Videos
Spring 2006 BSU Mainstreet Video:
(Adobe Flash Player, 2:00 minutes)
Quotes
For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him. He must regard himself as greater than he is. –John Wolfgang von Goethe
Deadlines are the mothers of invention. –John Shanahan
Nothing arouses ambition so much …as the trumpet clang of another’s fame. –Baltasar Gracion
No profit grows where is no pleasure taken, in brief, sir, study what you most affect...
The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious. –Oswald Spengler
Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence. –Juvenal
During the first period of a man’s life the greatest danger is not to take the risk. –Soren Kierkegaard
Happiness is beneficial for the body but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. –Marcel Proust
There is only one success…to be able to spend your life in your own way. –Christopher Morley
You cannot do a kindness too soon for you never know how soon it will be too late.–Ralph Waldo Emerson
Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired. –Titus Maccius Plautus
Everything bows to success, even grammar. –Victor Hugo
Be bold in what you stand for and careful what you fall for. –Ruth Boorstin
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living, the other helps you make a life. –Sandra Carey
It’s the good girls who keep the diaries, the bad girls never have time. –Tallulah Bankhead
People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute. –Rebecca West
Show me a woman who doesn’t feel guilty and I’ll show you a man. –Erica Jong
The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much trouble to put makeup on two faces. –Maureen Murphy
What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want. –Mignon McLaughlin
Man will do many things to get himself loved; he will do all the things to get himself envied. –Mark Twain
He who laughs. Lasts... –Mary Pettibone Poole
Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense... - Gertrude Stein
The wise person questions himself, the fool others... –Henri Arnold
Unfortunately, sometimes people don’t hear you until you scream... –Stefanie Powers
Woman: the peg on which the wit hangs his jest, the preacher his text, the cynic his grouch, and the sinner his justification. –Helen Rowland