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Aug 15, 2019 17:45:28   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. - Frederick Douglas

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast. - Oscar Wilde

The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase. - Yogi Berra

It is not a bad idea to get in the habit of writing down one's thoughts. It saves on having to bother anyone else with them. - Isabel Colegate

I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't. - W. Somerset Maugham

Freedom of the press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose. - George Orwell

A healthy male adult consumes each year one and half times his own weight in other people's patience. -John Updike.

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. - Anonymous

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. -Winston Churchill

Out of clutter, find simplicity. - Albert Einstein

Writing well means never having to say, "I guess you had to be there.' - Jef Mallett

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. - Harry S. Truman

I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position. - Mark Twain

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. - Robert Collier

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Aug 15, 2019 17:50:07   #
Lonewolf
 
A fool can't learn anything from a wise man but a wise man can learn from a fool

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Aug 15, 2019 17:56:15   #
Auntie Dee
 
slatten49 wrote:
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. - Frederick Douglas

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast. - Oscar Wilde

The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase. - Yogi Berra

It is not a bad idea to get in the habit of writing down one's thoughts. It saves on having to bother anyone else with them. - Isabel Colegate

I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't. - W. Somerset Maugham

Freedom of the press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose. - George Orwell

A healthy male adult consumes each year one and half times his own weight in other people's patience. -John Updike.

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. - Anonymous

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. -Winston Churchill

Out of clutter, find simplicity. - Albert Einstein

Writing well means never having to say, "I guess you had to be there.' - Jef Mallett

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. - Harry S. Truman

I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position. - Mark Twain

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. - Robert Collier
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear wh... (show quote)


MAY I ADD ONE:

"Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." George Orwell

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Aug 15, 2019 18:07:21   #
Lonewolf
 
Auntie Dee wrote:
MAY I ADD ONE:

"Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." George Orwell



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Aug 15, 2019 18:15:34   #
bahmer
 
slatten49 wrote:
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. - Frederick Douglas

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast. - Oscar Wilde

The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase. - Yogi Berra

It is not a bad idea to get in the habit of writing down one's thoughts. It saves on having to bother anyone else with them. - Isabel Colegate

I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't. - W. Somerset Maugham

Freedom of the press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose. - George Orwell

A healthy male adult consumes each year one and half times his own weight in other people's patience. -John Updike.

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. - Anonymous

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. -Winston Churchill

Out of clutter, find simplicity. - Albert Einstein

Writing well means never having to say, "I guess you had to be there.' - Jef Mallett

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. - Harry S. Truman

I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position. - Mark Twain

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. - Robert Collier
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear wh... (show quote)


All very wise sayings there Slatten thanks for posting these.

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Aug 15, 2019 18:44:43   #
Carol Kelly
 
slatten49 wrote:
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. - Frederick Douglas

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast. - Oscar Wilde

The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase. - Yogi Berra

It is not a bad idea to get in the habit of writing down one's thoughts. It saves on having to bother anyone else with them. - Isabel Colegate

I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't. - W. Somerset Maugham

Freedom of the press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose. - George Orwell

A healthy male adult consumes each year one and half times his own weight in other people's patience. -John Updike.

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. - Anonymous

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. -Winston Churchill

Out of clutter, find simplicity. - Albert Einstein

Writing well means never having to say, "I guess you had to be there.' - Jef Mallett

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. - Harry S. Truman

I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position. - Mark Twain

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. - Robert Collier
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear wh... (show quote)


Great quotes: top of the list a Yogi Berra. Brilliant were Truman, Einstein,Churchill,
Maugham and Wilde, pretty much in that order.

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Aug 15, 2019 21:07:59   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
Carol Kelly wrote:
Great quotes: top of the list a Yogi Berra. Brilliant were Truman, Einstein,Churchill,
Maugham and Wilde, pretty much in that order.

Yes, I would agree.

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Aug 16, 2019 06:24:51   #
doggie
 
Everyone wants to go to heaven, but no one wants to die to get there. by some wise ass

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Aug 16, 2019 08:34:03   #
debeda
 
slatten49 wrote:
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. - Frederick Douglas

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast. - Oscar Wilde

The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase. - Yogi Berra

It is not a bad idea to get in the habit of writing down one's thoughts. It saves on having to bother anyone else with them. - Isabel Colegate

I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't. - W. Somerset Maugham

Freedom of the press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose. - George Orwell

A healthy male adult consumes each year one and half times his own weight in other people's patience. -John Updike.

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. - Anonymous

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. -Winston Churchill

Out of clutter, find simplicity. - Albert Einstein

Writing well means never having to say, "I guess you had to be there.' - Jef Mallett

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. - Harry S. Truman

I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position. - Mark Twain

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. - Robert Collier
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear wh... (show quote)


good ones

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Aug 16, 2019 14:10:36   #
badbobby Loc: texas
 
slatten49 wrote:
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. - Frederick Douglas

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast. - Oscar Wilde

The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase. - Yogi Berra

It is not a bad idea to get in the habit of writing down one's thoughts. It saves on having to bother anyone else with them. - Isabel Colegate

I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't. - W. Somerset Maugham

Freedom of the press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose. - George Orwell

A healthy male adult consumes each year one and half times his own weight in other people's patience. -John Updike.

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. - Anonymous

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. -Winston Churchill

Out of clutter, find simplicity. - Albert Einstein

Writing well means never having to say, "I guess you had to be there.' - Jef Mallett

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. - Harry S. Truman

I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position. - Mark Twain

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. - Robert Collier
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear wh... (show quote)


thanks for quotes Slat
I like the genius and stupidity the best


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