from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“We now live in a world where we’re connected to everything except ourselves.”
Zat Rana, writer
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Aeschylus Quote: Happiness
from the blog A Pondering Mind
Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
-Aeschylus 525 BC – 456 BC
Ancient Greek Dramatist
faces swirl
no sleep
for a restless mind
faces swirl
around
with eyes closed
or open
reminding me
of where
of what
I’ve been
“That is quite a statement to the women of this country.”
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“It is worth pondering… 2 of the 9 justices of the US Supreme Court will have been credibly accused of serious sexual misconduct and confirmed anyway. That is quite a statement to the women of this country.”
Susan Hennessey, twitter feed, September 16, 2018.
Lawfare Executive Editor, Brookings Fellow, CNN National Security and Legal Analyst, Former IC attorney.
“The point isn’t to know what you’re doing. The point is to have an experience doing something.”
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“The point isn’t to know what you’re doing. The point is to have an experience doing something.”
“No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar”
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar”
Abraham Lincoln, president
“Life and art are not two different things”
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“Life and art are not two different things.“
Felix Mendelssohn, composer
“existing societies… are not owners of the earth. They… have to bequeath it in an improved state to succeeding generations.”
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
it’s your eyes
it’s your eyes
really
that seem to know
something
I’ve forgotten
and now
find it nagging
at a corner
of my mind
“One cannot refute what one has not thoroughly understood.”
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
Leonard Durso 