Quotes for the Depression Forums 12-11
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 1:19 pm
Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything.
-- Floyd Dell
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
-- Jean Rostand, Journal of a Character, 1931
What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn't come every day.
-- George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion, Act 2
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
-- Terry Pratchett
-- Floyd Dell
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
-- Jean Rostand, Journal of a Character, 1931
What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn't come every day.
-- George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion, Act 2
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
-- Terry Pratchett