Famous Quote of the Week
A quote can help you get through the day, maybe even bring you inspiration in it´s own way. But what is it that makes a great quote? Is it that a famous person once said it? Or maybe it´s just something you came up with while taking a shower? In my own honest opinion, I´d say that:
“All quotes are great in their own way, the hardest part is to understand them.”
You have any favourite quotes? Share them with the rest of us, if it´s good enough – I might feature it next friday.
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“You live and learn. At any rate, you live” ~ Douglas Adams
“How we spend our days, is, of course, how we spend our lives” ~ Annie Dillard
“Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless” ~ Jamie Paolinett
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young” ~ Henry Ford.
“Don’t find fault. Find a remedy” ~ Henry Ford
my favourite is: “In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los Angeles you learn their star sign. In Houston you’re told how rich they are. And in New York they tell you what their rent is.”
“The darkest nights bring the brightest stars.”
“Life must be understood backwards; but… it must be lived forward. ” – Soren Kierkegaard
lol nice quote you mentioned there….who was it said by? I think I might be mentioning that quote whenever it is relevant and tell it was said by the famous freelance designer and blogger Patrik Larsson.
Jokes aside, my favorite quote is:
“Whether You Think You Can or Can’t, You’re Right”
- Henry Ford
Thanks! Yeah, I actually came up with it by a coinsidence .. Not sure if it´s been said or not before, but from my knowledge – I´m the one who came up with it
I like, Henry Ford! He´s got more than a few great quotes! Thanks for sharing it with us!
If you are not prepared to be wrong you will never come up with anything original! ~ Sir Ken Robinson
i have 2 that are tacked to my bulletin board
“I never let school get in the way of my education.” – Mark Twain
“It is better to know something about everything than everything about something” – I am sure someone famous, but my Dad said it to me when I was in high school
oops.. second one was supposed to be:
“It is better to know everything about something than something about everything”
…maybe i should add “always proof read your work” haha
” I’m too drunk to taste this chicken.”
-The Late Great Colonel Sanders
Well i don’t understand the qoute
. sighting a quote is easy and understanding is always a tedious one
“Take that chance you’ve been considering”
- Fortune cookie
wow really great post, I am loving reading all of these
It´s awesome to see this many people send in their favourite quote
Keep them coming you guys, I want more to choose from for next week 
Chase down your passion like it’s the last bus of the night. -Terri Guillemets
this is a new fav. thanks gia!
“Once you are in technology, you have to keep on learning” – ubuntu website
“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names” – Chinese Proverb
“In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take experience first; the cash will come later. – Harold S. Geneen
“The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step” – Lao Tzu
“Do What You Love And The Money Will Follow”
Thumbs up!
Who said this?
Yeah Exactly, who said this?
Don’t know. But this article will be interesting to you….
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10063034-2.html
This statement originally quoted by Marsha Sinetar, in her 1989 book Discovering Your Right Livelihood.
Source: http://www.directessays.com/viewpaper/9492.html
Hope it helped
Thanks a lot
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All the quotes are ones that I like, but my favourite at the moment is:
“Often we don’t really need advice or guidance from each other. Sometimes we just need a friend to deposit courage into our soul.”
— Mike Foster
“Nothing interferes with my concentration. You could put on an orgy in my office and I wouldn’t look up. Well, maybe once.”
Isaac Asimov
My alltime favourite, It sais about how to work, and a lot about the playfullness of Asimov
Work hard and be excellent in whatever you do, then money and respect follows.
“Don´t worry, stay furry!”
‘Don’t stay in bed unless you can make money in bed!’ – George Burns
‘If everything seems under control, you’re not going fast enough..’ – Google tells me it’s Mario Andretti, anyway, it’s my favorite one.
Design is putting good stuff in right places. I don’t remember, where I heard it.
I’d add “at the right time” …
Life is a shit sandwich. But if you’ve got enough bread, you don’t taste the shit. ~Jonathan Winters
“Worrying is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but it doesn’t get you anywhere.” – Van Wilder (2002)
“Flynn Berry wrote that you should never use the word “opportunity” It’s not an opportunity, it’s an obligation.
I don’t think we have any choice. I think we have an obligation to change the rules, to raise the bar, to play a different game, and to play it better than anyone has any right to believe is possible.”
~Seth Godin, Tribes
“What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?” ~unknown