Highlights
Adages and quotes to live bySaturday, May 19, 2007 By Sarah Zemach
On Life: -There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein, scientist -Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Mark Twain, author -It is not the question, what am I going to be when I grow up; you should ask the question, who am I going to be when I grow up. Goldie Hawn, actress On Faith: -Unless you believe, you will not understand. Saint Augustine, saint, church father -Black holes are where God divided by zero. Steven Wright, author -They say dreams are the windows of the soul--take a peek and you can see the inner workings, the nuts and bolts. Henry Bromel, author On Passion: -I was a dancer. So I started dancing. Goldie Hawn, actress -If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time. Billy Joel, musician -A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. Maya Angelou, author -It's kind of fun to do the impossible. Walt Disney, Disney Company founder On Love: -Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Henry Louis Mencke, author I think people should be free to engage in any sexual practices they choose; they should draw the line at goats though. Elton John, musician On The World: -If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. Anatole France [Jacques Anatole Thibault] -The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat. Lily Tomlin, actress -Just go up to somebody on the street and say "You're it!" and then run away. Ellen DeGeneres, comedian -People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone. Audrey Hepburn, actress -Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another. Madonna Ciccone, musician -A man is only as faithful as his options. Chris Rock, comedian -I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal, mathematician, physicist |