great quotes
“I don’t swim in the rain, as I don’t want
to get wet.”
essaybee
“If we’re not meant to eat animals, why are they made of food.”
Rhetorical question used in discussions about vegetarianism or animal ethics
“Be happy with yourself as the individual you are … with all your idiosyncrasies”
Read somewhere on the net
“May you grow for the glory of man
and the benefit of mankind.”
Grandy, my grandfather said this
when planting anything in the garden
“If you can’t say something positive, don’t say anything at all—especially after the fact. Down with negativity ... who needs it!”
essaybee
“Collective noun for Tenors:
A Shortage of Tenors.”
My brother, Andy 2008
“Being gay is like being left-handed—some people are, most people aren’t, and nobody knows exactly why. It’s not right or wrong; it’s just one of the many natural ways to be. The world works best when everyone gets to live as they truly are. So if you ever feel out of place, remember: you’re not broken, you’re just beautifully different—and that’s something the world needs.”
Jodie Foster
“Normal is not something to aspire to, it’s something to get away from.”
Jodie Foster
I heartily agree. I see it also as not being 'the same'
but 'being different’ … sticking to your own personality —your own self—no matter how it's perceived … standing out away from the norm.”
My most favourite quotation is this, from Sir Humphrey Appleby,
in Yes, Minister*, written by Anthony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, and attributed to Francis Bacon, though I think the authors coined it.
“Hamba kahle, Sala kahle”
(Go well, Stay well)
Xhosa saying on departure
“When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life.”
John Lennon
“Success is not the key to happiness—Happiness is the key to success."
Albert Schweitzer
“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”
Plato
“I think the following is a great quote … its quite humorous too.”
“One of the great gifts of growing old is to discover the exquisite art of being alone. What used to be uncomfortable silence, is now a luxury. The house is peaceful, and I can dance in the kitchen without being judged or just doing nothing. My best company is myself, with a coffee, a good movie or book and the freedom to be, because solitude is not absence, it is fullness and peace of mind.”
Helen Mirren
“Do not dwell in the past,
Do not dream of the future,
Concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
Buddha
“Tinnitus is the sound of The Big Bang. It’s been around for ever. It depends on the sensitivity of your ears whether you can pick it up or not.”
essaybee, January 2020
“May the sun bring you new energy by day. May the moon softly restore you by night. May the rain wash away your worries. May the breeze blow new strength into your being. May you walk gently through the world and know its beauty all the days of your life.”
Apache Blessing
“Behind every successful person is a substantial amount of coffee.”
In the Rush Café, Southgate
There is a story that during the Ashes ‘Bodyline’ Cricket Series of 1932–33, controversial England skipper Douglas Jardine went to the Australian dressing room after ajday’s play to demand an apology from the player who called him a bastard on the pitch. The call went up: “Which one of you bastards called this bastard a bastard!”
Unnamed Bodyline Wit, 1932–33
“To people who want to be rich and famous, I’d say, ‘Get rich first and see if that doesn’t cover it.’”
Marshall Fine, Gannett
Westchester Newspapers, July 1992
“Worrying is like sitting in a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but it doesn’t get you anywhere.”
English proverb
“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
Thomas Watson,
Chairman of IBM, 1943
“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
Ken Olson, president, chairman and
founder of Digital Equipment Corp, 1977
“Maybe they were thinking of mainframes, which were the only serious things around at the time.”
* Yes, Minister—a British political satire sitcom, transmitted on BBC2 from 1980 to 1984.
