Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - July 11, 2018
The trouble with normal is it always gets worse.
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Bruce Cockburn  
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)  
I hold ambition of so light a quality that is is but a shadow's shadow.
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William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Hamlet, Act II, sc. 2  
You have to surrender to the fact that you are of too many in a highly competitive field where it is difficult to stand out. Over time, through your work, you will demonstrate who you are and what you bring to the field. Just stay with it and keep working.
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Lisa Kudrow, Vasser Commencement Address, 2010  
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