This week I stumbled upon several meaningful quotes while thumbing through newspapers
and magazines. It was like finding water in the desert. I dedicate so much time to visual
consumption that I have neglected one of my first passions … the written word, I love a well-
crafted phrase. The right combination of words can be truly magical - evoking sentiment, laughter,
insight or inspiration. I may produce a blog about “all things design” - that I admit is 85% photos -
but I do consider the words as important as the images. Hopefully I engage my readers with each
opening paragraph by delivering a thoughtful, humorous and/or compelling statement that reaches
them as much as the subsequent eye candy. I guess I’ll find out when I review the stats for this
post since it’s heavy on prose and light on pics. With that in mind, I should probably cease typing
my amateur novella and bring you the words of those much wiser, wittier and emboldened than I.
- Career / Success -
“By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail.”
- Benjamin Franklin
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes of your goals.”
- Henry Ford
“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.”
- Jim Rohn
“Nothing bothers me more than people who suck up and scream down.”
- Katie Couric
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.”
- Winston Churchill
- Humor -
“Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.
- Jim Carrey
“Guilt, the gift that keeps on giving.”
- Erma Bombeck
“Great ideas often start on cocktail napkins. Especially when you consider a large vodka martini a great idea.”
- Advertisement for The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas ; )
- Love -
“If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
- Michel de Montaigne
“Love does not dominate; it cultivates.”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.”
- H,L. Mencken
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
- Lao Tzu
- Life & Wisdom -
“Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.”
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“Be polite to all, but intimate with few.”
- Thomas Jefferson
“Wise men make more opportunities than they find,”
- Francis Bacon
“I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.”
- Lucille Ball
- Writing That Inspires -
My taste in writing is about as random as my taste in movies, music and art. If there is a
common thread among the writers below, I don’t know what it is. They’re just all so good!
Jane Eyre was the first book I read that made me sob aloud uncontrollably.
I love a good fright and Poe knows how to build suspense and fear like no one else.
Quite possibly the funniest !@%$#% person alive. Just looking at the bookcover above makes me laugh.
I have devoured his first three books – The Tipping Point, Blink and Outliers – so What The Dog Saw is a must read.
And since we're on the subject of writing ...
Thank you to the following blogs for their recent accolades and mentions.
Bijou and Boheme c/o Breakfast at Toast,
for the "Stylish Blogger Award".
Thrilled to be recognized by such talents! Tricia xo
I was watching an episode of I Love Lucy yesterday that I saw as I was flipping through the channels. She is an awesome one-of-a-kind!!!
Posted by: Catherine | May 03, 2011 at 02:24 PM
Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed.
Posted by: Genesis Amateur | May 01, 2011 at 01:19 AM
beautiful inspirations
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Posted by: michelle | April 11, 2011 at 06:32 AM
Barbara - So glad my post has set you off on the right path for the weekend. I really could read Winston Churchill quotes all day long. Wise, funny and irreverent - my kind of guy ; )
Posted by: Tricia | April 08, 2011 at 10:28 AM
I know! I think Malcolm Gladwell is a genius and his books are absolutely fascinating. And who thought Jim Carrey could be sandwiched so nicely between Winston Churchill and Erma Bombeck? ; )
Posted by: Tricia | April 08, 2011 at 10:26 AM
So many great quotes...always love a Winston Churchill thought!! Perfect way to start my Friday...hope you have a great weekend ~
Posted by: designchic | April 08, 2011 at 08:32 AM
I also devour Malcolm Gladwell - he is amazing!!!! Those quotes were also great - the Jim Carrey one had me laughing out loud and Churchill always has it right!
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Posted by: Barbara@HausDesign | April 08, 2011 at 07:55 AM