Tag: Various thoughts

Quotes November 02, 2024

Nothing is ever completely finished, but I know when I get to the end of something that this is the last scene of the book, or this is the last shot of the video. It tells you: enough already.
Gary Hoisington (July 16, 1950 – October 23, 2024), known as Gary Indiana
writer, critic
1950-2024
 
 
 
 
I wear each of my films as a badge of pride. That’s why I cherish all my bad reviews. If the critics start liking my movies, then I’m in deep trouble.
John Carpenter,
filmmaker, composer
 
 
 
 
Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.
Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.
Mary Shelley,
writer
 
 
 
 
All that we see or seem / Is but a dream within a dream.
Edgar Allan Poe,
poet, writer, editor
 
 
 
 
Time isn’t the main thing. It’s the only thing.
Miles Davis – 1926-1991 – American Trumpeter
 
 
 
 
The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.
Price Pritchett – Author-Business Advisor-Speaker
 
 
 
 
Be disciplined about what you respond and react to. Not everyone or everything deserves your time, energy, and attention. Stay in your light.
Lalah Delia – Writer
 
 
 
 
“All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.”
Ellen Glasgow
 
 
 
 
“Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.”
Frank Herbert
 
 
 
 
“Hope is not a resting place but a starting point – a cactus, not a cushion.”
H. Jackson Brown Jr.
 
 
 
 
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”
Barack Obama
 
 
 
 
I think that’s what good art is, you know? … It’s like somebody has thought of something in a way that you haven’t and it just makes things more interesting.
Roz Chast,
cartoonist
 
 
 
 
I try to be available for life to happen to me.
Bill Murray
 
 
 
 

Quotes February 10, 2024

There are days when your absence is the loudest silence I have ever heard.
Dr. Joanne Cacciatore
 
 
 
 
Circle of influence and circle of concern. Like a dart board with two rings, one you can control and have an impact on directly, the other you have no control and little to no impact. A person can spend all time and energy on things they can actually change or people can spin in place without having any impact. Choose wisely where you put your time and energy.
jmatt1891
 
 
 
 
Everything will be alright, whether you like it or not.
@snowroaches
 
 
 
 
A negative mind will never give you a positive life.
Lewis Hamilton – Formula One Race Car Driver
 
 
 
 
Experience is not what happens to a man, it is what a man does with what happens to him.
Aldous Huxley – 1894-1963 – Writer-Philosopher
 
 
 
 

Quotes December 03-06, 2023

So give freely of yourself always to your family, your friends, your community, and your country. The world will pay you back many times over.
Sandra Day O’Connor,
lawyer, politician, jurist, first woman on the US Supreme Court
1930-2023
 
 
 
 
Find out who you are and do it on purpose.
Dolly Parton – Singer – Actress – Author
 
 
 
 
“We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don’t know.”
W.H. Auden
 
 
 
 
It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.
Roger Ascham – 1515-1568 – English Scholar-Writer
 
 
 
 
The thing everyone should realize is that the key to happiness is being happy by yourself and for yourself.
Ellen DeGeneres – Comedian-Television Host-Actress-Writer-Producer
 
 
 
 
There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.
Ralph H. Blum – Author
 
 
 
 
I pray this winter be gentle and kind — a season of rest from the wheel of the mind.
John Geddes,
writer
 
 
 
 
Someone else may have dealt the hand, but I picked it up off the table, I played every card, and I had my reasons.
Tana French,
writer, actor
 
 
 
 
“Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.”
Thomas Merton
 
 
 
 
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
Aristotle
 
 

Quotes November 20-22

A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.
Rosalynn Carter,
first lady of the United States, mental health advocate
1927-2023
 
 
 
 
“Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.”
Laurence Sterne
 
 
 
 
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
G.K. Chesterton – 1874-1936 – Writer-Philosopher
 
 
 
 
Be grateful for what you have and be ready to share it when the time comes.
Michelle Obama – Former First Lady of the United States-Author-Attorney
 
 
 
 
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”
Barack Obama
 
 
 
 
Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Theodore Roosevelt – 1858-1919, 26th U.S. President
 
 
 
 
Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.
Truman Capote,
writer, screenwriter, playwright
 
 
 
 
Gratitude is a divine emotion: it fills the heart, but not to bursting; it warms it, but not to fever.
Charlotte Bronte,
writer, poet
 
 
 
 
“Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see farther.”
J.P. Morgan
 
 
 
 
“Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.”
Baruch Spinoza
 
 
 
 
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”
Albert Schweitzer
 
 
 
 
“If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.”
Edmund Burke
 
 
 
 
“Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.”
William Blake
 
 
 
 
“If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?”
John Wooden
 
 
 
 
“Be a warrior when it comes to delivering on your ambitions. And a saint when it comes to treating people with respect, modeling generosity, and showing up with outright love.”
Robin Sharma
 
 
 
 
Huh…
“If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.”
Julius Caesar
 
 

Quotes October 30, 2023

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
Napoleon Hill – 1883-1970 – American Writer
 
 
 
 
“Without goals, training has no direction.”
Natalie Coughlin
 
 
 
 
The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.
Eckhart Tolle
 
 
 
 
“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”
Mother Teresa
 
 
 
 
“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.”
Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu
 
 
 
 
“In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.”
Earvin “Magic” Johnson
 
 
 
 
“Everything is habit-forming, so make sure what you do is what you want to be doing.”
Wilt Chamberlain
 
 
 
 
“The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It’s doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile.”
Julia Child
 
 
 
 
“No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself.”
Madonna Ciccone
 
 
 
 
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
Mae West
 
 
 
 
“Years ago, I tried to top everybody, but I don’t anymore. I realized it was killing conversation. When you’re always trying for a topper you aren’t really listening.”
Groucho Marx
 
 
 
 
“There’s a hell of a distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words.”
Dorothy Parker
 
 
 
 
“In the end, it matters less that you can fight. What you fight for is the real test.”
John McCain
 
 

Quotes October 21, 2023

Take responsibility of your own happiness, never put it in other people’s hands.
Roy T. Bennett – 1939-2014 – Author
 
 
 
 
Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.
Lou Holtz – Former Football Player and Coach
 
 
 
 
It is hard to discover that your self is nothing but a delusion.
He realized all of a sudden that time had passed and he had never asked himself what he had been doing all these years.
Khaled Khalifa,
writer, screenwriter
1964-2023
 
 
 
 
‘Can it be true,’ said the first leaf, ‘can it really be true, that others come to take our places when we’re gone and after them still others, and more and more?’
How can you waste time? You have only so much to use, and no matter what you do, it still passes.
Felix Salten,
writer, literary critic
 
 
 
 
‘I contain multitudes’ is a cool thing to remind yourself.
The highs are really high, and the lows are really, really low. And I guess if you’re lucky, it all balances out in the middle.
Margot Robbie,
actor, producer
 
 
 
 
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”
Thomas Edison
 
 
 
 
“The differences that separate human beings are nothing compared to the similarities that bond us together.”
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau
 
 
 
 
“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
 
 
 
 
“I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.”
Alexander the Great
 
 

Quotes October 05, 2023

You just do it. That’s what acting is.
Michael Gambon,
actor
1940-2023
 
 
 
 
If you stand up for social justice or something that is right, people will stand up and fight for you, and they will help you try to reach your goals.
Sylvia Mendez,
civil rights activist, nurse
National Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
Kristin Finley left her corporate job and became a circus performer. When Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus shuttered, Finley said, “Life goes on. You either cry and feel sorry for yourself or you pick up your pants and move on.”
 
 
 
 
Don’t disparage the day that still has an hour of light in its hand.
Chinua Achebe – 1930-2013 – Novelist-Poet
 
 
 
 
Every time you express gratitude or compassion for any aspect of yourself or someone else, you breathe life in.
Mariah Fenton Gladis – 1948-2018 – Therapist specializing in Gestalt Therapy
 
 
 
 
No one is ready for a thing until they believe that they can acquire it. The state of mind must be belief and not mere hope or wish.
Napoleon Hill – 1883-1970 -Author
 
 
 
 
“So, the next time the drumbeat of “go big or go home” echoes in your ears, remember: True leadership might flourish in the nuances—the understated, the straightforward, and the elements often deemed trivial. The most transformative power flows from these subtle gestures.”
Kathy Miller Perkins
 
 

Quotes August 12, 2023

It’s years later where I figure out where I may have made missteps or not.
I don’t see myself as a pioneer. I see myself as a working guy and that’s all, and that is enough.
William Friedkin,
film director, screenwriter
1935-2023
 
 
 
 
“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”
Laozi
 
 
 
 
“A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.”
Aesop
 
 
 
 
“Order, unity, and continuity are human inventions, just as truly as catalogues and encyclopedias.”
Bertrand Russell
 
 
 
 
All dreams are within reach. All you have to do is keep moving towards them.
Viola Davis – Actress-Producer
 
 
 
 
The problem is not making up the steps, but deciding which ones to keep.
Mikhail Baryshnikov – Dancer-Choreographer-Actor
 
 
 
 
Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.
What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable?
John Green,
writer
 
 
 
 
There wasn’t a single tree in Nome. There wasn’t a road that connected it to any other village or town. It would take you ten days to get there from Seattle on the Outside Passage —
Julia Scully,
photography editor, writer
1929-2023
 
 
 
 
“Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.”
Potter Stewart
 
 

Quotes July 31 to August 01, 2023

And they say, “See how the glass is raised?” / I have refused to take part
Sinead O’Connor,
singer, songwriter
1966-2023
 
 
 
 
It’s your journey, do it the way you want to do it.
It’s hard to make up for the mistakes, but you can make up for it.
Tan France,
TV personality, fashion designer, entrepreneur
 
 
 
 
“One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain’t nothin’ can beat teamwork.”
Edward Abbey
 
 
 
 
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”
Albert Einstein
 
 
 
 
Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted.
David Bly – Politician-Retired Teacher
 
 
 
 
I just do the best job I can with what’s in front of me and follow the path that reveals itself.
Ina Garten – Author and Host of Barefoot Contessa
 
 
 
 
Maybe each word
is a footprint filling up
with snow.

I was here, meaning
I am disappearing.
Alison Benis White
 
 
 
 
It is quite possible to leave your home for a walk in the early morning air and return a different person – beguiled, enchanted.
Mary Ellen Chase
 
 
 
 
It’s creating a difference, being part of something, and doing work we’re proud of. This is the song of significance. This is what motivates people to do the work that can’t be automated, mechanized or outsourced. And this is the song that humans yearn to sing together.
Seth Godin
 
 

Quotes May 31, 2022

“It is a beautiful truth that all men contain something of the artist in them.”
Walt Whitman
 
 
 
 
Every conflict we face in life is rich with positive and negative potential. It can be a source of inspiration, enlightenment, learning, transformation, and growth — or rage, fear, shame, entrapment, and resistance. The choice is not up to our opponents, but to us, and our willingness to face and work through them.
Kenneth Cloke
 
 
 
 
What use could the humanities be in a digital age? University students focusing on the humanities may end up, at least in their parents’ nightmares, as dog-walkers for those majoring in computer science. But, for me, the humanities are not only relevant but also give us a toolbox to think seriously about ourselves and the world.
Nicholas Kristof
 
 
 
 
“There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.”
John Adams
 
 
 
 
Small steps motivate. Big steps overwhelm.
Maxime Lagace – Professional Hockey Player
 
 
 
 
I still feel I’m not there yet. I just think there’s a lot more.
Ray Liotta,
actor
1954-2022