Some Favorite Quotes

Apr 20, 2008 | Blog, Literary

I was just cleaning out some of my computer files and came across this gem from a few years ago. It’s a collection of some great quotes.

Anybody who works is a fool. I don’t work, I merely inflict myself upon the public.
– Robert Morley

Canadians shouldn’t come down to Southern California and take jobs away from our Mexicans.
– Stanley Ralph Ross

There ain’t no rules around here! We’re trying to accomplish something!
– Thomas Edison

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.
– Elie Wiesel

Men of genius are admired. Men of wealth are envied. Men of power are feared. But only men of character are trusted.
– Arthur Friedman

The important thing is not to stop questioning.
– Albert Einstein

Most of all, perhaps, we need an intimate knowlege of the past. Not that the past has anything magical about it, but we cannot study the future.
– C.S. Lewis

We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.
– Kurt Vonnegut

Truth is eternal. Knowledge is changeable. It is disastrous to confuse them.
– Madeleine L’Engle

Education is a sexual disease, it makes you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you have the urge to pass it on.
– Terry Pratchett

A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
-George Bernard Shaw

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Charlotte Glaze

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As a mom, writer, and illustrator with a background in preschool education, I’m dedicated to creating picture books that inspire and empower young children. Join me on an unforgettable adventure where imagination knows no bounds, as we journey together through the pages of storytelling magic!