Archives - October 2020
October 1, 2020
When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.
October 2, 2020
All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.
October 3, 2020
How pleasant is Saturday night,
When I've tried all the week to be good,
And not spoke a word that was bad,
And obliged everyone that I could.
October 4, 2020
Reason: The arithmetic of the emotions.
October 5, 2020
Sometimes it pays to stay in bed on Monday, rather than spending the rest of the week debugging Monday's code.
October 6, 2020
Fun is about as good a habit as there is.
October 7, 2020
Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.
October 8, 2020
Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern; it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that --- one stitch at a time taken patiently and the pattern will come out all right like the embroidery.
October 9, 2020
Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.
October 10, 2020
I long for typical days, but rarely get them any more.
October 11, 2020
I never said I wanted a "happy" life but an interesting one. From separation and loss, I have learned a lot. I have become strong and resilient, as is the case of almost every human being exposed to life and to the world. We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward.
October 12, 2020
In all parts of the Old World, as well as of the New, it was evident that Columbus had kindled a fire in every mariner's heart. That fire was the harbinger of a new era, for it was not to be extinguished.
October 13, 2020
It used to be that people needed products to survive. Now products need people to survive.
October 14, 2020
The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.
October 15, 2020
Because we don't think about future generations, they will never forget us.
October 16, 2020
We are not hypocrites in our sleep.
October 17, 2020
Skepticism is history's bedfellow.
October 18, 2020
Life is like a dog sled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.
October 19, 2020
A retired husband is often a wife's full-time job.
October 20, 2020
Talk about dance? Dance is not something to talk about. Dance is to dance.
October 21, 2020
In general, my children refused to eat anything that hadn’t danced on TV.
October 22, 2020
Having is not so pleasing a thing as wanting, it may not be logical but it is often true.
October 23, 2020
It is strange and wonderful what changes may be wrought by a few fleeting months, on the human frame, and the human heart.
October 24, 2020
Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.
October 25, 2020
I prefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.
October 26, 2020
Outcomes rarely turn on grand gestures or the art of the deal, but on whether you've sent someone a thank-you note.
October 27, 2020
How strange to use "You only live once" as an excuse to throw it away.
October 28, 2020
You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces --- just good from fresh ingredients.
October 29, 2020
The Internet is a telephone system that's gotten uppity.
October 30, 2020
When you re-read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before.
October 31, 2020
If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.