American folk and blues singer, guitarist and song writer, Dave Van Ronk said, Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone - and hurt them to the bone - you can feel self-righteous about it at the same time.I agree with the man.
French pilot and author Antoine de Saint-Exupery remarks on love, Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.Antoine must not have found the right lady.
As i wait in the airport with a 5-hour delay, i am reminded of these words from Scottish Historian and notable essayist of the Victorian era Thomas Carlyle, Endurance is patience concentrated.
American writer, editor and publisher Elbert Hubbard said, He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.Silence is a wonderful form of communication rarely used.
British Conservative and once Aithest turned Anglican, the Right Honourable Enoch Powell said these words, For a politician to complain about the press is like a ship's captain complaining about the sea.It is amazing how politician's learn to ride the wave. Surf's up!
Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo said, I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in fifty years what my father taught me by example in one week.We learn by example.
The United Kingdom's only jewish Prime Minister, Benjamin Disreali is credited with starting the Conservative Party and was most known in his day for wearing fancy clothes. I feel a very unusual sensation - if it's not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.There's no sensation quite like that of gratitude.
A native of Johannesburg, South Africa, Basil Rathbone is most worldly known for his role as Sherlock Holmes, although he was commonly also casted as the sauve villian for such movies as The Adventures of Robin Hood, A Tale of Two Cities and David Copperfield in the 1930's. It is even rumored that he was screen-tested and interviewed for the role of Rhett Butler. Never regret anything you have done with a sincere affection; nothing is lost that is born of the heart.We must choose to live our passions and not look back.
Actress Uta Hagen was involved with over 22 Broadway Productions and is credited as one of the most important acting teachers in America. She wrote with wit and clarity about the technical craft of acting. We must overcome the notion that we must be regular...it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.Think. Stand. Jump. Be Creative and follow your dreams and passion. We must live the life we feel inside us, just waiting to be free.
Intrigued by Western and Eastern philosophies, 1946 Literature Nobel Laurerate Hermann Hesse was awarded with these words, "for his inspired writings which, while growing in boldness and penetration, exemplify the classical humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style."His last work was The Glass Bead Game. Interesting to note, his popularity in America occurred during the late 1960's and into the out-spoken 1970's. Hesse died in August 1962.
If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.All cut from the same cloth, should we mend our own imperfections, others would also be no longer visible.
Until the 1920's, this man was known chiefly in avant-garde and esoteric literary circles. The 1947 Nobel Prize of Literature went to French writer André Paul Guillaume Gide with this statement, "for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings, in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight."It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.I think we determine its an adventure when we're already on the roller coaster, or when the ride has come to its stop.
Once-time ambulance driver Ernest Hemingway was honored with the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature with these stated remarks, "...for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea, and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style."il faut d'abord durer
1978 Nobel Laureate of Literature, Gabriel García Márquez wrote various novels, screenplays and most known for his journalistic writings traveling through Mexico and Europe. A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.I don't know why, but i am shocked when told of the 'spitting-image' resemblance, mannerism and habits of his.
In his will, Alfred Bernhard Nobel established an Award to recognize and inspire those of genius, creativity and perserverance. If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.I wonder sometimes the unlimited potential I could have, if only I focused my energies.
2000 Nobel Prize Winner of Literature, Gao Xingjian is revered for his writings and story=telling. In time, he was banned by the Chinese government for his expressions of life, politics and society.I find the expression of thoughts in writing or in speech to cleanse my mind and clarity of spirit.
When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.
Britian's Margaret Thatcher is the only woman to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Her reign lasted 11 years and 2 US Presidents.Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.As a dear friend often tells, "If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything." Whether right or wrong, we must make a decision, stand by it, learn and live.
God has his way of opening up our eyes to see reality.No matter of social status, it seems to me that we too often get caught up in our lives failing to see reality. If we were only to sit back, open our eyes and see what is around us, perhaps we would all be more grateful.
