Think about it ...
Pithy sayings that I read and liked:
``If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life that we give to the question of what to do with a two weeks' vacation, we would be startled at our false standards and the aimless procession of our busy days.'' -- Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American author and essayist (1879-1958).
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"Dr. Chumley, my mother used to say to me, `In this world, Elwood' -- she always called me Elwood -- she'd say, `In this world, Elwood, you must be oh, so smart or oh, so pleasant.' For years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me." -- The philosophy of Elwood P. Dowd in the play "Harvey" by Mary Chase (1907-1981)
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``Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.'' -- Gertrude Stein, American author (1874-1946)
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``Private opinion creates public opinion.... That is why private opinion, and private behavior, and private conversation are so terrifyingly important.'' -- Jan Struther (nee Joyce Anstruther), English poet (1901-1953)
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``The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.'' -- Dorothy Day, American social activist (1897-1980)
I don't think society is ready for the last one at all...
``If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life that we give to the question of what to do with a two weeks' vacation, we would be startled at our false standards and the aimless procession of our busy days.'' -- Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American author and essayist (1879-1958).
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"Dr. Chumley, my mother used to say to me, `In this world, Elwood' -- she always called me Elwood -- she'd say, `In this world, Elwood, you must be oh, so smart or oh, so pleasant.' For years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me." -- The philosophy of Elwood P. Dowd in the play "Harvey" by Mary Chase (1907-1981)
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``Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.'' -- Gertrude Stein, American author (1874-1946)
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``Private opinion creates public opinion.... That is why private opinion, and private behavior, and private conversation are so terrifyingly important.'' -- Jan Struther (nee Joyce Anstruther), English poet (1901-1953)
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``The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.'' -- Dorothy Day, American social activist (1897-1980)
I don't think society is ready for the last one at all...