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Archives - March 2011

March 1, 2011

We are each entitled to our own opinion, but no one is entitled to
his own facts.

– Daniel Patrick Moynihan

March 2, 2011

When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you
did before; you see more in you than there was before.

– Clifton Fadiman

March 3, 2011

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

– James Joyce

March 4, 2011

It is a cliché to say that most clichés are true, but
then like most clichés, that cliché is untrue.

– Stephen Fry, MOAB IS MY WASHPOT

March 5, 2011

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up
where I need to be.

– Douglas Adams

March 6, 2011

I was thought to be “stuck up.†I
wasn’t. I was just sure of myself. This is and
always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure.

– Bette Davis, THE LONELY LIFE

March 7, 2011

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no
loss of enthusiasm.

– Sir Winston Churchill

March 8, 2011

Order is not pressure which is imposed on society from without, but
an equilibrium which is set up from within.

– José Ortega y Gasset

March 9, 2011

If I could I would work always in silence and obscurity, and let my
efforts be known by their results.

– Emily Brontë

March 10, 2011

If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater,
suggest that he wear a tail.

– Fran Lebowitz

March 11, 2011

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much
sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of
my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent
library.

– Jane Austen, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

March 12, 2011

Whenever you’re in conflict with someone, there
is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your
relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.

– William James

March 13, 2011

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life
delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your
situation might be, you can survive it.

– Bill Cosby

March 14, 2011

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

– Voltaire

March 15, 2011

Truly successful decision making relies on a balance between
deliberate and instinctive thinking.

– Malcolm Gladwell, BLINK: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

March 16, 2011

Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for
music.

– Sergei Rachmaninov

March 17, 2011

May the Irish hills caress you.
May her lakes and rivers bless you.
May the luck of the Irish enfold you.
May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.

– Irish Blessing

March 18, 2011

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to
acquire it.

– Albert Einstein

March 19, 2011

If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you
watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed.

– Lily Tomlin

March 20, 2011

Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning
yawn.

– Quoted by Lewis Grizzard in KATHY SUE LOUDERMILK, I LOVE YOU

March 21, 2011

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you
something else is the greatest accomplishment.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

March 22, 2011

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is
pleased.

– Katharine Hepburn

March 23, 2011

A book is a gift you can open again and again.

– Garrison Keillor

March 24, 2011

The consequences of our actions are so complicated, so diverse,
that predicting the future is a very difficult business
indeed.

– J.K. Rowling, HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN

March 25, 2011

It is well to give when asked but it is better to give unasked,
through understanding.

– Kahlil Gibran, THE PROPHET

March 26, 2011

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One
must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

– Eleanor Roosevelt

March 27, 2011

No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another
person.

– Willa Cather

March 28, 2011

There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or
an opera diva.

– Josh Groban

March 29, 2011

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your
arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is
to help yourself, the second is to help others.

– Audrey Hepburn

March 30, 2011

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

– Amy Tan

March 31, 2011

I have only one superstition. I touch all the bases when I hit a
home run.

– Babe Ruth