Archive for November, 2009

21 Nov

“As long as you are…” Donald Trump

“As long as you are going to be thinking anyway, think big.” Donald Trump
Popularity: 92% [?]

Popularity: 92% [?]

21 Nov

“He who asks is a…” Chinese Proverb

“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.” Chinese Proverb
Popularity: 79% [?]

Popularity: 79% [?]

21 Nov

“Where we have strong emotions…” Carl Sagan

“Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.” Carl Sagan
Popularity: 66% [?]

Popularity: 66% [?]

21 Nov

“A taste for irony has…” Jessamyn West

“A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.” Jessamyn West
Popularity: 71% [?]

Popularity: 71% [?]

21 Nov

“Education is what survives when…” B. F. Skinner

“Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.” B. F. Skinner
Popularity: 75% [?]

Popularity: 75% [?]

18 Nov

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting…” Carl Sagan

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” Carl Sagan
Popularity: 71% [?]

Popularity: 71% [?]

18 Nov

“You will find as you…” Henry Drummond

“You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.” Henry Drummond
Popularity: 61% [?]

Popularity: 61% [?]

18 Nov

“Sometimes the heart sees what…” H. Jackson Browne Jr.

“Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.” H. Jackson Browne Jr.
Popularity: 85% [?]

Popularity: 85% [?]

18 Nov

“I have often depended on…” Adrienne E. Gusoff

“I have often depended on the blindness of strangers.” Adrienne E. Gusoff
Popularity: 68% [?]

Popularity: 68% [?]

18 Nov

“Courage is resistance to fear…” Mark Twain

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.” Mark Twain
Popularity: 71% [?]

Popularity: 71% [?]

18 Nov

“No one who cannot rejoice…” Donald Foster

“No one who cannot rejoice in the discovery of his own mistakes deserves to be called a scholar.” Donald Foster
Popularity: 63% [?]

Popularity: 63% [?]

12 Nov

“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than…” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, (Sherlock Holmes) Valley of Fear
Popularity: 65% [?]

Popularity: 65% [?]

12 Nov

“Is there life…” Graffito

“Is there life before death?” Graffito, in Belfast
Popularity: 56% [?]

Popularity: 56% [?]

09 Nov

“Love is not blind - it…” Rabbi Julius Gordon

“Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.” Rabbi Julius Gordon
Popularity: 65% [?]

Popularity: 65% [?]

09 Nov

“Loving people live in a…” Wayne Dyer

“Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile world. But it’s the same world. How come?” Wayne Dyer
Popularity: 76% [?]

Popularity: 76% [?]

09 Nov

“Most human beings have an…” Aldous Huxley

“Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.” Aldous Huxley
Popularity: 65% [?]

Popularity: 65% [?]

09 Nov

“All human situations have their…” Benjamin Franklin

“All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.” Benjamin Franklin
Popularity: 73% [?]

Popularity: 73% [?]

08 Nov

“All that is necessary for…” Edmund Burke

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Edmund Burke
Popularity: 78% [?]

Popularity: 78% [?]

08 Nov

“Enjoy life. There’s plenty of…” Anonymous

“Enjoy life. There’s plenty of time to be dead.” Anonymous
Popularity: 80% [?]

Popularity: 80% [?]

07 Nov

“It is our responsibilities, not…” Peter Ustinov

“It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.” Peter Ustinov
Popularity: 75% [?]

Popularity: 75% [?]

07 Nov

“The main things which seem…” Bertrand Russell

“The main things which seem to me important on their own account, and not merely as means to other things, are knowledge, art, instinctive happiness, and relations of friendship or affection.” Bertrand Russell
Popularity: 69% [?]

Popularity: 69% [?]

07 Nov

“You must learn from the…” Sam Levenson

“You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.” Sam Levenson
Popularity: 74% [?]

Popularity: 74% [?]

07 Nov

“A man with a watch…” Segal’s Law

“A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.” Segal’s Law
Popularity: 70% [?]

Popularity: 70% [?]

04 Nov

“Real knowledge is to know…” Confucius

“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.” Confucius
Popularity: 72% [?]

Popularity: 72% [?]

04 Nov

“It is the final proof…” Peter De Vries

“It is the final proof of God’s omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.” Peter De Vries, in “The Mackerel Plaza”
Popularity: 64% [?]

Popularity: 64% [?]

04 Nov

“Just because something doesn’t do…” Thomas A. Edison

“Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.” Thomas A. Edison
Popularity: 67% [?]

Popularity: 67% [?]