December 17, 2014

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

John Kennedy Toole (1937 – 1969):

“You could tell by the way he talked, though, that he had gone to school a long time. That was probably what was wrong with him.”

and

“My life is a rather grim one. One day I shall perhaps describe it to you in great detail.”

William Safire (1929 2009):

“Never assume the obvious is true.”

and

“Took me a while to get to the point today, but that is because I did not know what the point was when I started.”

and

“Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.”

Penelope Fitzgerald (1916 – 2000):

“A good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life, and as such it must surely be a necessary commodity.”

and

“I believe that people should write biographies only about people they love, or understand, or both. Novels, on the other hand, are often better if they're about people the writer doesn't like very much.”

Ford Madox Ford (1873 – 1939):

“We are all so afraid, we are all so alone, we all so need from the outside the assurance of our own worthiness to exist. So, for a time, if such a passion come to fruition, the man will get what he wants. He will get the moral support, the encouragement, the relief from the sense of loneliness, the assurance of his own worth. But these things pass away; inevitably they pass away as the shadows pass across sundials. It is sad, but it is so. The pages of the book will become familiar; the beautiful corner of the road will have been turned too many times. Well, this is the saddest story.”

John Greenleaf Whittier (1807 – 1892):

“Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”

and

“The joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you.”

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 -1827):

“Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.”

and

“To play without passion is inexcusable!”

and

“Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.”

and

“Never forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours.”