July 1, 2014

Good Morning! Here are your daily birthday quotations...

George Sand (1804 – 1876):

“Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.”

and

“One is happy once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness: simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self denial to a point, love of work, and above all, a clear conscience.”

and

“Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views.”

and

“There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.”

William Strunk, Jr. (1869 – 1946):

“Omit needless words.”

and

“Rather, very, little, pretty -- these are the leeches that infest the pond of prose, sucking the blood of words. The constant use of the adjective little (except to indicate size) is particularly debilitating; we should all try to do a little better, we should all be very watchful of this rule, for it is a rather important one, and we are pretty sure to violate it now and then.”

James M. Cain (1892 – 1977):

“You have to wait for your mind to catch up with whatever it is it’s working on; then you can write a novel.”

and

“If your writing doesn`t keep you up at night, it won`t keep anyone else up either.”

and

“The hand that holds the money cracks the whip.”

Debbie Harry (1945 - ):

“How can one be a woman and not be a feminist? That's my question.”

and

“The only person I really believe in is me.”

Sufjan Stevens (1975 - ):

“I cried myself to sleep last night

And the ghost of Carl

He approached my window

I was hypnotized

I was asked to improvise

On the attitude, the regret

Of a thousand centuries of death”