JBRoss

Retired life-long educator now photo enthusiast, pickleball player and periodic blogger at jbrish.com/

My regular Internet gig is that of quotation collector /sharer via STATUS QUOtes posts on my blog - jbrish.com/category/status-quo

2024-10-23

"When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece." — John Ruskin — — — #JohnRuskin #quote #quotes #love #skill #work #unison #create #masterpiece

2024-10-23

"Jokes are strange things. If you sing a song and nobody likes it then it’s still a song. If you put on a play and everyone walks out in disgust then it’s still a play. But if you tell a joke and nobody laughs then it’s just a sentence." — Jimmy Carr — — — #JimmyCarr #quote #quotes #song #play #joke #language #sentence #language

2024-10-23

"We are so bound together that no man can labor for himself alone. Each blow he strikes in his own behalf helps to mold the universe." — Jerome K. Jerome — — — #JeromeKJerome #quote #quotes #bound #humankind #labor #universe #connect #shape

2024-10-23

"The trouble with words is that you never know whose mouth they've been in." — Dennis Potter — — — #DennisPotter #quote #quotes #words #know origin #quip #snarky #humor #humorous

2024-10-19

"The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy." — Ben Stein — — — #BenStein #quote #quotes #human #spirit #achieve #accomplish #triumph #happy

2024-10-19

"Nobody has things just as he would like them. The thing to do is to make a success with what material I have. It is a sheer waste of time and soul-power to imagine what I would do if things were different. They are not different." — Dr. Frank Crane — — — #DrFrankCrane #quote #quotes #reality #success #circumstances #materials #statusquo # #imaginary #goals

2024-10-19

"Expression is saying what you wish to say, Impression is saying what others wish to hear." — Krishna Saagar — — — #KrishnaSaagar #quote #quotes #expression #impression #ideas #wishes #self #others

2024-10-19

"A pun, like champagne, loses its sparkle when too long drawn out. Its flash is its savor." — Harriet Hosmer — — — #HarrietHosmer #quote #quotes #pun #quip #snappy #effective #humor #savor #sharp #quick

2024-10-16

"It is more difficult to preserve than to acquire." — Demosthenes — — — #Demosthenes #quote #quotes #acquire #preserve #maintain #obtain

2024-10-16

"Better to be a strong man with a weak point, than to be a weak man without a strong point. A diamond with a flaw is more valuable than a brick without a flaw." — William J. H. Boetcker — — — #WilliamJHBoetcker #quote #quotes #strong #weak #flaw #perfect #value #valuable

2024-10-16

"A really great person is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success." — Otto von Bismarck — — — #OttovonBismarck #quote #quotes #greatness #generosity #humanity #moderation #successful

2024-10-16

"People who have what they want are fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they really don't want it." — Ogden Nash — — — #OgdenNash #quote #quotes #quip #snarky #own #want #need #humor #humorous

2024-10-13

"There comes a time when silence is betrayal." — Martin Luther King, Jr. — — — #MartinLutherKing #quote #quotes #silence #complicit #betrayal #speak #proclaim

2024-10-13

"Only a few people can delve inside your soul through your eyes in an instant. It is odd to think that you could know someone for years and they still do not know who you truly are, and you could know someone for just a few weeks, but they manage to find out your deepest, darkest secrets without you having to say a thing. These people only come occasionally, often once in a whole lifetime." — Ruby Dhal — — — #RubyDhal #quote #quotes #soul #soulmate #special #friend #kindred #spirit

2024-10-13

"Not the power to remember, but it's very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence." — St. Basil — — — #StBasil #quote #quotes #remember #forget #powerful #existence #life

2024-10-13

"I have to work out like a tri-athlete just to maintain chubby." — Sharon Houston — — — #SharonHouston #quote #quotes #quip# #chubby #weight #diet #exercise #athlete #humor #humorous #funny

2024-10-10

"One must command from each what each can preform." — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry — — — #AntoinedeSintExupéry #quote #quotes #talent #skill #demand #contribution #talent #command #perform #action

2024-10-10

"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities." — Dr. Seuss — — — #DrSeuss #quote #quotes #nonsense #fantasy #laugh #reality #necessity #living #life #bearable

2024-10-10

"The person who carefully designs their daily routine goes further than the person who negotiates with themselves every day." — Shane Parrish — — — #ShaneParrish #quote #quotes #daily #routine #plan #broad #accomplishments #longrange #immediate

2024-10-10

"For me, it's always easy to choose between the Ultimate, the Infinite, and the Chocolate." — Ashleigh Brilliant — — — #AshleighBrilliant #quote #quotes #choice #ultimate #infinite #chocolate #quip #snarky #humor #funny

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