Ha! Cleaning the bookshelf had me browsing through old editions of Reader’s Digest and making my eyes hurt from reading one edition after another. Yes yes, I’m a geeky bookworm but what can I do? Reader’s Digest is considered one of the best reading materials there is and information found in it can be considered timeless archives of history and knowledge for everyone to read once in a while.
Below are “Quotable Quotes” I found from two editions of the said magazine. I just had to place them here since they are too good not to share. :)
Fear of failure is what fuels me, keeps me on edge and sharp. I’m not as good when I’m comfortable. ~ Alex Rodriguez
There’s nothing like biting off more than you can chew, and then chewing it anyway. ~ Max Burnett on “Dateline”
I don’t name plans, because life is short and unpredictable – much like the weather! ~ Al Roker in BJ’s Journal
Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. ~ Ferris Bueller in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
All endings are also beginnings. We just don’t know it at the time. ~ Mitch Albom
Ask friends about the people and places that shaped them, and summer springs up quickly when they tell their story: their first kiss, first beer, first job that changed everything. ~ Nancy Gibbs in Time
I don’t believe in start. Except the ones you can look up and see. ~ Loretta Lynn
In a just and generous society you don’t have to be rich to achieve your potential. ~ Barack Obama
The grass may be greener on the other side, but it’s just as hard to cut. ~ Little Richard
It was while making newspaper deliveries, trying to miss out the bushes and hit the porch, that I first learned the importance of accuracy in journalism. ~ Charles Osgood
For marraige to be a success, every woman and every man whoul have her and his own bathroom. The end. ~ Catherine Zeta-Jones in InStyle
Food, love, mother and career: thhe four basic guilt groups. ~ Cathy Guisewite
Outcomes rarely turn on grand gestures or the art of the deaf, but on whether you’ve sent someone a thank-you note. ~ Bernie Brillstein, The Little Stuff Matters Most
Therer’s more to boxing than hitting. There’s not getting hit, for instance. ~ George Foreman in Guideposts
The greatest dreams are always unrealistic. ~ Will Smith in Parade
Do you remember other Reader’s Digest “Quotable Quotets”? If you do, do share! :D
