Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Georg Buchner

Man is an abyss, and I turn giddy when I look down into it.

Epicurus

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

Friday, September 18, 2009

William James

There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Newt Gingrich

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.

Walter Elliot

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.

Kurt Cobain

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.

Brendan Behan

Critics are like eunuchs in a harem. They're there every night, they see it done every night, they see how it should be done every night, but they can't do it themselves.

Phil Jackson

Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing.

Friday, September 11, 2009

Sylvia Robinson

Some think it's holding on that makes one strong; sometimes it's letting go.

Friday, September 4, 2009

Henry Ford

It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.