Persistence of Time
07 Jan 2010 Leave a Comment
in Art and Crafts, Quotations Tags: Dali
“Waste your money and you’re only out of money, but waste your time and you’ve lost a part of your life.” – Michael Leboeuf
The Persistence of time is also sometimes known as The Persistence of Memory, Melting Clocks, Soft Watches and Droopy Watches. Officially however, it is known as La persistencia de la memoria.
Created in 1931 by Salvador Dali and owned by the Museum of Modern Art in New York since 1934, this seminal work of surrealistic art is certainly Dali’s and the Surrealist movements most recognisable icon. The painting represents Dali’s thoughts on softness and hardness, which was a theme of much of his work during that part of his life.
Ann Curry
28 Dec 2009 2 Comments
in Quotations
“My travels have convinced me that no human being is really foreign to another. We have so much in common; the truth is we are surrounded by our sisters and brothers, mothers and fathers, each life precious. It is time for us to stand up against the suffering caused by genocide, war and ignorance. If we care enough abo…ut our human family, we can change the future.” Ann Curry -
I visted the Palm Beach Photographic Center yesterday, Ann Curry’s exhibit Empathy was showcased, the photos were eye-opening…
Visit Ann Curry’s website – http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12536386/
Ann Curry (born November 19, 1956) is an American television news journalist and news anchor on NBC’s morning television program Today since May 1997 and host of Dateline NBC since May 2005.
Above photo – Mukhtar Mai in a rare moment of bliss. She herself is a rape victim, and is attending the school she started. New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof reports on one Pakistani woman’s struggle for justice and her determination to change the lives of women around her.
Gibran Quote
09 Dec 2009 1 Comment
in Quotations Tags: Khalil Gibran, Love
“Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.”
- Khalil Gibran
Louis Brandeis
18 Nov 2009 1 Comment
in Quotations Tags: BAPS, India
“No one can really pull you up very high — you lose your grip on the rope. But on your own two feet you can climb mountains.”
– Louis Brandeis
About Louis Brandeis
American judge Louis Brandeis was the first Jewish Supreme Court Justice, and one of the most influential Justices in the history of the Court. He was born in Kentucky in 1856 to Czech-born parents. He graduated from high school at age 14 and later became head of his class at Harvard Law School. As a Justice, many of his decisions created greater protections for individual rights of privacy and free speech. He died in 1941. Brandeis University was named in his honor.
Oscar Wilde
06 Oct 2009 Leave a Comment
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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” |
―Oscar WildeOscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish playwright, poet and author of numerous short stories and one novel. Known for his biting wit, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. Several of his plays continue to be widely performed, especially The Importance of Being Earnest. As the result of a widely covered series of trials, Wilde suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned for two years’ hard labour after being convicted of homosexual relationships, described as “gross indecency” with other men. After Wilde was released from prison he set sail for Dieppe by the night ferry. He never returned to Ireland or Britain |
Robert Frost
01 Oct 2009 Leave a Comment
in Quotations Tags: Life
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”
―Robert Frost
Definiteness of Purpose
02 Sep 2009 Leave a Comment
in Quotations Tags: Success
Definiteness of Purpose
is the starting point of all achievement.
Don’t be like a ship at sea without a rudder,
powerless and directionless.
Decide what you want, find out how to get it,
and then take daily action toward achieving your goal.
You will get exactly and only
what you ask and work for.
Make up your mind today what it is you want and then
start today to go after it! Do it now!
Successful people move on their own initiative,
but they know where they are going before they start.
“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe,
the mind can achieve.”
Napoleon Hill
Quotation
01 Sep 2009 Leave a Comment
in Quotations Tags: Knowledge
“A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in the pupils.”
―Ever Garrison
Eleanor Roosevelt
31 Aug 2009 Leave a Comment
in Quotations Tags: Light
” It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.”
~Eleanor Roosevelt
Mark Twain
27 Aug 2009 Leave a Comment
in Quotations Tags: Mark Twain
“Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?”
Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), an American author and humorist. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the Great American Novel, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He is extensively quoted. During his lifetime, Twain became a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty.
Twain enjoyed immense public popularity. His keen wit and incisive satire earned him praise from both critics and peers. William Faulkner called Twain “the father of American literature”.
