Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
- Leonardo da Vinci
A man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small
stones.
- Confucius
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition
from weak minds.
-Albert Einstein
If Mr. Edison had worked smarter, he wouldn't have sweat
so much.
- Nikola Tesla
You don't have the wonderful traits you think you do, if
you have to tell people about them.
- ?
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more
complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius,
and a lot of courage, to move in the opposite direction.
- Albert Einstein
Know-it-alls never learn from their mistakes.
- ?
Speak the truth, then leave immediately after.
(referring to how the truth
can rub people the wrong way,
and extract a reaction, if they're guilty of whatever failures the truth
speaks of)
- ?
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his
eyes should survey the world.
- George Santayana
If everyone howled at every
injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of
unkindness, then we would be taking the first step
towards a real humanity.
- Nelson DeMille
-Angela Beasley
Arrogance comes before the fall.
- ?
Mediocrity can talk, but it is for
genius to observe.
- Benjamin Disreali
It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a
profoundly sick society.
- Jiddu Krishnamurti
Those who see faces don't see the heart.
(referring to
judging people by their appearances or exterior manner,
rather than true inner selves)
- Portuguese proverb
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.
-
Confucius
Asking people to work hard in pursuing a goal they can't see is like
asking a 5-year old to clean up ten-thousand imaginary
crayons, one by one.
- ?
When you purposely explain things with long words
that nobody can understand, you think you're smart,
until you realize that the point of opening your mouth
at all is to make people
understand you.
- ?
Despair is the conclusion of
fools.
-Benjamin Disreali
All communication must lead to change.
- Aristotle
(I assume this
is a stab at formality and useless conversation)
Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes... just be an illusion.
- Javan
(reminds me: the worst monsters on the planet can have
great outward traits, so don't just fall in love with
the first thing that smiles in your direction... ie,
people you don't truly know.)
We are slaves to
fashion – that which we see around us - and the media is
a 24-hour world of behavioral fashion.
- ?
The single story
creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is
not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete.
They make one story become the only story.
-
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Don't expect to reach the stars in life, or even just a
higher plane, if all you ever aim for is the wall.
- ?
(a stab at pessimists who attempt
nothing great, and try to convince others that being a
success is futile... apparently because they've given it
a shot and everything)
Anybody who thinks money will make you happy hasn't got money.
- David Geffen
Don't do nothing just
because you can't do everything.
- ?
The only thing that
interferes with my learning is my education.
- Albert
Einstein
If you don't stand for
something, you'll fall for anything.
- (origin
debated)
The whole of science
is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
- Albert Einstein
It's not on TV because it's normal; it's on TV because it's outrageous!
- Dr. Phil
(reprimanding a
woman who said it was okay to curse at people at home, because the
Osbornes did.)
Those who do not learn from history are destined to repeat it.
-
George Santayana
Everything should be
made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
- Albert
Einstein
When people comment on internet articles, or in forums,
never automatically assume you're getting a majority
opinion. You're usually just getting the opinions of the
opinionated; those who have, for whatever reason, been
prodded into thinking they should say something.
- ?
Take care not to have a personality that is merely the
sum of your interests.
- ?
A wise man changes his mind, a fool never.
- Spanish proverb
If you deep-fried
a raccoon's asshole on a stick, and put butter on it,
America would eat it.
- George Carlin
You can't lead anyone
else further than you have gone yourself.
- Gene
Mauch
(...you could apply this one to
parenting)
Too often we enjoy the
comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
- John F Kennedy
(pointing out how people often
harbor strong opinions about things that they know
absolutely nothing about. I wouldn't be surprised if the
MAJORITY of strong opinions out there were on things
completely misunderstood)
There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there; you must go beyond them.
- Bruce Lee
If opportunity doesn't
knock, build a door.
- Milton Berle
The world will
not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those will
will watch them without doing anything.
- Albert
Einstein
In the end, people
appreciate honest criticism far more than flattery.
-
Proverbs 28:23
If you’re not
prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything
original.
- Ken Robinson
If the
relationship doesn't make you a better person, you're
with the wrong one.
- Grant Fairley
An invasion of armies can be
resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
- Victor Hugo
I WILL DROWN YOUR VEGETABLES!!!
- Ziet Coke