Cynthia Hand
Quotes·Quotation
Beauty
Cynthia Hand
Cynthia Hand
Quotes·Quotation
Beauty
Czesław Miłosz
Czesław Miłosz (1911-2004)
Czesław Miłosz (30 June 1911 – 14 August 2004) was a Polish poet and essayist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1980.
@ All was taken away from you: white dresses, wings, even existence. Yet I believe you, messengers. There, where the world is turned inside out, a heavy fabric embroidered with stars and beasts, you stroll, inspecting the trustworthy seams.
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Czesław Miłosz (30 June 1911 – 14 August 2004) was a Polish poet and essayist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1980.
@ All was taken away from you: white dresses, wings, even existence. Yet I believe you, messengers. There, where the world is turned inside out, a heavy fabric embroidered with stars and beasts, you stroll, inspecting the trustworthy seams.
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Czech Republic and Czechs
Czech Republic and Czechs
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic (i/ˈtʃɛk/ chek;[9] Czech: Česká republika, pronounced [ˈtʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka], short form Česko Czech pronunciation: [ˈtʃɛsko]), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Germany to the west, Austria to the south, Slovakia to the east and Poland to the north. Its capital and largest city, with 1.3 million inhabitants, is Prague. The Czech Republic includes the historical territories of Bohemia and Moravia and a small part of Silesia.
After the Munich Agreement, Polish annexation of Zaolzie and German occupation of Czechoslovakia and the consequent disillusion with the Western response and gratitude for the liberation of the major portion of Czechoslovakia by the Red Army, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia won the majority in the 1946 elections. In the 1948 coup d'état, Czechoslovakia became a communist-ruled state. In 1968, the increasing dissatisfaction culminated in attempts to reform the communist regime. The events, known as the Prague Spring of 1968, ended with an invasion by the armies of the Warsaw Pact countries (with the exception of Romania); the troops remained in the country until the 1989 Velvet Revolution, when the communist regime collapsed. On 1 January 1993, Czechoslovakia peacefully dissolved into its constituent states, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic.
In 2006, the Czech Republic became first former member of the Comecon to achieve the status of a developed country according to the World Bank.[12] In addition, the country has the highest human development in Central and Eastern Europe,[13] ranking as a "Very High Human Development" nation. It is also ranked as the third most peaceful country in Europe and most democratic and healthy (by infant mortality) country in the region. It is a pluralist multi-party parliamentary representative democracy, a member of the European Union, NATO, the OECD, the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the Visegrád Group.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republic
Czechs, or Czech people (Czech: Češi, Czech pronunciation: [ˈtʃɛʃɪ], archaic Czech: Čechové [ˈtʃɛxɔvɛː]) are a West Slavic ethnic group of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic. Small populations of Czechs also live in Slovakia, Austria, Ukraine, the United States, the United Kingdom, Chile, Argentina, Canada, Germany, Russia and other countries. They speak the Czech language, which is closely related to the Slovak and Upper Sorbian language.[13]
Among the ancestors of the Czechs are ancient Slavic peoples who inhabited the regions of Bohemia, Moravia, and Upper Silesia from the 6th century onwards. Czech people also descend from Germanic and Celtic tribes who intermingled with Slavic invaders.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechs
Czech language
Czech (pron.: /ˈtʃɛk/; čeština Czech pronunciation: [ˈt͡ʃɛʃcɪna]) is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century. Czech is similar to and mutually intelligible with Slovak, the Sorbian languages and, to a lesser extent, with other Slavic languages.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_language
Czech Proverbs
Family
¶ Don't be a lion in your house.
Friends
¶ Do not protect yourself by fence, but rather by your friends.
Work
¶ Bez práce nejsou koláče.
Literal translation: There are no cakes without a job.
References
Czech Republic
[9]^ Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, Oxford University Press, 1989.
[10]^ Mlsna, Petr; Šlehofer F. and Urban D. (2010). "The Path Of Czech Constitutionality". 1st edition (in : (Bilingual) - Czech, English). Praha: Úřad Vlády České Republiky (The Office of the Government of the Czech Republic). pp. 10–11. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
[11]^ Čumlivski, Denko (2012). "800 let Zlaté buly sicilské" (in czech). National Archives of the Czech Republic (Národní Archiv České Republiky). Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
[12]^ a b Velinger, Jan (28 February 2006). "World Bank Marks Czech Republic's Graduation to 'Developed' Status". Radio Prague. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
[13]^ a b "Human Development Report 2009" (PDF). UNDP.org. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
Czechs
[13]^ Czech language, alphabet and pronunciation
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Cybill Shepherd
Cybill Shepherd
Quotes·Quotations by Cybill Shepherd
Advice
¶ We have to keep trying things we're not sure we can pull off. If we just do the things we know we can do... you don't grow as much. You gotta take those chances on making those big mistakes.
Colvin R. de Silva (1907–1987)
Colvin R. de Silva (1907–1987)
Colvin R. de Silva (1907–1987) was a former Cabinet Minister of Plantation Industries and Constitutional Affairs, prominent member of parliament, Trotskyist leader and lawyer in Sri Lanka. He was one of the founders of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party – the first Marxist party in Sri Lanka.
Quotes·Quotations by Colvin R. de Silva
U.K.
¶ (The sun never sets on the British Empire.) That's because God does not trust the British in the dark.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colvin_R._de_Silva
John Brown (1715-1766)
John Brown (essayist)
John Brown (5 November 1715 – 23 September 1766) was an English divine and author.
Affliction
Now let us thank the Eternal Power: convinced
That Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction,—
That oft the cloud which wraps the present hour
Serves but to brighten all our future days.
Barbarossa (1754), Act V, Scene 3.
***
And coxcombs vanquish Berkeley by a grin.
"An Essay on Satire, occasioned by the Death of Mr. Pope"
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John Brown (5 November 1715 – 23 September 1766) was an English divine and author.
Affliction
Now let us thank the Eternal Power: convinced
That Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction,—
That oft the cloud which wraps the present hour
Serves but to brighten all our future days.
Barbarossa (1754), Act V, Scene 3.
***
And coxcombs vanquish Berkeley by a grin.
"An Essay on Satire, occasioned by the Death of Mr. Pope"
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Customer (When Harry Met Sally)
A Customer from When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Quotes·Quotation by a Customer
Estelle Reiner as a Customer from When Harry Met Sally (1989)
¶ I'll have what she's having.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estelle_Reiner
Cuba Gooding, Jr. (1968- )
Cuba Gooding, Jr. (1968- )
Cuba M. Gooding, Jr. (born January 2, 1968) is an American actor. He is best known for his Academy Award-winning portrayal of Rod Tidwell in Cameron Crowe's 1996 film Jerry Maguire.
Quotes·Quotation by Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Cuba Gooding, Jr. as Rod Tidwell from Jerry Maguire (1996)
¶ Show me the money!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba_Gooding,_Jr.
Croesus (595 BC–547 BC)
Croesus (595 BC–547? BC)
Croesus ( /ˈkriːsəs/ KREE-səs; Ancient Greek: Κροῖσος, Kroisos; 595 BC – c. 547? BC) was the king of Lydia from 560 to 547 BC until his defeat by the Persians. The fall of Croesus made a profound impact on the Hellenes, providing a fixed point in their calendar. "By the fifth century at least," J.A.S. Evans remarked, "Croesus had become a figure of myth, who stood outside the conventional restraints of chronology." Croesus was renowned for his wealth—Herodotus and Pausanias noted his gifts preserved at Delphi.
Quotes·Quotations by Croesus
War
¶ In peace the sons bury their fathers, but in war the fathers bury their sons.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croesushr /
Croatia and Croats
Croatia
Croatia (i/kroʊˈeɪʃə/ kroh-ay-shə; Croatian: Hrvatska pronounced [xř̩ʋaːtskaː]), officially the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Republika Hrvatska listen (help·info)), is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of Central Europe, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers 56,594 square kilometres (21,851 square miles) and has diverse, mostly continental and Mediterranean climates. Croatia's Adriatic Sea coast contains more than a thousand islands. The country's population is 4.28 million, most of whom are Croats, with the most common religious denomination being Roman Catholicism.
Croatia today has a very high Human Development Index. The International Monetary Fund classified Croatia as an emerging and developing economy, and the World Bank identified it as a high income economy. Croatia is a member of the United Nations, the Council of Europe, NATO, the World Trade Organization, CEFTA and a founding member of the Union for the Mediterranean. Croatia is an acceding state of the European Union, with full membership expected in July 2013. As an active participant in the UN peacekeeping forces, Croatia has contributed troops to the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan and took a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2008–2009 term.
The service sector dominates Croatia's economy, followed by the industrial sector and agriculture. Tourism is a significant source of revenue during the summer, with Croatia ranked the 18th most popular tourist destination in the world. The state controls a part of the economy, with substantial government expenditure. The European Union is Croatia's most important trading partner. Since 2000, the Croatian government has invested in infrastructure, especially transport routes and facilities along the Pan-European corridors. Internal sources produce a significant portion of energy in Croatia; the rest is imported. Croatia provides a universal health care system and free primary and secondary education, while supporting culture through numerous public institutions and through corporate investments in media and publishing. The nation prides itself in its cultural, artistic and scientific contributions to the world, as well as in its cuisine, wines and sporting achievements.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia
Croats
Croats (IPA: kroʊæt, kroʊɑt; Croatian: Hrvati) are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world.[1][2][3] Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have migrated throughout the world, and established a notable Croatian diaspora. Large Croat communities exists in the United States, Chile, Argentina, Germany, Austria, Australia, Peru, Canada, Hungary, Serbia, New Zealand and South Africa.
Croats are noted for their culture, which has been influenced by a number of other neighboring cultures through the ages. The strongest influences came from Central Europe and the Mediterranean where, at the same time, Croats have made their own contribution. The Croats are predominantly Catholic with minor groups of Muslims, Protestants, Orthodox, Jews and non-religious atheists and agnostics. Their language is Croatian.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croats
Croatian language
Croatian (hrvatski jezik) is a standardized register of the Serbo-Croatian language[3][4][5] used by Croats,[6] principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries. It is the official and literary language of Croatia and one of the official languages of Bosnia-Herzegovina, and neighboring countries.
Standard Croatian is based on the most widespread dialect of Serbo-Croatian, Shtokavian, more specifically on Eastern Herzegovinian, which is also the basis of Standard Serbian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin. The other Serbo-Croatian dialects spoken by Croats are Chakavian, Kajkavian, and Torlakian (by the Krashovani). These four dialects, and the four national standards, are usually subsumed under the term "Serbo-Croatian" in English, though this term is controversial for native speakers[7] and paraphrases such as "Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian" are therefore sometimes used instead, especially in diplomatic circles.
Standardization began in the period sometimes called "Baroque Slavism" in the first half of the 17th century,[8] while some authors date it back to the end of 15th century.[9] The modern Neo-Shtokavian standard that appeared in the mid 18th century was the first unified Croatian literary language.[10]
Croatian is written in Gaj's Latin alphabet.[11]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_language
Croatian Proverbs
Advice
¶ Bog govori: pomozi si sam, pomoci cu ti.
Idiomatic translation: God helps those who help themselves.
References
Croats
[1]^ a b Daphne Winland (2004), "Croatian Diaspora", in Melvin Ember, Carol R. Ember, Ian Skoggard, Encyclopedia of Diasporas: Immigrant and Refugee Cultures Around the World. Volume I: Overviews and Topics; Volume II: Diaspora Communities 2 (illustrated ed.), Springer, p. 76, ISBN 9780306483219, "It is estimated that 4.5 million Croatians live outside Croatia (...)"
[2]^ a b c Hrvatski Svjetski Kongres, Croatian World Congress, "4.5 million Croats and people of Croatian heritage live outside of the Republic of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina", also quoted here [1]
[3]^ a b [2] "...newly independent Croatia with a population of approximately four and a half million adopted citizenship law in 1993 that granted citizenship rights to ethnic Croatians abroad that number approximately 4 million people." - expert from the book National Minorities in Inter-State Relations
Croatian language
[3]^ David Dalby, Linguasphere (1999/2000, Linguasphere Observatory), pg. 445, 53-AAA-g, "Srpski+Hrvatski, Serbo-Croatian".
[4]^ Benjamin W. Fortson IV, Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, 2nd ed. (2010, Blackwell), pg. 431, "Because of their mutual intelligibility, Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian are usually thought of as constituting one language called Serbo-Croatian."
[5]^ Václav Blažek, "On the Internal Classification of Indo-European Languages: Survey" retrieved 20 Oct 2010, pp. 15–16.
[6]^ E.C. Hawkesworth, "Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian Linguistic Complex", in the Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 2nd edition, 2006.
[7]^ Radio Free Europe – Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Or Montenegrin? Or Just 'Our Language'? Živko Bjelanović: Similar, But Different, Feb 21, 2009, accessed Oct 8, 2010
[8]^ Stjepan Krasić: Počelo je u Rimu – Katolička obnova i normiranje hrvatskoga jezika u XVII stoljeću, Matica hrvatska, Dubrovnik, 2009, ISBN 978-953-6316-76-2
[9]^ Stjepan Babić: Hrvatski jučer i danas, Školske novine, Zagreb, 1995, ISBN 953-160-052-X, p. 250
[10]^ Journal of Croatian studies (1986) 27-30:45
[11]^ "Croatia: Themes, Authors, Books | Yale University Library Slavic and East European Collection". Library.yale.edu. 2009-11-16. Retrieved 2010-10-27.
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William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.
Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613 at age 49, where he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive, and there has been considerable speculation about such matters as his physical appearance, sexuality, religious beliefs, and whether the works attributed to him were written by others.
Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613. His early plays were mainly comedies and histories, genres he raised to the peak of sophistication and artistry by the end of the 16th century. He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, including Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest works in the English language. In his last phase, he wrote tragicomedies, also known as romances, and collaborated with other playwrights.
Many of his plays were published in editions of varying quality and accuracy during his lifetime. In 1623, two of his former theatrical colleagues published the First Folio, a collected edition of his dramatic works that included all but two of the plays now recognised as Shakespeare's.
Shakespeare was a respected poet and playwright in his own day, but his reputation did not rise to its present heights until the 19th century. The Romantics, in particular, acclaimed Shakespeare's genius, and the Victorians worshipped Shakespeare with a reverence that George Bernard Shaw called "bardolatry". In the 20th century, his work was repeatedly adopted and rediscovered by new movements in scholarship and performance. His plays remain highly popular today and are constantly studied, performed and reinterpreted in diverse cultural and political contexts throughout the world.
Quotes·Quotation by William Shakespeare
Advice
¶ You must take your chance.
Amazons
@ Charles: Stay, stay thy hands! thou art an Amazon
And fightest with the sword of Deborah.
To Joan la Pucelle (Joan of Arc), after fighting and losing to her.
Henry VI, Part I, Act I, scene ii.
Appearance
¶ All hoods make not monks. [Henry VIII (1613), Act III, scene 1, line 23.]
¶ All that glisters is not gold;
Often have you heard that told;
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside to behold.
[Act II, scene 7, line 65.]
Farewell
¶ This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath, May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet.
Friend·Friendship
¶ I am not of that feather to shake off my friend when he must need me. I do know him a gentleman that well deserves a help: Which he shall have. [Timon of Athens]
Spring
¶ O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day;
Which now shows all the beauty of the sun,
And by and by a cloud takes all away.
Truth
¶ Truth is truth to the end of reckoning.
Winter
¶ Blow, blow, thou winter wind. Thou art not so unkind, As man's ingratitude.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare
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William Cowper (1731-1800)
William Cowper (1731-1800)
William Cowper (26 November 1731 – 25 April 1800) was an English poet and hymnodist.
Quotes·Quotations by William Cowper
Winter
¶ O Winter! ruler of the inverted year, ... I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturb'd Retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening, know.
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Count Dracula
Count Dracula
Count Dracula is the title character and the primary antagonist of Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula. He is described as an archetypal vampire and some aspects of his character have been inspired by the 15th century Romanian general and Wallachian Prince Vlad III the Impaler. The character appears frequently in all manner of popular culture, from films to animated media to breakfast cereals.
Quotes·Quotation by Count Dracula
¶ Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make.
Corey Mason (Empire Records, 1995)
Corey Mason from Empire Records (1995)
Quotes·Quotations by Corey Mason
Liv Tyler as Corey Mason from Empire Records (1995)
¶ And I did love you, and I still do. Only I didn't realize it was love, because it was more than love but it wasn't just some stupid feeling in my stomach like everything else and I'll never love anyone as much as you, and I hate you. I hate you!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liv_Tyler
Corey Feldman (1971- )
Corey Feldman (1971- )
Corey Scott Feldman (born July 16, 1971) is an American actor, former child actor, and singer. He became known during the 1980s, with roles in the films Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, The Goonies, Stand by Me, The Lost Boys, License to Drive, Dream a Little Dream, Gremlins, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and The 'Burbs. Feldman is also the lead singer for the rock band Truth Movement.
Quotes·Quotations by Corey Feldman
¶ I am acting my age. I'm in the prime of my youth and I'll only be young once!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey_Feldman
Pete Conrad (1930-1999)
Pete Conrad (1930-1999)
Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr. (June 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999) was a U.S. Navy officer and NASA astronaut, and during the Apollo 12 mission became the third person to walk on the Moon. He set an eight-day space endurance record along with command pilot Gordon Cooper on the Gemini 5 mission, and commanded the Gemini 11 mission. After Apollo, he commanded the Skylab 2 mission, on which he and his crew repaired significant launch damage to the Skylab space station. For this, President Jimmy Carter awarded him the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978.
Quotes·Quotations by Pete Conrad
Compromise
¶ Making an issue of little things is one of the surest ways to spoil happiness. One’s personal pride is felt to be vitally injured by surrender, but there is no quality of human nature so nearly royal as the ability to yield gracefully. It shows small confidence in one’s own nature to fear that compromise lessens self-control. To consider constantly the comfort and happiness of another is not a sign of weakness but of strength.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Conrad
Fred Allen (1894-1956)
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Fred Allen (1894-1956)
Fred Allen (born John Florence Sullivan; May 31, 1894 – March 17, 1956) was an American comedian whose absurdist, topically pointed radio show (1932–1949) made him one of the most popular and forward-looking humorists in the Golden Age of American radio.
Quotes·Quotations by Fred Allen
Entertainment·Television
¶ Imitation is the sincerest form of television.
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Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)
Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)
Confucius (Chinese: 孔子; pinyin: Kǒng Zǐ; Wade–Giles: K'ung-tzu, or Chinese: 孔夫子; pinyin: Kǒng Fūzǐ; Wade–Giles: K'ung-fu-tzu), literally "Master Kong", (traditionally 28 September 551 BC – 479 BC) was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period.
The philosophy of Confucius emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. These values gained prominence in China over other doctrines, such as Legalism (法家) or Taoism (道家) during the Han Dynasty (206 BC – AD 220). Confucius' thoughts have been developed into a system of philosophy known as Confucianism (儒家).
Because no texts are demonstrably authored by Confucius, and the ideas most closely associated with him were elaborated in writings that accumulated over the period between his death and the foundation of the first Chinese empire in 221 BC, many scholars are very cautious about attributing specific assertions to Confucius himself. His teachings may be found in the Analects of Confucius (論語), a collection of aphorisms, which was compiled many years after his death. For nearly 2,000 years he was thought to be the editor or author of all the Five Classics (五經) such as the Classic of Rites (禮記) (editor), and the Spring and Autumn Annals (春秋) (author).
Confucius' principles had a basis in common Chinese tradition and belief. He championed strong familial loyalty, ancestor worship, respect of elders by their children (and, according to later interpreters, of husbands by their wives), and the family as a basis for an ideal government. He expressed the well-known principle, "Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself", one of the earlier versions of the Ethic of reciprocity.
Quotes·Quotation by Confucius(孔子)
Advice
¶ 己所不欲，勿施於人。[論語 衛靈公]
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. [Wei Ling Gong (衛靈公), The Analects (論語)]
Attitude
¶ 放於而利行多怨。 [論語]
Carrying out anything for personal profit will mostly bring about hatred and bitterness. [the Analects of Confucius]
¶ 成事不說, 遂事不諫, 旣往不咎。 [論語 八佾]
That which has been done should not need to be explained again; that which has its course fixed need not be remonstrated against; that which has passed need not be blamed on anyone. [the Analects of Confucius: Ba Yi]
¶ 民可使由之 不可使知之。
The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to understand it.
¶ 先行其言而後從之。
The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.
¶ 知之者不如好之者，好之者不如乐之者。
They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.
¶ 成事不說, 遂事不諫, 旣往不咎。
Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.
¶ 見賢思齊焉，見不賢而內自省也。
When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults.
Beauty, 美
¶ 万物皆有其美,唯慧眼能识之。
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
Belief
¶ 主忠信。
Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.
Benevolence, 仁
¶ 仁者先難而後獲，可謂仁矣。
Benevolence involves being the first to volunteer for a difficult job and the last to think about rewards and recognition.
¶ 富與貴 是人之所欲也 不以其道得之 不處也。 貧與賤 是人之小惡也 不以其道得之 不去也 君子去仁 惡乎成名 君子無終食之閒違仁 造次必於是 顚沛必於是。 [論語 里仁]
Wealth and position are the desires of everyone. But one would rather not have it if to attain it requires the use of unscrupulous means. No one wants to be poor and obscure but the gentleman does not employ dishonest means to escape from it. How can a gentleman who has abandoned morality be known as a gentleman? A gentleman will under no circumstances forget to practice benevolence and morality. [the Analects of Confucius: Li Ren]
Challenge
¶ Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
Confidence
¶ 後生可畏 焉知來者之不如今也。
A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do you know that his future will not be equal to our present?
¶ Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
¶ Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.
¶ Respect yourself and others will respect you.
Endeavor
¶ Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
¶ 人心齊 泰山移
The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
Endurance, Patience
¶ It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
Failure
¶ 不而不改 是謂過矣。
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake.
¶ Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
¶ 知之者不如好之者。
He who merely knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them.
Forgiveness
¶ 在开始你的复仇之旅前，先挖两个坟墓。
Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
¶ Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
Friend·Friendship, Friend, Friendship
¶ 無友不如己者
Have no friends not equal to yourself.
¶ 有朋自遠方來 不亦樂乎。
Isn't it great when friends visit from afar?
Happiness
¶ 君子坦蕩湯 小人長戚戚。 [論語 述而]
¶ The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.
Honor
¶ 為政以德 譬如北辰居其所而眾星共之。
¶ He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.
¶ 士而懷居 不足以爲士矣。
¶ The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
Justice
¶ 以直報怨, 以德報德。
¶ Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.
Knowledge·Wisdom, Knowledge
¶ 巧言令色 鮮矣仁。
¶ Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.
¶ 人無遠慮, 必有近憂。
¶ If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.
¶ 唯上知與下愚不移。
¶ It is only the wisest and the stupidest that cannot change.
¶ The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.
¶ 過猶不及。
¶ To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.
¶ 知之爲知之 不知爲不知 是知也。
¶ When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.
Life
¶ 性相近也 習相遠也。
¶ By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.
¶ They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
¶ 見賢思齊焉，見不賢而內自省也。
¶ When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
¶ When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.
¶ 未能事人 焉能事鬼 未知生, 焉知死。
¶ While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits? While you do not know life, how can you know about death?
Modesty
¶ He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
¶ Humankind differs from the animals only by a little, and most people throw that away.
¶ 君子欲訥於言而敏於行。
¶ The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
¶ Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.
Money
¶ He who will not economize will have to agonize.
Self-discipline
¶ When anger rises, think of the consequences.
Solitude·Self-reliance, Solitude
¶ 善人 吾不得而見之矣. 得見有恒者 斯可矣. 亡而爲有 虛爲盈, 約而爲泰 難乎有恒矣。 [論語 述而]
¶ A faultless man I cannot hope to meet. The most I can hope for is to meet a man of principles. I see the shallow pretending to be man of substance, the improvident pretending to be affluent, even a man of principles will not be easy to find. [the Analects of Confucius: Shu Er]
¶ 德不孤 必有鄰。
¶ Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
Study
¶ 學而不思則罔思而不學則殆。
¶ He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
¶ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
¶ 學而時習之 不亦說乎。
¶ Isn't it a pleasure to study, and to practice what you have learned?
¶ 其家不可教，而能教人者，無之。 [大學]
¶ It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family. [the Great Learning (大學)]
¶ 君子欲訥於言而敏於行。
The superior man is modest in his speech, but excels in his actions.
¶ Seek not every quality in one individual.
¶ Study the past if you would define the future.
Success
¶ 仁者先難而後獲。
¶ The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.
¶ 君子求諸己 小人求諸人。
¶ What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others.
Virtue, 仁
¶ 我未見好仁者惡不仁者 好仁者無以尙之。
¶ I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it.
¶ 仁遠乎哉 我欲仁斯仁至矣。
¶ Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.
¶ The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
Wisdom
¶ 我非生而知之者 好古敏以求之者也。
¶ I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.
¶ 君子之於天下也 無適也 無莫也 義之與比。
¶ The superior man does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything; what is right he will follow.
Work
¶ Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
Writing·Reading
¶ 詩三百 一言而蔽之 曰思無邪。 [論語 爲政]
¶ The book of Poetry contains three hundred entries, if I had to summarize the teachings of the book in one sentence, it would read: 'A pure and untainted mind. [the Analects of Confucius]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius
Col. Nathan R. Jessep (A Few Good Men, 1992)
Col. Nathan R. Jessep from A Few Good Men (1992)
Quotes·Quotation by Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson as Col. Nathan R. Jessep from A Few Good Men (1992)
¶ You can't handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lieutenant Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom!
Colin Clive (1900-1937)
Colin Clive (1900-1937)
Colin Clive (20 January 1900, Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine – 25 June 1937) was an English stage and screen actor best remembered for his portrayal of Dr. Frankenstein in James Whale's two Universal Frankenstein films Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein.
Quotes·Quotations by Colin Clive
¶ Look! It's moving. It's sha — it's... it's alive. It's alive... It's alive, it's moving, it's alive! It's alive, it's alive, it's alive! It's ALIVE!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Clive
Colin Powell (1937- )
Colin Powell (1937- )
Colin Luther Powell ( /ˈkoʊlɨn/; born April 5, 1937) is an American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army. He was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African American to serve in that position. During his military career, Powell also served as National Security Advisor (1987–1989), as Commander of the U.S. Army Forces Command (1989) and as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989–1993), holding the latter position during the Gulf War. He was the first, and so far the only, African American to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Quotes·Quotation
Decision
¶ Use the formula P = 40 to 70, in which P stands for the probability of success and the numbers indicate the percentage of information acquired. Once the information is in the 40 to 70 range, go with your gut. Don’t take action if you have only enough information to give you less than a 40 percent chance of being right, but don’t wait until you have enough facts to be 100 percent sure, because by then it is almost always too late.
Leader
¶ Ironically, by procrastinating on the difficult choices, by trying not to get anyone mad, and by treating everyone equally “nicely” regardless of their contributions, you’ll simply ensure that the only people you’ll wind up angering are the most creative and productive people in the organization.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Luther_Powell
Langston Coleman
Langston Coleman
Quotes·Quotations by Langston Coleman
Luck
@ Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent.
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¶
Quotes·Quotations by Langston Coleman
Luck
@ Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent.
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¶
Cole Sear (The Sixth Sense)
Cole Sear from The Sixth Sense (1999)
Quotes·Quotations by Cole Sear
Haley Joel Osment as Cole Sear from The Sixth Sense (1999)
¶ I see dead people.
Francis Beaumont (1584-1616)
Francis Beaumont (1584-1616)
Francis Beaumont (1584 – March 6 1616) was a dramatist in the English Renaissance theatre, most famous for his collaborations with John Fletcher.
***
@ She's private to herself and best of knowledge
Whom she'll make so happy as to sigh for.
The Knight of the Burning Pestle (c. 1607; published 1613), Act I, scene 1.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Francis_Beaumont
Francis Beaumont (1584 – March 6 1616) was a dramatist in the English Renaissance theatre, most famous for his collaborations with John Fletcher.
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@ She's private to herself and best of knowledge
Whom she'll make so happy as to sigh for.
The Knight of the Burning Pestle (c. 1607; published 1613), Act I, scene 1.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Francis_Beaumont
Coco Chanel (1883-1971)
Coco Chanel (1883-1971)
Gabrielle "Coco" Bonheur Chanel (19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was an influential French fashion designer, founder of the famous brand Chanel, whose modernist thought, practical design, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her an important and influential figure in 20th-century fashion. She was the only fashion designer to be named on Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century.
Quotes·Quotation by Coco Chanel
Beauty
¶ A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_Chanel
David Rossi (Criminal Minds)
Joe Mantegna as David Rossi from Criminal Minds
David Rossi is a fictional character from the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds, portrayed by Joe Mantegna. The character first appeared in the sixth episode of the third season, replacing Jason Gideon.
@ "Let us consider that we are all insane. It will explain us to each other; it will unriddle many riddles..." Mark Twain. [Criminal Minds 04.08 Masterpiece]
@ "Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love." Martin Luther King, Jr. [Criminal Minds 04.08 Masterpiece]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rossi
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
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| Rudyard Kipling by Elliott & Fry Wikimedia Commons /PD US |
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (/ˈrʌdjərd ˈkɪplɪŋ/ rud-yəd kip-ling; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old.
Quotes·Quotations by Rudyard Kipling
Words
¶ Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling
Joan Crawford (1904-1977)
Joan Crawford (1904-1977)
Joan Crawford (March 23, c. 1904 – May 10, 1977), born Lucille Fay LeSueur, was an American actress in film, television and theatre.
Starting as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting as a chorine on Broadway, Crawford was signed to a motion picture contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925. Initially frustrated by the size and quality of her parts, Crawford began a campaign of self-publicity and became nationally known as a flapper by the end of the 1920s. In the 1930s, Crawford's fame rivaled, and later outlasted, MGM colleagues Norma Shearer and Greta Garbo. Crawford often played hardworking young women who find romance and success. These "rags-to-riches" stories were well received by Depression-era audiences and were popular with women. Crawford became one of Hollywood's most prominent movie stars and one of the highest paid women in the United States, but her films began losing money and by the end of the 1930s she was labeled "Box Office Poison". But her career gradually improved in the early 1940s, and she made a major comeback in 1945 by starring in Mildred Pierce, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
In 1955, she became involved with the Pepsi-Cola Company through her marriage to company Chairman Alfred Steele. After his death in 1959, Crawford was elected to fill his vacancy on the board of directors but was forcibly retired in 1973. She continued acting in film and television regularly through the 1960s, when her performances became fewer; after the release of the British horror film Trog in 1970, Crawford retired from the screen. Following a public appearance in 1974, after which unflattering photographs were published, Crawford withdrew from public life and became increasingly reclusive until her death in 1977.
Crawford married four times. Her first three marriages ended in divorce; the last ended with the death of husband Alfred Steele. She adopted five children, one of whom was reclaimed by his birth mother. Crawford's relationships with her two older children, Christina and Christopher, were acrimonious. Crawford disinherited the two and, after Crawford's death, Christina wrote a "tell-all" memoir, Mommie Dearest, in which she alleged a lifelong pattern of physical and emotional abuse perpetrated by Crawford.
Joan Crawford was voted the tenth greatest female star in the history of American cinema by the American Film Institute.
Quotes·Quotations by Joan Crawford
Love
¶ Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Crawford
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