The religious imagery and fairytales that
The religious imagery and fairytales that formed our shared cultural references have been replaced by the cult of celebrity. Marilyn is the sex goddess, Camilla Parker Bowles is cast as the wicked witch, Che Guevara is the revolutionary. Celebrities have become visual shorthand for narratives that shape our lives.
Motivational Alison Jackson
It is little men know of women; their smiles
It is little men know of women; their smiles and their tears alike are seldom what they seem.
Motivational Amelia Barr
The inevitable has always found me ready and
The inevitable has always found me ready and hopeful.
Motivational Amelia Barr
Old age is the verdict of life.
Old age is the verdict of life.
Motivational Amelia Barr
It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us;
It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.
Motivational Amelia Barr
It is always the simple that produces the
It is always the simple that produces the marvelous.
Motivational Amelia Barr
With renunciation life begins.
With renunciation life begins.
Motivational Amelia Barr
Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
Motivational Ambrose Bierce
Patience, n. A minor form of dispair,
Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
Motivational Ambrose Bierce
Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its
Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
Motivational Ambrose Bierce
Quotation, n: The act of repeating
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
Motivational Ambrose Bierce
The great difference between voyages rests
The great difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but with the people you meet on them.
Motivational Amelia Barr
Human relations are built on feeling, not on
Human relations are built on feeling, not on reason or knowledge. And feeling is not an exact science; like all spiritual qualities, it has the vagueness of greatness about it.
Motivational Amelia Barr
All changes are more or less tinged with
All changes are more or less tinged with melancholy, for what we are leaving behind is part of ourselves.
Motivational Amelia Barr
Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored
Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
Motivational Ambrose Bierce
History is an account, mostly false, of
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
Motivational Ambrose Bierce
Alliance - in international politics, the
Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.
Motivational Ambrose Bierce