Quoth the....

Quoth the Heiress: “If you want to do something, don’t...

Thu, 12 May 2011 01:11:26 -0400

Quoth the Heiress:

“If you want to do something, don’t tell other people about it, just do it. Other people will always find a reason to try and prevent you.”

-Gladys Deacon; Duchess of Marlboro, American Heiress & Intellectual

Quoth the Actress: “I don’t seem to get solemn about it, and...

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:49:37 -0400

Quoth the Actress:

“I don’t seem to get solemn about it, and some people might not understand. That’s why I never talk about it. I think it’s all here– in the mountains and the desert. I don’t think God is a softie, either. In the end, it’s better if people are forced back into– well– into being right, before they’re too far gone. I think your temple is your everyday living.”

-Carole Lombard; on the subject of God

Quoth the Last of the English Romantic Poets: “My dear Girl, I...

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:20:47 -0400

Quoth the Last of the English Romantic Poets:

“My dear Girl, I love you ever and ever and without reserve. The more I have known you the more I have lov’d. … You are always new. The last of your kisses was ever the sweetest; the last smile the brightest; the last movement the gracefullest. When you pass’d my window home yesterday, I was filled with as much admiration as if I had then seen you for the first time.”

-John Keats; in a letter to his betrothed, Fanny Brawne

Quoth the Artist: “I’ve been absolutely terrified...

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:53:00 -0400

Quoth the Artist:

“I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life-
and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.”

-Georgia O’Keefe

Quoth the Novelist: “In a time of universal deceit, telling the...

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:25:00 -0400

Quoth the Novelist:

“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”

-George Orwell

Quoth the Burlesque Model: “When someone calls another person...

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:52:00 -0400

Quoth the Burlesque Model:

“When someone calls another person ugly, all I see is the person that’s saying it become instantly less beautiful.”

-Dita Von Teese

Quoth the Journalist/Author: “A man who procrastinates in his...

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:12:00 -0400

Quoth the Journalist/Author:

“A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.”

-Hunter S. Thompson

Quoth the Artist: “The greatest dangerfor most of usis not that...

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:10:00 -0400

Quoth the Artist:

“The greatest danger
for most of us
is not that our aim is
too high
and we miss it,
but that it is
too low
and we reach it.”

-Michelangelo

Quoth the Poet: Go now into summer, into the backs of...

Fri, 28 May 2010 18:04:00 -0400

Quoth the Poet:

Go now into summer, into the backs of cars,

into the black maws of your own changing,onto the boardwalks of a thousand splinters,onto the beaches of a hundred fond memoriesin wait, where the sea in all its indefatigabilitystammers at the invitation. Go to your vacation,

to the late morning cool of your basement rooms,the honeysuckle evening of the first kiss, the firstdip and pivot, swivel and twist. Go to wherethe clipper ships sail far upriver, where the salmonswim in the clean, cool pools just to spawn.Wake to what the spider unspools into a silver

dawn dripping with light. Sleep in sleeping bags,sleep in sand, sleep at someone else’s housein a land you’ve never been, where the dreamersdream in a language you only half understand.Slip beneath the sheets, slide toward the plate,swing beneath the bandstand where the secret

things await. Be glad, or be sad if you want,but be, and be a part of all that marches pastlike a parade, and wade through it or swim in itor dive in it with your eyes open and your mindopen to wind, rain, long days of sun and longernights of city lights mixing on wet streets like paint.

-First Year Teacher to His Students; Gary Whitehead

Quoth the Founder of Analytical Psychology: “We know that the...

Tue, 25 May 2010 01:17:26 -0400

Quoth the Founder of Analytical Psychology:

“We know that the wildest and most moving dramas are played not in the theatre but in the hearts of ordinary men and women who pass by without exciting attention, and who betray to the world nothing of the conflicts that rage within them except possibly by a nervous breakdown. What is so difficult for the layman to grasp is the fact that in most cases the patients themselves have no suspicion whatever of the internecine war raging in their unconscious. If we remember that there are many people who understand nothing at all about themselves, we shall be less surprised at the realization that there are also people who are utterly unaware of their actual conflicts.”

-Carl Jung

Quoth the Dizzy Dame: “I’m a very lucky woman. I was...

Thu, 20 May 2010 21:09:10 -0400

Quoth the Dizzy Dame:

“I’m a very lucky woman. I was courted by the youngest, handsomest, most charming, most sought-after star in show business- but I still married George because I loved him.”

-Gracie Allen

Quoth the Poet: “Half the world is composed of people who have...

Thu, 13 May 2010 16:47:46 -0400

Quoth the Poet:

“Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can’t, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.”

-Robert Frost

Quoth the Novelist: “No man knows how bad he is till he has...

Wed, 05 May 2010 15:33:08 -0400

Quoth the Novelist:

“No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good…Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is.”

-C.S. Lewis

Quoth the Author/Humorist: “Like anyone nostalgic for a time he...

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:09:32 -0400

Quoth the Author/Humorist:

“Like anyone nostalgic for a time he didn’t live through, I chose to weed out the little inconveniences: polio, say, or the thought of eating stewed squirrel.

-David Sedaris; When You Are Engulfed in Flames

Quoth the Fashion Maven: “A dress makes no sense unless it...

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:26:26 -0400

Quoth the Fashion Maven:

“A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you.”

-Coco Chanel

Quoth the Founder of Taoism: “Being deeply loved by...

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:24:13 -0400

Quoth the Founder of Taoism:

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”

-Lao Tzu

Quoth the Legend: “There are many things in your heart you...

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:08:00 -0400

Quoth the Legend:

“There are many things in your heart you can never tell to another person. They are you, your private joys and sorrows, and you can never tell them. You cheapen yourself, the inside of yourself, when you tell them. ”

- Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; September 18th, 1905- April 15th, 1990

Quoth the Buddhist Monk: “When we come into contact with the...

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:33:00 -0400

Quoth the Buddhist Monk:

“When we come into contact with the other person, our thoughts and actions should express our mind of compassion, even if that person says and does things that are not easy to accept. We practice in this way until we see clearly that our love is not contingent upon the other person being lovable.”

—Thich Nhat Hanh

Quoth the Author: “If you don’t know where you are...

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:44:04 -0400

Quoth the Author:

“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.”

-Lewis Carroll

Quoth the Philosopher/Mathematician: “Do not train a child to...

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:40:00 -0400

Quoth the Philosopher/Mathematician:

“Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.”

-Plato