@spanoudis.bsky.social#Miscellanea from the #Archives at theotherpages.org
#Random things from the #collection
1 from #WUSTLArchive 3 by Steve Spanoudis
#birds #sunsets #quotes #quotations #cars #flamingo #everglades #shaw #georgebernardshaw #change #theotherpages #orange #wheels #engines #florida #ideas #birding
@janienesbittjones.bsky.social"At 18 our convictions are hills from which we look; at 45 they are caves in which we hide." --- F. Scott Fitzgerald, novelist, 9/24/1896 – 12/21/1940 #quotations #quoteoftheday #cynical #books #authors #writers
@janienesbittjones.bsky.social"Low expectations is the key to happiness in life." --- Christopher Miller, filmmaker, 9/23/1975 - .
#quotes #quotations
@janienesbittjones.bsky.social“Once you get rid of integrity the rest is a piece of cake.” --- Larry Hagman, actor, 9/21/1931 – 11/23/2012.
And today, I’m feeling a quote from Leonard Cohen: “I ache in the places where I used to play.” --- Leonard Cohen, poet/singer/songwriter, 9/21/1934 – 11/7/2016.
#quotations #quoteoftheday
@spanoudis.bsky.social
@spanoudis.bsky.social#Quotes and #Roses
from the #ParkofRoses #Columbus #Ohio
photos by Steve Spanoudis for theotherpages.org
A #garden is a grand #teacher. It #teaches #patience and careful #watchfulness.
#GertrudeJeckyll
#life #quotations #learning #living #rose #garden #gardens #summer #theotherpages #quote
@spanoudis.bsky.social#Quotes and #Roses
from the #ParkofRoses #Columbus #Ohio
photos by Steve Spanoudis for theotherpages.org
The #privilege if a #lifetime is being who you are.
#JosephCampbell
Try to be a #rainbow in someone's cloud.
#MayaAngelou
#life #quotations #hope #help #living #rose #garden #gardens #summer
@flipturns.bsky.social#Cats do this thing with their #faces where they're so still, but they have this almost magnetic #connection to anything they're #observing.
-- Emma Corrin 🐈
#Caturday
#Quotations
#Observations
#Felines
#CatSkeets
@gander22h.bsky.social
@janienesbittjones.bsky.social“Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” --- Samuel Johnson, writer & lexicographer, 9/18/1709 – 12/13/1784. #quotations #quoteoftheday
@janienesbittjones.bsky.social“The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.”
― Robert Benchley, humorist, 9/15/1889 – 11/21/1945. #quotations #quoteoftheday
@janienesbittjones.bsky.social“Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.” --- Sydney J. Harris, journalist, 9/14/1917 – 12/8/1986. #quotations #quoteoftheday #birthdays #cynicism
@bobdeis.bsky.socialA new post on my This Day in Quotes blog discusses how a classic Western TV series & Bob Hope’s autobiography turned the linguistic formula “Have X – Will Travel” into a familiar “snowclone” - i.e. a phrase template people use by replacing the original famous words with new ones) #quotes #quotations
@janienesbittjones.bsky.social“Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.” --- J. B. Priestley, writer & broadcaster, 9/13/1894 – 8/14/1984. #quotations #quoteoftheday #cynicism #sarcasm
@gander22h.bsky.social
@kateduvall.bsky.socialPut Downs by Laura Ward!
#BookTwitter #vintage #quotes #Quote #quoteoftheday #QuotesOfTheDay #quotesdaily #quotations #book #putdowns #insulting #slams #LiteraturePosts #royals #History #Sciences #movies #books #FreeShipping @2Fun4Words
@janienesbittjones.bsky.social“A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.” --- H. L. Mencken, journalist, 9/12/1880 – 1/29/1956. #quotations #quoteoftheday #cynics #cynicism #humorous #funny #celebritybirthdays
@mryahooey.bsky.social“To denounce moralizing out of hand is to pronounce a moral judgment.” — H. L. Mencken, Prejudices, First Series
#BOTD #HLMencken #Moralizing #Quotations #Quote #QOTD
@janienesbittjones.bsky.social“Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach.” --- Richard Melville Hall, better known as Moby, singer/songwriter, 9/11/1965 - . #quotations #quoteoftheday #birthdays
@janienesbittjones.bsky.social“Work is making a living out of being bored.” --- Karl Lagerfeld, fashion designer, 9/10/1933 – 2/19/2019. #quotations #quoteoftheday #Lagerfeld #fashion #Chanel
