November 1st
There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis.
— Malcolm Gladwell, BLINK: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
November 2nd
All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.
— Alexandre Dumas
November 3rd
Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter.
— Paxton Hood
November 4th
Time does not change us. It just unfolds us.
— Max Frisch
November 5th
Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
November 6th
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
— Naguib Mahfouz
November 7th
I've never quite believed that one chance is all I get.
— Anne Tyler
November 8th
If an idea's worth having once, it's worth having twice.
— Tom Stoppard
November 9th
The deeper sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain.
— Kahlil Gibran
November 10th
All I can do is be me, whoever that is.
— Bob Dylan
November 11th
In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.
— José Narosky
November 12th
When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.
— Cynthia Heimel, "Lower Manhattan Survival Tactics" in Village Voice
November 13th
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
— Robert Frost
November 14th
Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by — product of a good idea and modest expectations.
— Paul Rand
November 15th
You can't test courage cautiously.
— Annie Dillard
November 16th
Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.
— Mahatma Ghandi
November 17th
Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
— Henry Ward Beecher
November 18th
The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it.
— Patrick Young
November 19th
Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.
— Terry Pratchett, JINGO
November 20th
We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
— Roald Dahl, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
November 21st
Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.
— Kurt Vonnegut
November 22nd
There is one day that is ours. ;There is one day when all we Americans who are not self-made go back to the old home to eat saleratus biscuits and marvel how much nearer to the porch the old pump looks than it used to. ;Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
— O. Henry
November 23rd
Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before.
— Rita Rudner
November 24th
And though I ebb in worth, I'll flow in thanks.
— John Taylor
November 25th
The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.
— Mark Twain
November 26th
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.
— Harper Lee, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
November 27th
I have always been a huge admirer of my own work. I'm one of the funniest and most entertaining writers I know.
— Mel Brooks
November 28th
That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.
— Doris Lessing
November 29th
The second fiddle. I can get plenty of first violinists, but to find someone who can play the second fiddle with enthusiasm ——— that's a problem. And if we have no second fiddle, we have no harmony.
— Leonard Bernstein
November 30th
Dew knot trussed yore spell chequer two fined awl yore mistakes.
— Brendan Hills
