Quotes April 16, 2022

To be hopeful means to be uncertain about the future, to be tender toward possibilities, to be dedicated to change all the way down to the bottom of your heart.
Rebecca Solnit – Writer
 
 
 
 
It is by worrying about adversity that people survive; complacency brings catastrophe.
Amitav Ghosh,
writer
 
 
 
 
I changed the face of comedy. I used to be funny.
Gilbert Gottfried,
comedian, actor
1955-2022
 
 
 
 
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they’re going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
Elizabeth Taylor,
actor, activist
 
 
 
 
A spinning coin, still balanced on its rim, may fall in either direction.
You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.
Annie Proulx,
writer, journalist
 
 
 
 
A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn’t make any sense.
James Thurber,
writer, humorist, cartoonist, screenwriter
 
 
 
 
Never limit yourself because of others limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
Mae Jemison – Engineer-Physician-Astronaut