Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.
-Norman Vincent Peale, 1895-1993, Amercan author and pastor.
My take: just be sure to take a peek first to be sure that there are no pit bulls on the other side of the fence. Also, remember that whole “grass is greener” thing, so you might want to [...]
Archive for May 31st, 2008
Courage
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged courage, heart, Norman Vincent Peale, Peale, success on May 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Failure
Posted in Quotation, tagged failure, Robert Schuller, Schuller, success on May 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?
- Robert Schuller, born 1926, American televangelist and pastor.
My take: Well, first off, I’d buy a lottery ticket and some speculative penney stocks, just to get the money problems out of the way.
Immortality
Posted in Quotation, tagged Allen, death, fame, Immortality, legacy, Woody Allen on May 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.
-Woody Allen, born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1, 1935, American actor, film director, comedian.
My take: Ah, to go on living indefinitely in anonymity, or die famous and live on only as a memory in people’s minds, books, movies, stories. What [...]
Fashion
Posted in Quotation, tagged fashion, Oscar Wilde, ugliness, Wilde on May 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
-Oscar Wilde, 1856-1900, Irish playwright, novelist, poet.
My take: Yes, but give it a few years and it might come right back again as the must have look (at least for another six months).
