Posts Tagged 'Cryptoquote'

Sunday Cryptoquote Spoiler – 11/15/09

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled by great ambitions.“   — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

(Kind of another way of saying: “. . . take care of the small things, and the big things take of themselves.”) —   YUR

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 11/14/09

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.“   — Mahatma Gandhi

(I’m seeing a lot more of this kind of wisdom . . . now that the economy is in the dumper.  But, it also makes for a good argument for health care reform.) —   YUR

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 11/13/09

In times like these it is good to remember that there have always been times like these.“   — Paul Harvey

(I largely disagreed with his politics and some of his social views, but the man was a gem.  A true American icon!) —   YUR

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 11/12/09

I like to write when I feel spiteful; it’s like having a good sneeze.“   — D.H. Lawrence

(It is such a healthy release, as long as it’s NOT false and defamatory.) —   YUR

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 11/11/09

In my music, I’m trying to play the truth of what I am.“   — Charles Mingus

(I wonder if he was an influence of Edie Brickell’s?) —   YUR

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 11/10/09

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, “Thank you”, that would suffice.“   — Meister Eckhart

(It’s amazing how the mastery of words helped this 13th – 14th Century humanist fly under the radar for as long as he did.  Eckhart set the stage for free thought in a Western world far too consumed with the dogmatic.) —   YUR

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 11/09/09

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.“   — Gen. Omar N. Bradley

Sunday Cryptoquote Spoiler – 11/08/09

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.“   — Rebecca West

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 11/07/09

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.“   — William Ralph Inge

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 11/06/09

At the timberline where the storms strike with the most fury, the sturdiest trees are found.“   — Anonymous

(It kinda has a Russian Proverb vibe to it.  Da?) —   YUR

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