Saturday, March 29, 2014

Denunciation of the Scribes and Pharisees, Gospel of Matthew


Denunciation of the Scribes and Pharisees.

The greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

+ Gospel of Matthew 23,11-12

Friday, March 28, 2014

Life, Chuck Palahniuk


We all die. The goal isn't to live forever. The goal is to create something that will.

- Chuck Palahniuk (1962- )

Life, Aaron Hotchner from Criminal minds


Hotch: "We all die. The goal isn't to live forever. The goal is to create something that will." Chuck Palahniuk

- Aaron Hotchner, Criminal minds, The Angel Maker [4.2]

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Advice, Croatian Proverb


Bog govori: pomozi si sam, pomoci cu ti.
Idiomatic translation: God helps those who help themselves.

- Croatian Proverb

Source: Strauss, Emmanuel (1994). Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volym 1. Routledge. p. 732. ISBN 0415096243.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Love, Anonymous


Love is the delightful interval between meeting and discovering that looks like .

- Anonymous

From (Laura) Haddock to haddock.

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Accusation and Appeal, Isaiah


Accusation and Appeal

Wash yourselves clean! Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes; cease doing evil; learn to do good. Make justice your aim: redress the wronged, hear the orphan’s plea, defend the widow.

+ Book of Isaiah 1,16-17

http://www.usccb.org/bible/isaiah/1

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Work, William Lyon Phelps


Whenever it is in any way possible, every boy and girl should choose as his life work some occupation which he should like to do anyhow, even if he did not need the money.

- William Lyon Phelps (1865-1943)

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Investor, Wall Street


When enough investors find themselves shorn, scapegoats will be sought.

- Wall Street

The real reason for a protracted decline is never bear raiding.

Sunday, March 9, 2014

Advice, Bulgarian Proverb


Ако сам не си помогнеш, и господ не може да ти помогне
Translation: If you don't help yourself, even God cannot help you.
Idiomatic translation: God helps those who help themselves.

- Bulgarian Proverb

Khileva, Stela (1998). Obrechenata: roman. Zhazhda. p. 40.

Proverbs from all Bulgarian speaking parts of the world.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bulgarian_proverbs

Friday, March 7, 2014

Celebrity, Phoebe Cates


I was only 17 when I did my nude scenes in Paradise (1982). They were serious and more difficult because they were not easily justified. But the topless scene in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) was funny, which made it easy.

- Phoebe Cates (1963- )

내가 파라다이스(1982)라는 영화에서 누드 장면을 찍었을 때 나는 겨우 17살이었습니다. 쉽게 정당화되지 않았기에 심각했고, 더욱 힘들었습니다. 그러나 리치몬드 연애 소동(1982)의 상반신 누드 장면은 재미있었고, 그러기에 어렵지 않았습니다.

- 피비 케이츠 (Phoebe Cates | Phoebe Belle Cates) 영화배우

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Goodness, Chinese Proverb


真正的善良源自一个人的内心。

- 中國俗談

True goodness springs from a man's own heart.

- Chinese Proverb

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Dokdo, AHN Gap-suk


I'd like to join a campaign to raise awareness about Korea's sovereignty over the islets. [amid Japan's dubious colonial claim over Korea's Dokdo]

- AHN Gap-suk

The one millionth visitor, Apr. 19, 2013

Monday, March 3, 2014

Investor, Wall Street


Successful investor must not only observe accurately but remember what he has observed.

- Wall Street

Bet always on probabilities.