Bible that I can`t understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand. – Mark Twain
919. Sometimes you find your destiny on the road you took to avoid it. ~ Cliff Owen
920. To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone
921. The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese
922. Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony – Mahatma Gandhi
923. If U’re going to be able to look back on something & laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now – Marie Osmond
924. Live without pretending, Love without depending, Listen without defending, Speak without offending
925. “There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
926. If God opens a window when he closes a door there’s a good chance he’s in the bathroom
927. ’Let’s just put it in front of us and move on’ she said
928. "The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground.
929. It’s better to lose a lover than love a loser
930. If someone tells you, “you can’t” they really mean, "I can’t
931. Adam’s dilemma: Happiness without Freedom or Freedom without Happiness
932. “Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don’t feel like doing them” Julius Erving
933. “It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.” – Voltaire
934. “Worry is the misuse of your imagination”.
935. “Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.” – Abba Eban
936. “Man can believe the impossible, but can never believe the improbable” Oscar Wilde
937. for me, every big success I had came after I thought I’d exhausted 100% of my options –babs corcoran
938. There is nothing like returning 2 a place that remains unchanged 2 find the ways in which you yourself have altered. N Mandela
939. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts – Daniel Patrick Moynihan
940. Depression is just anger without enthusiasm.
941. Possession isn’t nine-tenths of the #law. Its nine-tenths of the problem ~John Lennon
942. We are no longer happy as soon as we wish to be happier. Walter Savage Landor
943. Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant
944. “I use to be Snow White… but I drifted.” Mae West
945. Only Robinson Crusoe had everything done by Friday. Author Unknown
946. A free lunch is only found in mousetraps. – John Capozzi
947. “The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism.” ~ George Bernard Shaw
948. The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.Oliver Wendell Holmes
949. Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. – Henri Bergson
950. No good deed goes unpunished – Clare Boothe Luce
951. when you say to someone “you’re a bright woman(/man), you’ll figure it out”, they’ll never want to come back and say “I can’t do it” babs Corcoran
952. “Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling.”~Walt Whitman
953. I try to leave out the parts that people skip. – Elmore Leonard, author
954. There is no right or wrong, only consequences
955. It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious – Alfred North Whitehead
956. Success is my only motherfn option, failure’s not. – eminem
957. Where there’s change, there’s opportunity. -Terry Matthews
958. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone elses, we’d grab ours back. Regina Brett
959. Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind dont matter and those who matter dont mind.Theodore Geisel
960. The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned. – William Somerset Maugham
961. What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expect generally happens – Benjamin Disraeli
962. A big man is one who makes us feel bigger when we are with him. -John C. Maxwell
963. Don’t think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm. -Malayan Proverb
964. Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident." Mark Twain
965. It is easier to stay out than get out.-M.Twain
966. Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them… well, I have others.Groucho Marx
967. Just think of all the billions of coincidences that DON’T happen. – quoted by Dick Cavett
968. Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. –Schopenhauer
969. Essentials to Happiness – something to do, something to love, something to hope for." Joseph Addison
970. Don’t raise your voice. Improve your argument. Desmond Tutu
971. If lightning is the anger of the gods, the gods are concerned mostly with trees." Lao Tse
972. I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake
-which I also keep handy. W. C. Fields
973. I’d love to have faith… But I have thoughts. And that can really fuck up the faith thing" Lewis Black
974. Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.~Abraham Lincoln
975. What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself” ~Abraham Lincoln
976. I wish I was a glow worm, a glow worm’s never glum. ’Cos how can you be grumpy when the sun shines out your bum?
977. Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose." – Ayrton Senna
978. When you label me, you disable me –altered Kierkegaard.
979. Keep your mind focused on what you want, not what you want to avoid." -Napoleon Hill
980. My life has been full of terrible misfortunes…most of which never happened
Mark Twain
981. I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. ~ Bill Cosby
982. Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats. Howard Aiken
983. Good judgement is the result of experience … Experience is the result of bad judgement. -Fred Brooks
984. The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you." John E. Southard
985. Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure
986. Life isn’t fair. It’s just fairer than death, that’s all.William Goldman
987. There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.” Christopher Morley
988. Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered – either by themselves or by others." Mark Twain
989. When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt – Henry J. Kaiser
990. Turn your wounds into wisdom." ~ Oprah
991. The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase." Yogi Berra