penguingirl's tumbling thoughts

"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than..."

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:52:45 -0400

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”

- Jane Austin, Pride and Prejudice

"Nothing is as simple as we hope it will be."

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:26:00 -0400

“Nothing is as simple as we hope it will be.”

- Jim Horning

"You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance."

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:01:00 -0400

“You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.”

- Ray Bradbury

"I must govern the clock, not be governed by it."

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:45:32 -0400

“I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.”

- Golda Meir

"The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone."

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:21:53 -0400

“The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.”

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

"We are all apt to believe what the world believes about us."

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:58:08 -0400

“We are all apt to believe what the world believes about us.”

- George Eliot

"Don’t read a book out of its right time for you."

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:04:00 -0400

“Don’t read a book out of its right time for you.”

- ~ 1971 Introduction to The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing

"Say all you have to say in the fewest possible words, or your reader will be sure to skip them; and..."

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:58:42 -0400

“Say all you have to say in the fewest possible words, or your reader will be sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words or he will certainly misunderstand them.”

- John Ruskin

"A room without books is like a body without a soul."

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:41:22 -0400

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”

- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), (Attributed)

"Nothing is too small to know, and nothing is too big to attempt."

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:37:11 -0400

“Nothing is too small to know, and nothing is too big to attempt.”

- William Van Horne

"Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the..."

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:35:19 -0400

“Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success.”

- Brian Adams

"Nit kain entfer is oich an entfer."

Tue, 06 May 2008 21:53:06 -0400

“Nit kain entfer is oich an entfer.”

- Yiddish Proverb (source)

"Typos are very important to all written form. It gives the reader something to look for so they..."

Mon, 05 May 2008 10:10:28 -0400

“Typos are very important to all written form. It gives the reader something to look for so they aren’t distracted by the total lack of content in your writing.”

- Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 07-03-05
Webcomic pioneer

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Mon, 05 May 2008 10:07:05 -0400

"Going personally green is a bet, nothing more or less, though it’s one we probably all should make,..."

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:44:41 -0400

“Going personally green is a bet, nothing more or less, though it’s one we probably all should make, even if the odds of it paying off aren’t great. Sometimes you have to act as if acting will make a difference, even when you can’t prove that it will. That, after all, was precisely what happened in Communist Czechoslovakia and Poland, when a handful of individuals like Vaclav Havel and Adam Michnik resolved that they would simply conduct their lives “as if” they lived in a free society. That improbable bet created a tiny space of liberty that, in time, expanded to take in, and then help take down, the whole of the Eastern bloc.”

- Why Bother?
By Michael Pollan
New York Times
Published: April 20, 2008

"Observe Everything. Communicate Well. Draw, Draw, Draw."

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:35:30 -0400

“Observe Everything.
Communicate Well.
Draw, Draw, Draw.”

- Frank Thomas

"Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion."

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:42:38 -0400

“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.”

- Parkinson’s Law
Cyril Parkinson, 1957 (from time management talk)

"The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and..."

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:04:53 -0400

“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.”

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"inspiring others toward happiness brings you happiness."

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:04:14 -0400

“inspiring others toward happiness brings you happiness.”

- tag on my yogi tea

"grace brings trust, appreciation, love and prosperity"

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:00:01 -0400

“grace brings trust, appreciation, love and prosperity”

- tag on my yogi tea