WIST Quotations

Jerome, Jerome K. -- Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, “On Memory” (1886)

Dave — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 14:49:35 +0000

It is well we cannot see into the future. There are few boys of fourteen who would not feel ashamed of themselves at forty.

Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927) English writer, humorist [Jerome Klapka Jerome]
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, “On Memory” (1886)
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First published in Home Chimes (1885-09-26).

Antrim, Minna -- Don’ts for Bachelors and Old Maids (1908)

Dave — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:26:44 +0000

Don’t be a man of “Intentions.” The world gives a man credit only for his deeds and, often, not even for them.

Minna Antrim (1861-1950) American epigrammatist, writer
Don’ts for Bachelors and Old Maids (1908)
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Kettering, Charles F. -- In “Looking ahead with Boss Ket,” Popular Mechanics (Feb 1935)

Dave — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 14:52:34 +0000

No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm.

Charles F. Kettering (1876-1958) American inventor, engineer, researcher, businessman
In “Looking ahead with Boss Ket,” Popular Mechanics (Feb 1935)