Al’s Quotes & Quips for April “To play a wrong note is insignificant—To play without passion is inexcusable.” (Ludwig Van Beethoven) “Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.” (Maxim Gorky, quoted in the Associated Press) “If …
Al’s Quotes & Quips for March “When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you.” (Leonard Cohen, quoted in the Montreal Gazette) “You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.” (Ayn Rand, quoted in the Cortez, Cool., Journal) “Advice is what we ask …
Al’s Quotes & Quips for February “Those who give up liberty for security, shall enjoy neither liberty nor security.” (Benjamin Franklin) “You’re free to make choices, but you’re not free from the choices you make.” “It’s not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life; it is how you handle …
Al’s Quotes and Quips for January “Here I am in the twilight years of my life, still wondering what it’s all about. I can tell you this: fame and fortune is for the birds.” (Lee Iacocca, the legendary Chrysler carmaker, quoted in his autobiography) “I will speak ill of no man, not even in the …
Al’s Quotes and Quips for December “In America anyone can become President. It’s one of the risks we take.” (Adlai Stevenson, quoted in Politico.com) “What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.” (Will Rogers, quoted in SportsIllustrated.com) “Fun is like life insurance: The older you get, the more it costs.” (Kin Hubbard, quoted …
Al’s Quotes and Quips for November “True friendship is like good health—The value of it is seldom known until it is lost.” (Charles Caleb Colton, 1780 – 1832) “Doing the easy thing makes you popular. Doing the hard thing makes you a leader.” (Rick Warren) “A failure is a person who has blundered but is …