Friday, August 28, 2009

The MMOB Daily Quote - August 28th

Today's interesting quotes from people born on August 28th

“If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that” Joahnn Wolfgang von Goethe

“It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.” Arthur Calwell

“I just want to go in and get the drink instead of having to pay an extra dollar for a wristband.” Richard Tucker

“Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons.” Robertson Davies

“In dream consciousness… we make things happen by wishing them, because we are not only the observer of what we experience but also the creator.” Vilayat Khan

“Writing a novel is not merely going on a shopping expedition across the border to an unreal land: it is hours and years spent in the factories, the streets, the cathedrals of the imagination.” Janet Frame (pictured)

“(The theater)'s so wonderful... if your whole day is rotten, once they start the music, it seems to melt away.” Donald O'Connor

“I think (our pitchers) all have good stuff, ... and stuff wins up here.” Lou Piniella

“Here's a riddle for Our Age: when the sky's the limit, how can you tell you've gone too far?” Rita Dove

“As men get older, the toys get more expensive.” Marvin Davis

Cheers! - Jason

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