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Author: D. Sader

“Ideas won’t keep…” #12

I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.

-Henry David Thoreau

Posted on December 13, 2007Categories "Ideas won't keep..."Tags companion, Henry David Thoreau, solitude

“Ideas won’t keep…” #13

In real life, it only takes one to make a quarrel.

-Ogden Nash

Posted on December 13, 2007Categories "Ideas won't keep..."Tags life, Ogden Nash, quarrel

“Ideas won’t keep…” #14

Gardens are not made by singing “Oh, how beautiful!” and sitting in the shade.

-Rudyard Kipling

Few wishes come true by themselves. 

-June Smith

Posted on December 13, 2007Categories "Ideas won't keep..."Tags Rudyard Kipling, shade

“Ideas won’t keep…” #15

For maximum attention, it’s hard to beat a good, big mistake.

-David D. Hewitt


Write about a time you got maximum attention this way, or invent a story about how someone else did.

Posted on December 13, 2007Categories "Ideas won't keep..."Tags attention, David D. Hewitt, maximum, mistake, someone, story, time, way

“Ideas won’t keep…” #16

Schools should be the happiest place in society. And I’ll bet many are.

-Richard J. Cattani

Posted on December 13, 2007Categories "Ideas won't keep..."Tags happiest, place, Richard J. Cattani, Schools, society

“Ideas won’t keep…” #17

Doesn’t it seem like some days as though other people were put in the world for no other reason but to aggravate you?

-E. W. Howe

Posted on December 13, 2007Categories "Ideas won't keep..."Tags E. W. Howe, reason, world

“Ideas won’t keep…” #18

If you’re going to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.

-Marie Osmond

Posted on December 13, 2007Categories "Ideas won't keep..."Tags laugh, Marie Osmond, Something

“Ideas won’t keep…” #19

Ignorance doesn’t kill you, but it makes you sweat a lot.

-Haitian proverb

Why waste time learning when ignorance is instantaneous?

-Hobbes in “Calvin and Hobbes”
Watterson

Posted on December 13, 2007Categories "Ideas won't keep..."Tags Calvin, Hobbes, Ignorance, Watterson

“Ideas won’t keep…” #20

Play can easily vanish when people have to strain for competence.

-David Riesman


Some people turn every game and sport into a serious contest. Other people just play it for fun.

Do you take play seriously or do you play for for fun? How do you feel about people who are the opposite way? How does your attitude about play affect other parts of your life?

Posted on December 13, 2007Categories "Ideas won't keep..."Tags attitude, competence, David Riesman, game, life

“Ideas won’t keep…” #21

When a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him or her by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.

-E. W. Howe

Posted on December 13, 2007Categories "Ideas won't keep..."Tags annoy, anything, E. W. Howe, friend, Something, trouble

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