Quotes
As I mentioned in my bio, I love quotes and little bits of wisdom that we find in daily life. So I'm flipping through my quote journal and thought I might post some of the more random ones that I've jotted down in the past year, and I'll keep adding to them. If you happen to stop by, please feel free to reply with your own favorite quotes. I love collecting them.
Intriguing, Thought-Provoking, Moving, and Fun
Ideas, Thoughts, and Quotes
Living
"When you lead a narrowly-defined life, the consequences of even the slightest deviation are staggering."
~ Mason in Take Me Out by Richard Greenberg
"Just to put this into perspective, an appendectomy takes less time."
~ Med-student Grace, on waiting for her nails to dry after her first manicure
"We can't often separate doing well and doing good."
~ My grad school ethics professor
"Hope versus cynicism is the key moral and political choice of our time."
~ Jim Wallis, God's Politics
"Evil is never as simple as you'd like it to be."
~ Me, inspired by a discussion with my mom
"Real friends are those who, when you've made a fool of yourself, don't feel that you've done a permanent job."
~ Unknown
Learning
"What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so."
~ Mark Twain
"Need alone is not enough to set power free. There must be knowledge."
~ Ursula LeGuin, Earthsea
"Avoid, lest you be made weary, groups of academics administering academics. Their curiosity is insatiable, their debates over details, both relevant and obscure, are interminable, and their respect for institutional rigor prevents any reasonable expediency."
~ My tongue-in-cheek thoughts on attending my first University Executive Committee meeting
"Storytelling is shaped by two contrary, yet complementary impulses - one toward brevity, compactness, artful omission; the other toward expansion, amplification, enrichment."
~ Joyce Carol Oates
Coping
"Forgiveness comes out of truth."
~ Sister of Tutsi Minister Lando, on the aftermath of the Rawandan genocide
"A heart that hurts is a heart that beats. Not all pain is evil, there are times when pain reminds us of how extremely we are capable of loving."
~ From Shadows of Chaos by Earendil Eldar
"Better drown your sorrows than teach them how to swim."
~ Norwegian proverb
"Well, you know what they say, pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional."
~ Completely unhelpful comment from a friend (who shall remain nameless) after my visit to the ER
"I don't know why I'm crying. I hate babies. Don't they look like earthworms?"
~ Amanda, upon seeing a picture of her friend's newborn
Working
"I have never begged for my job back. I personally make it a rule in this beautiful world to only beg two people: my lover and my dog."
~ Jorja Fox
Intriguing, Thought-Provoking, Moving, and Fun
Ideas, Thoughts, and Quotes
Living
"When you lead a narrowly-defined life, the consequences of even the slightest deviation are staggering."
~ Mason in Take Me Out by Richard Greenberg
"Just to put this into perspective, an appendectomy takes less time."
~ Med-student Grace, on waiting for her nails to dry after her first manicure
"We can't often separate doing well and doing good."
~ My grad school ethics professor
"Hope versus cynicism is the key moral and political choice of our time."
~ Jim Wallis, God's Politics
"Evil is never as simple as you'd like it to be."
~ Me, inspired by a discussion with my mom
"Real friends are those who, when you've made a fool of yourself, don't feel that you've done a permanent job."
~ Unknown
Learning
"What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so."
~ Mark Twain
"Need alone is not enough to set power free. There must be knowledge."
~ Ursula LeGuin, Earthsea
"Avoid, lest you be made weary, groups of academics administering academics. Their curiosity is insatiable, their debates over details, both relevant and obscure, are interminable, and their respect for institutional rigor prevents any reasonable expediency."
~ My tongue-in-cheek thoughts on attending my first University Executive Committee meeting
"Storytelling is shaped by two contrary, yet complementary impulses - one toward brevity, compactness, artful omission; the other toward expansion, amplification, enrichment."
~ Joyce Carol Oates
Coping
"Forgiveness comes out of truth."
~ Sister of Tutsi Minister Lando, on the aftermath of the Rawandan genocide
"A heart that hurts is a heart that beats. Not all pain is evil, there are times when pain reminds us of how extremely we are capable of loving."
~ From Shadows of Chaos by Earendil Eldar
"Better drown your sorrows than teach them how to swim."
~ Norwegian proverb
"Well, you know what they say, pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional."
~ Completely unhelpful comment from a friend (who shall remain nameless) after my visit to the ER
"I don't know why I'm crying. I hate babies. Don't they look like earthworms?"
~ Amanda, upon seeing a picture of her friend's newborn
Working
"I have never begged for my job back. I personally make it a rule in this beautiful world to only beg two people: my lover and my dog."
~ Jorja Fox