Quotes

PJ Nunn

Since I've been moving these last couple weeks and still have boxes piled high, not to mention the phone man working here today, drilling and making other obnoxious noises, I thought I'd pull from my list of favorite quotes that seem to apply to this biz we're in and share them with you.

“Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”

Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

 

“Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.”

Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931)

 

"Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or doing it better."
-John Updike

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a little better; whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is the meaning of success."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

"The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem."
-Theodore Rubin

 

"The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it."
-Alan Saporta

 

“Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.”

-Kurt Vonnegut

 

"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions."
-Mahfouz Naguib

 

"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself."
-Henry Ward Beecher

 

"The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail."
- Napoleon Hill

 

"The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want."

–       Ben Stein

 

Maybe you have one you'd like to share?

 

Till next week,