tragically unhip | quotes

“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistence. Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us. Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty. Think big.” - Daniel Burnham , Chicago architect

We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. ~ Joseph Campbell

"Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps." -David Lloyd George

"i don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." ~Bill Cosby

"the cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea." ~ Isak Dinesen

"the world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress." ~Charles Kettering

"change before you have to." ~ Jack Welch

"why settle for looking good when you can look positively lethal? ~Kraig Graham

"the best part of the day is when you step out of the shower in the morning and the water drops off of you. anything after that doesn't really count much." ( via ) ~Kurt Tucholsky

You say you're alright, but Josie it's time You gotta get your feet on the ground But she says: "No, don't you see we have wings? It's the funniest thing, it's just that no one knows." No one knows, sweet Josephine... Josephine , Teitur

"between the great things we cannot do and the small things we will not do, the danger is that we shall do nothing." ~Adoph Monod

"as I descended the stairs, the years between us seemed accumulated everywhere, filling the house, and it seemed strange to me, how love and habit blurred so thoroughly to make a life." {Sue Monk Kidd}

"if we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. we'd never have a friendship. we'd never go into business, because we'd be too cynical. well, that's nonsense. you've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down." {Annie Dillard}

"if you follow all the rules, you miss all the fun!" {Katherine Hepburn}

"a man needs a little madness or else he never dares to cut the rope and be free." {nikos kazantazkis}

"all birth is unwilling." {Pearl S. Buck }

"don't let them tame you!" {Isadora Duncan}

"people travel to faraway places to watch in fascination the kind of people they ignore at home." {dagobert d. runes}

"if you come to a fork in the road, take it." {yogi berra}

"you can never go home again, but the truth is you can never leave home, so it's all right." {maya angelou}