“Remember that the world is not out to get you and it does not punish you. You do that to yourself.”
~Barton Goldsmith, Ph.D
Source: 10 Ways to Feel Better About Yourself (Shared by @ShellTerrell)
Seeing Things Their Way
“You don’t have to wear panty hose to be a great brand manager at L’eggs, nor do you need to be unemployed to work on a task force on getting people back to work. What is required, though, is a persistent effort to understand how other people see the world, and to care about it.” ~ Seth Godin
Source: If I were you…
Just People Being People
“I want my characters to be like us, just people trying to live simply and say what they really mean.” (Ernest Hemingway to Hadley Richardson) ~ Paula McLain
Source: The Paris Wife
Sandwich Kiss
“When your mother has been out a long time and she comes home and you run and kiss her, and your father runs and kisses her too, and then everybody kisses each other – that’s sandwich kisses.” ~ Ruth Krauss
Source: How to Make an Earthquake
Two Wise Men
“Do you think this show is educational?”
“Yes, it will drive people to read books.”
~Statler and Waldorf, The Muppet Show
Every Minute of Every Day
“Modern technology has made it possible for each of us to work every minute of every day no matter where on earth we are. And what that means is whether or not to work is a choice, every minute of every day.”
~ Barry Schwartz
Source: The Paradox of Choice
Lock It In
”Tell those that you hold near and dear to you that you love them, but when you do, make sure you look them in the eyes, because you really never know when that stare might be the last time you get that gaze for a while. You need to memorize that feeling and lock it in. ” ~Julie Cooper
Source: Coming together for Scott James Cooper (Aug 31 1975-April 26 2012)
Book Magnet
“Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers.”
~Mary Ann Shaffer
On Tippy Toes
“Something about childhood makes finding fairies a lot easier.” ~Alisha Niehaus
Source: Fairypedia
Spidey Sense
“Sometimes you know people. You can just see what’s coming.” ~Peter Parker
Source: Spider-Man film (2002)
