Compiled Quotes, xii

“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” Martin Luther King, civil rights leader [1929 - 1968]


“The temptation resisted is a true measure of character.”
Henri Charrière, convicted murderer and author [1906 - 1973] in his book Papillon. (note: incidentally, an awesome read)


“Cause for celebration is less significant than the quality of one’s indulgence.” forgotten

Compiled Quotes, xi

“Being master of one’s moods is the privilege of the larger animals.” Albert Camus [Algerian-French author, 1913 - 1960] in his book The Fall


“Restlessness is a sign you’re hungry for meaning in your life.” forgotten


“Joe, you’ve never heard such cheering,” Joe DiMaggio’s then wife, Marilyn Monroe, told him in 1954 returning from entertaining troops overseas. “Yes,” said Joe, “I have.”

Compiled Quotes, x

“Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.” Thomas Fuller, English rector and historian [1608-1661]


“If you have a clear mind and an open heart, you won’t have to search for direction.” St. Paul, apostle [?-65]


“Hey, Lasorda,” one fan once heckled the robust Dodger Manager Tom Lasorda, “is that your belt or the equator?”

Compiled Quotes, ix

“If you’re not going to tell the truth, at least be accurate.” Lou Duva, boxing trainer [1922]


“Ignorance is not bliss, it is oblivion.” Philip Wylie, author [1902 - 1971]


“Anyone can become angry, that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not easy.” Aristotle, Greek philosopher [384BC-322BC]

Compiled Quotes, viii

“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said I don’t know.” Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, author [1835 - 1910]


“I didn’t like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions, the curtain was up.” Groucho Marx, comedian [1890 - 1977]


“Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.” Thomas Jefferson, U.S. President from 1801-1809 [1743 - 1826]

Compiled Quotes, vii

“When you do the right thing, good stuff has a way of happening.” Randy Pausch, professor Carnegie Mellon University [1960 - 2008]


‘when he was asked last week to name his first love, he replied, without hesitation, “Cartoons.” forgotten


“When evil men plot, good men plan.” Martin Luther King, civil rights leader [1929 - 1968]

Compiled Quotes, vi

“To explain his feelings to people would mean he needs their good opinion.” forgotten


“It is best to be concerned with the quality of one’s goals than the quantity of one’s goods.” Lyndon Baines Johnson, U.S. President from 1963-1969 [1908 - 1973]


“A writer’s function is not to write what he must, but rather, to write what he would write if his life depended on his taking responsibility for it.” J.D. Salinger [1919] in his book Seymour

Compiled Quotes

“Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway.” John Wayne, actor [1907 - 1979]


“The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.” Ben Stein, writer [1944]


“Charity is injurious unless it helps one to become independent of it.” John D. Rockefeller, industrialist and philanthropist [1839 - 1937]

Compiled Quotes

“Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.” Samuel Johnson, writer [1709 - 1784]


“Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.” Anna Freud, psychologist [1895 - 1982]


“Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” John Wooden, basketball coach [1910]

Compiled Quotes

“If we’re not supposed to eat animals then why are they made out of meat?” Emmett Cassidy, chum from high school [1967]


“Enjoy yourself. If you can’t enjoy yourself, enjoy somebody else.” Jack Schaefer, author [1907 - 1991]


“Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.” Colin Powell, 4-star general [1937]

Compiled Quotes

“This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.” Dorothy Parker, writer [1893 - 1967]


‘Brick walls are there to keep out those who don’t want in badly enough.’ Randy Pausch, professor Carnegie Mellon University [1960 - 2008]


“People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, philosopher [1803 - 1882]

Compiled Quotes

“When I read something saying I’ve not done anything as good as Catch-22 I’m tempted to reply, 'Who has?'” Joseph Heller, author of Catch-22 [1923-1999]


“Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.” William Butler Yeats, poet [1865-1939]


“Men hate those to whom they have to lie.” Victor Hugo, author [1802-1885]