Friday, February 29, 2008
Parisian Stage Actor Wisdom
You can pretend to be serious; you can’t pretend to be witty. – Sacha Guitry
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Philosopher Wisdom
A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices – William James
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Humorist Wisdom
I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult. – E. B. White
Monday, February 25, 2008
Royal Wisdom
Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. – Lord Chesterfield
Friday, February 22, 2008
Producer Wisdom
Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it. – Jane Wagner
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Writer/Director Wisdom
Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy. Nora Ephron
Monday, February 18, 2008
Composer Wisdom
Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes. – Edgard Varese
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Literary Wisdom
I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself. David Herbert Lawrence
Friday, February 15, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Royal Wisdom
Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you. – Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Political Satirist Wisdom
The word ‘politics’ is derived from the word ‘poly’ meaning ‘many’ and the word ‘ticks’, meaning ‘blood sucking parasites.’ – Larry Hardiman
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Satirist/Comedian Wisdom
The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage. – Mark Russell
Monday, February 11, 2008
Composer Wisdom
A sympathetic Scot summed it all up very neatly in the remark, “you should make a point of trying every once, except incest and folk dancing. – Sir Arnold Bax
Friday, February 08, 2008
Raconteur Wisdom
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us. – Quentin Crisp
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
English Journalist Wisdom
Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed. - G.K.Chesterton
1st Earl of Beaconsfield Wisdom
I repeat….that all power is a trust, that we are accountable for it’s exercise, that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist. – Benjamin Disraeli
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
British Philosopher Wisdom
A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury – John Stuart Mill
Friday, February 01, 2008
Abolitionist Wisdom
People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get. – Frederick Douglass
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