Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome. – Samuel Johnson, Rasselas, 1759 Category: Risk
The fear of being laughed at makes cowards of us all. – Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960 Category: Risk
The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one’s self to destiny. – Napoleon Bonaparte Category: Risk
Absence and death are the same – only that in death there is no suffering. – Theodore Roosevelt Category: Death
Theres a quality of legend about freaks. Like a person in a fairy tale who stops you and demands that you answer a riddle. – Diane Arbus Category: Fairy Tales
Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men — bring them softness, teach them how to cry. – Joan Baez, “Sexism Seen but not Heard,” Los Angeles Times, 1974 Category: Feminism
There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish. – Warren Bennis Category: Creativity
