ANNA QUINDLEN b.1952

American author and journalist

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After all those years as a woman hearing "not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not this enough, not that enough," almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought, "I'm enough."

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ANON

It's not the minutes spent at the table that put on weight, it's the seconds.

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Have you visited "My Own Selection of British Art of the 19th Century" yet?

http://myownselection.blogspot.com

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SYDNEY J. HARRIS 1917-86

American journalist

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Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.

THE SATURDAY POEM

If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.

Emily Dickinson 1830-86

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WILLIAM BLAKE 1757-1827

English poet and painter

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A truth that's told with bad intent

Beats all the lies you can invent.

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Admiral GRACE HOPPER 1906-92

American computer scientist and USA Navy rear admiral

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The most damaging phrase in the language is - "It's always been done that way."

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CHARLOTTE BRONTE 1816-55

English novelist and poet, the author of Jane Eyre

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It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.  

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THOMAS A. EDISON 1847-1931

American inventor and businessman

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When you have exhausted all the possibilities, remember this - you haven’t! 

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HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW 1807-82

American poet and educator

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Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak. 

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BLOG NEWS - "The Eternal Venus" will have shown 180 paintings by Friday and will come to an end then. "My Own Selection of Pre-Raphaelite Paintings" which ran from June 2010 to June 2011 returns on Saturday 7th with a new title "My Own Selection of British Art of the 19th Century" but using the same address - http://myownselection.blogspot.com

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NANCY, VISCOUNTESS ASTOR 1879-1964

The first woman MP in the British House of Commons

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One reason I don't drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time. 

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ANON

If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can't buy.

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THE SATURDAY POEM

This is Just to Say

(a note taped to the icebox door)

William Carlos Williams 1883-1963

I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 1756-91

Born in Salzburg, a prolific composer of the Classical era.

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To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.

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VOLTAIRE 1694-1778

French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher

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Work spares us from three evils; boredom, vice and need.

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W.H. AUDEN 1907-73

Anglo-American poet

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 We are here on earth to do good to others. What others are for, I don’t know.  

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ETHEL BARRYMORE 1879-1959

American actress, a member of the Barrymore family of actors

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The best time to make friends is before you need them

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ANON

Life is full of endings, but every ending is a new beginning.

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CASSANDRA CLARE b.1973

American writer of young adult fiction

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If there's a thing I've learned in my life, it's to not be afraid of the responsibility that comes with caring for other people. What we do for love, those things endure. Even if the people you do them for don't.

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Oriental Proverb

Pearls do not lie on the seashore. If you desire one, you must dive for it.

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THE SATURDAY POEM

Exile

Marjorie Pickthall 1883-1922

I chose the place where I would rest

When death should come to claim me,

With the red-rose roots to wrap my breast 

And a quiet stone to name me.

But I am laid on a northern steep

With the roaring tides below me,

And only the frosts to bind my sleep

And only the winds to name me.

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 1564-1616

English poet and playwright

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Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt. (Measure for Measure)

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WILLIAM FEATHER 1889-1981

American publisher and author

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Some people are making such thorough preparations for a rainy day that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine.

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BOB GASS

Born in Northern Ireland, Bob Gass is an American-based Christian pastor and broadcaster

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Worry is like a rocking chair. it uses up all your energy, but where does it get you?

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