Monday, August 13, 2012

Quotes on Yellow Sticky

A large yellow Post-It curls at the edges. It has been on my desk for a long, long time. Waiting to have something done with it. Well, here goes:

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.
     -- John Barth

To destroy is always the first step in any creation.
     -- ee cummings

We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays.
     -- Aulus Persius Flaccus

It is the fine excesses of life that make it worth living.
     -- Richard Le Gallienne

Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste.
     -- Nikki Giovanni

If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it.
     -- Nikki Giovanni

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.
     -- Niccki Giovanni (wise dude)

He only profits from praise who values criticism.
     -- Heinrich Heine

So there you have it...