Category Archives: Quote

“The single biggest problem in communication… … is the illusion that it has taken place.” George Bernard Shaw

“If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.” Norman Vincent Peale

“Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.” Benjamin Disraeli

“One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done” Marie Curie

“Science is always wrong, it never solves a problem without creating 10 more.” George Bernard Shaw in a toast to Albert Einstein. Quoted by Stuart Firestein in his Ted talk “The Pursuit of Ignorance“

“The more a man is, the less he wants.” Maxwell Perkins

“Human beings who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.” Douglas Adams

“The main thing is getting started, keeping going, then getting started again” Seamus Heaney

“The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.” Muhammad Ali

The great American novelist Elmore Leonard died last week. For anyone who has wrestled putting words on a page here’s his advice. “Elmore Leonard’s Ten Rules of Writing 1. Never open a book with weather. 2. Avoid prologues. 3. Never use a verb other than “said” to carry dialogue. 4. Never use an adverb toContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #230”