The real difference between telling what happened and telling a story about what happened is that instead of being a victim of our past, we become master of it. ~Donald Davis
#quotes #donald-davis #reality #stories

The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided to.
#quotes #tom-hanks #50s #generation

I invented the cordless extension cord. ~Steven Wright
#quotes #steven-wright #humor

The thing I always say to people is this: "If you avoid failure, you also avoid success." ~Robert Kiyosaki
#quotes #robert-kiyosaki #success #failure

People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money. ~Michele Bachmann
#quotes #michele-bachmann #government #money

The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency. ~Robert Quillen
#quotes #robert-quillen #ignorance

The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. ~Robert Breault
#quotes #robert-breault #art #critic

If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York. ~Haile Gebrselassie
#quotes #haile-gebrselassie #marathon #running #new-york

Democracy is the best chance for the best people. ~Robert Frost
#quotes #robert-frost #democracy

The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty. ~Ned Rorem
#quotes #ned-rorem

I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. ~Robert Dessaix
#quotes #robert-dessaix #writing #books

The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy nowadays it means rank subversion. ~Germaine Greer
#quotes #germaine-greer #women #men #talking

Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
#proverbs #zen-proverbs #buddhism #mind

The advantage we have as Americans is that we can be fair; we tend to be more open-minded about different styles of wine. ~Robert M. Parker
#quotes #robert-m-parker #wine #alcohol

It is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. ~Jane Austen
#quotes #jane-austen #life #faults

Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
#proverbs #polish-proverbs #philosophical

You must remember the value that you add to others and not just what others have added to you. That's how we build self-worth, which, in my opinion, is just as important as net worth. ~Suze Orman
#quotes #suze-orman #self #helping

You're going to hear a lot from President Obama and yes, from Joe Biden, you're hearing a little bit about Medicare these days. What they will not tell you is they turned Medicare into a piggybank to fund "Obamacare." They took $716 billion dollars to pay for the "Obamacare" program. ~Paul Ryan
#quotes #paul-ryan #barack-obama #politics

I try to work every day, even when I am not motivated. Ritual is very important to me. ~Mel Ramos
#quotes #mel-ramos #motivation #routine

Last ship, best ship. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs

The pleasure isn't in owning the person. The pleasure is this. Having another contender in the room with you. ~Philip Roth
#quotes #philip-roth #pleasure

It's hard to imagine that our love is a story with an end. But you know, at least I'm getting some really good songs out of it ~Miley Cyrus
#quotes #miley-cyrus #music

In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern. One climber's actions can affect the welfare of the entire team. ~Jon Krakauer
#quotes #jon-krakauer #team #trust

Everyone I know who is having success in film right now is there because of persistence. ~Jay Duplass
#quotes #jay-duplass #success #persistence #movies

You will suddenly realize that the reason you never changed before was because you didn't want to. ~Robert H. Schuller
#quotes #robert-h-schuller #change