QUOTES CCXXV

Speech is carried off by the wind; the written word can never by obliterated.

Mandarin novelist Mo Yan

GENEAL in The Enigma

People misuse the only fancy word I ever use. "Obviate the need for" is redundant; "obviate" obviates "the need for".

NEXT LINGO in The Enigma

The sting of criticism lies in its truth.

Author Unknown

 

A modest nest is finer than a golden cage.

Author Unknown

 

The two hardest thing to handle in life are failure and success.

Author Unknown

 

No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.

W.H. Auden 

"As one door closes, another door opens," is good for an optimist but bad for a cabinet maker.

Author Unknown

Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Lower the bar. Actually spending ten minutes clearing off one shelf is better than fantasizing about spending a weekend cleaning out the basement.

Author Unknown

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.

Orson Wells

If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put your two cents in, somebody somewhere is making money.

Author Unknown