Archive for October, 2009

30 Oct

“The significance of man is…” Carl Becker

“The significance of man is that he is insignificant and is aware of it.” Carl Becker
Popularity: 72% [?]

Popularity: 72% [?]

30 Oct

“Honesty is the first chapter…” Thomas Jefferson

“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of Wisdom.” Thomas Jefferson
Popularity: 74% [?]

Popularity: 74% [?]

30 Oct

“You can make your life…” Wayne Dyer

“You can make your life into a grand ever-evolving work of art. The key is your thoughts, the wondrous invisible part of you that is your spiritual soul.” Wayne Dyer
Popularity: 76% [?]

Popularity: 76% [?]

26 Oct

“The best ideas come as…” David M. Ogilvy

“The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.” David M. Ogilvy
Popularity: 85% [?]

Popularity: 85% [?]

26 Oct

“The real test of friendship…” Eugene Kennedy

“The real test of friendship is: can you do literally nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple.” Eugene Kennedy
Popularity: 74% [?]

Popularity: 74% [?]

26 Oct

“Any fool can criticize, condemn…” Dale Carnegie

“Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do.” Dale Carnegie
Popularity: 75% [?]

Popularity: 75% [?]

26 Oct

“Men who never get carried…” Malcolm Forbes

“Men who never get carried away should be.” Malcolm Forbes
Popularity: 88% [?]

Popularity: 88% [?]

26 Oct

“Trying to determine what is…” Ben Hecht

“Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.” Ben Hecht
Popularity: 66% [?]

Popularity: 66% [?]

26 Oct

“Only two things are infinite…” Albert Einstein

“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.” Albert Einstein
Popularity: 67% [?]

Popularity: 67% [?]

21 Oct

“Reading is to the mind…” Sir Richard Steele

“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” Sir Richard Steele
Popularity: 69% [?]

Popularity: 69% [?]

21 Oct

“If you don’t have a dream…” Oscar Hammerstein

“If you don’t have a dream, how are you going to make a dream come true?” Oscar Hammerstein
Popularity: 96% [?]

Popularity: 96% [?]

21 Oct

“Derive happiness in oneself from…” Henri Matisse

“Derive happiness in oneself from a good day’s work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.” Henri Matisse
Popularity: 78% [?]

Popularity: 78% [?]

21 Oct

“Friendship is the hardest thing…” Muhammad Ali

“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.” Muhammad Ali
Popularity: 76% [?]

Popularity: 76% [?]

21 Oct

“The desire to take medicine…” Sir William Osler

“The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.” Sir William Osler
Popularity: 64% [?]

Popularity: 64% [?]

21 Oct

“The mind of a bigot…” Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

“The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract.” Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr
Popularity: 72% [?]

Popularity: 72% [?]

21 Oct

“The world is governed more…” Daniel Webster

“The world is governed more by appearances than realities, so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.” Daniel Webster
Popularity: 63% [?]

Popularity: 63% [?]

20 Oct

“Write the bad things that…” Arabic Parable

“Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.” Arabic Parable
Popularity: 76% [?]

Popularity: 76% [?]

20 Oct

“We are at the very…” Richard Feynman

“We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on.” Richard Feynman
Popularity: [...]

Popularity: 77% [?]

20 Oct

“It is even harder for…” H. L. Mencken

“It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.” H. L. Mencken
Popularity: 65% [?]

Popularity: 65% [?]

18 Oct

“A wise man can see…” Anonymous

“A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top.” Anonymous
Popularity: 76% [?]

Popularity: 76% [?]

18 Oct

“Health is something we do…” Elliott Dacher

“Health is something we do for ourselves, not something that is done to us; a journey rather than a destination; a dynamic, holistic, and purposeful way of living.” Elliott Dacher
Popularity: 78% [?]

Popularity: 78% [?]

18 Oct

“Worry is a thin stream…” Anonymous

“Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained. Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.” Anonymous
Popularity: 74% [?]

Popularity: 74% [?]

18 Oct

“It is not only wrong…” Oswald Chambers

“It is not only wrong to worry, it is unbelief; worrying means we do not believe that God can look after the practical details of our lives, and it is never anything but those details that worry us.” Oswald Chambers
Popularity: 80% [?]

Popularity: 80% [?]

18 Oct

“I am an old man…” Mark Twain

“I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them have never happened.” Mark Twain
Popularity: 80% [?]

Popularity: 80% [?]

18 Oct

“God didn’t call us to be…” Mother Teresa

“God didn’t call us to be successful, just faithful.” Mother Teresa
Popularity: 55% [?]

Popularity: 55% [?]

18 Oct

“You are never given…” Richard Bach

“You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.” Richard Bach
Popularity: 37% [?]

Popularity: 37% [?]

18 Oct

“Always do right…” Mark Twain

“Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.” Mark Twain
Popularity: 37% [?]

Popularity: 37% [?]

17 Oct

“You get the best out….” Harry Firestone

“You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself.” Harry Firestone
Popularity: 44% [?]

Popularity: 44% [?]

13 Oct

“There are no passengers on…” Marshall McLuhan

“There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We’re all crew.” Marshall McLuhan
Popularity: 48% [?]

Popularity: 48% [?]

13 Oct

“There’s no point in being…” Doctor Who

“There’s no point in being grown up if you can’t be childish sometimes.” Doctor Who
Popularity: 24% [?]

Popularity: 24% [?]

13 Oct

“The whole world steps aside…” Anonymous

“The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.” Anonymous
Popularity: 40% [?]

Popularity: 40% [?]

09 Oct

“A man who does not…” Confucius

“A man who does not plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.” Confucius
Popularity: 42% [?]

Popularity: 42% [?]

09 Oct

“Time is the coin of…” Carl Sandberg

“Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.” Carl Sandberg
Popularity: 44% [?]

Popularity: 44% [?]

09 Oct

“Thou should’st eat to live…” Cicero

“Thou should’st eat to live; not live to eat.” Cicero
Popularity: 31% [?]

Popularity: 31% [?]

09 Oct

“Be a friend to thyself…” Thomas Fuller

“Be a friend to thyself, and others will be so too.” Thomas Fuller
Popularity: 36% [?]

Popularity: 36% [?]

09 Oct

“They do not love…” William Shakespeare

“They do not love that do not show their love.” William Shakespeare
Popularity: 25% [?]

Popularity: 25% [?]

09 Oct

“Men of ill judgement…” Sophocles

“Men of ill judgement often ignore the good that lies within their hands.” Sophocles
Popularity: 39% [?]

Popularity: 39% [?]

09 Oct

“Man can climb…” Bernard Shaw

“Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.”   Bernard Shaw
Popularity: 41% [?]

Popularity: 41% [?]

08 Oct

“If a man will begin…” Francis Bacon

“If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.” Francis Bacon
Popularity: 45% [?]

Popularity: 45% [?]

08 Oct

“Irrigation of the land…” Michael McClary

“Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. It’s called ‘rain’.” Michael McClary
Popularity: 31% [?]

Popularity: 31% [?]

08 Oct

“The more I want to…” Richard Bach

“The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.” Richard Bach
Popularity: 36% [?]

Popularity: 36% [?]

08 Oct

“If you want to be happy…” Anonymous

“If you want to be happy for a year, win the lottery. If you want to be happy for a lifetime, love what you do.” Anonymous
Popularity: 44% [?]

Popularity: 44% [?]

08 Oct

“It isn’t that they can’t…” G.K. Chesterton

“It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem.” G.K. Chesterton
Popularity: 26% [?]

Popularity: 26% [?]

08 Oct

“Failure is the only…” Henry Ford

“Failure is the only opportunity to more intelligently begin again.” Henry Ford
Popularity: 48% [?]

Popularity: 48% [?]

08 Oct

“Nothing is so fatiguing…” William James

“Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.” William James
Popularity: 27% [?]

Popularity: 27% [?]

08 Oct

“Don’t let life discourage…” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to start where he was.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Popularity: 58% [?]

Popularity: 58% [?]

08 Oct

“How do you get world peace…” Wayne Dyer

“How do you get world peace. You get world peace through inner peace. If you’ve got a world full of people who have inner peace, then you have a peaceful world.” Wayne Dyer
Popularity: 46% [?]

Popularity: 46% [?]

08 Oct

“I may not have gone…” Douglas Adams

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” Douglas Adams
Popularity: 38% [?]

Popularity: 38% [?]

08 Oct

“If you want to know…” Dorothy Parker

“If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.” Dorothy Parker
Popularity: 29% [?]

Popularity: 29% [?]

05 Oct

“When a deep hurt is…” Alan Paton

“When a deep hurt is done to us, we never recover until we forgive.” Alan Paton
Popularity: 26% [?]

Popularity: 26% [?]