"What you discover about successful people is that they aimed high, and when they failed, they aimed higher."
"Retirement is having nothing to do and someone always keeping you from it."
"Actually, the most irritating thing about retirement is to listen to some chatty old friend drone on and on and realize that he isn't keeping you from a darn thing."
"The reward usually goes to someone who bothered."
The Columbus Principle: If every day you do the same thing expecting a different result, you're insane --unless one day somebody shouts "Land ho!"
"Life starts out as partly destiny and partly free will, but then you have kids, and it's all destiny."
"Maybe life is a vacation, and when you die, you go back to whatever you were doing, refreshed."
"It would be great to live your life backwards because, see, each stage would prepare you for the next."
"You wonder if animated figures have a Big Bang theory that tells them there was never actually an Animator."
People keep telling you that "Life goes on" when the question is why.
"Even if we knew for sure how old the Earth is, we wouldn't know how many times it has been this old."
"I suppose when you die, you resume whatever you were doing when you were born, which obviously wasn't something that urgent."
"What is a human being but a marionette pulling his own strings, trying to do watercolor and needlepoint."
"The chief evidence that a society has embraced foolishness is that no one is asking fool questions."
~~ Robert Brault
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Thanks for the reminder, Robert. I've been meaning to buy a set of each for myself, but I am always so focused on blogging that I tell myself I'll do it next time.
Done and done.
And this is a great new crop of quotes!
=)
Sue, thanks. Getting a few hits on the order page today. Maybe a reminder is all that's needed. Thanks again for giving me a plug on your blog.
smiles,
rb
Silly me - I bought some calendars (not being much of a note writer) and never even thought to do a post about them to help a friend out. I feel a post coming on in the next day or so and I'll make sure there's a mention and a link. They are beautifully done and who doesn't love to read your quotes? Like this one:
"What you discover about successful people is that they aimed high, and when they failed, they aimed higher."
karen, thanks so much. You're a good friend. I'm really not out to hawk these products. Just want people who might like them to know they're available.
smiles,
rb
"I suppose when you die, you resume whatever you were doing when you were born, which obviously wasn't something that urgent."
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"If there is an after-life, then why do we say "death" not a "transit"?
Elvira, might as well ask why we say "birth" not a transit. smiles, rb
Then one would wonder which one of them is the after-life , the one after "death" or the one after "birth"? God, maybe the life IS the "transit" hehe , confusing as always..
What is this life if not a fleshy vacation followed by an eternity of consequence... a sobering thought where a drink for some is perhaps what's needed to get them through.
Hope the calendars pick up before too long Robert, otherwise you might have to switch to hotcakes:) Remember though that man cannot live by hotcakes alone...you will eventually return refreshed to what you were before.
Ken,
Your last words, "...you will eventually return refreshed to what you were before" is what gives me hope these days. How I long to return from hawking calendars to simple, mindless blogging. (Although the idea of a 2013 Ken and Bob calendar will be tough to shake."
smiles,
rb
I love your quotes. I just started a blog and am creating a quote section. You are an inspiration!!! www.lifeislikeablogofchocolate.com
Kelley Ward
Something suddenly hit me, unworked from the top of my head, i bet many would agree with it:
He makes you smile in moments least expected,
And world around you feels more sincere,
He talks about "little things" that've been neglected,
And global ones, like life in "upper sphere".
He learned the art of giving words a meaning,
He forging souls from every sentence told.
And you can learn from him, if you are willing,
A wordsmith master's name is Robert Brault..
Kelley,
Thanks -- and welcome. Wish you the best with your blog.
Elvira,
Don't get me wrong, I love a laudatory poem about myself, always have. But I'm thinking you could use your time to better purpose -- have you considered charitable work?
smiles,
rb
I'm so glad I found this site! Thank you for the quotes and food for thought :)
dawn,
Thanks -- and welcome to The Reader. Love your avatar. What better time to ponder a quote or two than when alone by the ocean.
smiles,
rb
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