Collected by Ken Ronkowitz Thirty Quotations Volume 2

Thirty Quotations

Volume 2

I sometimes use these before presentations - letting them play while people are getting settled to focus attention on the front of the room, using them as ice breakers, or as part of the presentation. In doing a presentation for a group of teachers, I asked them to watch the presentation as it looped during a break (I set the timing in PowerPoint to advance & give me 15 minutes) and pick one quote to write down that hit them. Try it yourself now...

I sometimes use these before presentations - letting them play while people are getting settled to focus attention on the front of the room, using them as ice breakers, or as part of the presentation. In doing a presentation for a group of teachers, I asked them to watch the presentation as it looped during a break (I set the timing in PowerPoint to advance & give me 15 minutes) and pick one quote to write down that hit them. Try it yourself now...

Edward Lorenz When a butterfly flutters its wings in one part of the world, it can eventually cause a hurricane in another.

When a butterfly flutters its wings in one part of the world, it can eventually cause a hurricane in another.

Phillip K. Dick Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.

T.S. Eliot Poetry is the way we’d all speak if we could.

Poetry is the way we’d all speak if we could.

Louis Pasteur Chance favors the prepared mind.

Chance favors the prepared mind.

Zen saying The snowflakes fall, each in their proper place.

The snowflakes fall, each in their proper place.

Aldous Huxley Experience is not what happens to you: It is what you do with what happens to you.

Experience is not what happens to you:

It is what you do with what happens to you.

James Dean Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.

Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.

Diogenes We are more curious about the meaning of dreams, than about things we see when we are awake.

We are more curious about the meaning of dreams, than about things we see when we are awake.

Abraham Lincoln Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Steven Wright Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.

Hubert Miller Blisters are a painful experience, but if you get enough in the same place, they will eventually produce a callus. That is what is called maturity.

Blisters are a painful experience, but if you get enough in the same place, they will eventually produce a callus. That is what is called maturity.

William Penn Time is what we want most, but alas! We use worst.

Time is what we want most, but alas! We use worst.

Pope John XXIII If God created shadows, it was to emphasize the light.

If God created shadows, it was to emphasize the light.

Sylvia Robinson Some people think it's holding on that makes one strong. Sometimes it's letting go.

Some people think it's holding on that makes one strong. Sometimes it's letting go.

Anonymous Nostalgia is recalling the fun without reliving the pain.

Nostalgia is recalling the fun without reliving the pain.

J.D. Yeck The cost of living hasn't affected its popularity.

The cost of living hasn't affected its popularity.

Alexander Woollcott Many of us spend half our time wishing for things that we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing.

Many of us spend half our time wishing for things that we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing.

Oscar Wilde We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Samuel Goldwyn I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.

Mark Twain There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist except an old optimist.

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist except an old optimist.

G. Verity Those who follow the crowd are quickly lost in it.

Those who follow the crowd are quickly lost in it.

Anonymous Blaming your faults on your nature, does not change the nature of your faults.

Blaming your faults on your nature, does not change the nature of your faults.

Albert Einstein The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mystical. It is the source of all true art and science.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mystical. It is the source of all true art and science.

Lao Tzu We stumble over pebbles, not mountains.

We stumble over pebbles, not mountains.

Anonymous Some people have to be out on a limb before they'll turn over a new leaf.

Some people have to be out on a limb before they'll turn over a new leaf.

Shedd A ship in a harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are for.

A ship in a harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are for.

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

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

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

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

G. M. Trevelyan Education has produced a vast population able to read, but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

Education has produced a vast population able to read, but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

Franklin P. Jones You never realize what a good memory you have until you try to forget something.

You never realize what a good memory you have until you try to forget something.