Bright Quotes

2017-03-11 11:22:53 March 11, 2017

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― Douglas Adams

About the quote:
Douglas Adams (born March 11, 1952) first came up with the idea for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy when he was traveling around Europe—inspiration struck when he was lying in a field in Austria, drunk. So long, and thanks for all the fish!

Like this quote on Goodreads

Join the channel Open / Comment

2017-03-10 12:13:41 March 10, 2017

“Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable.”
― Clare Boothe Luce

About the quote:
Clare Booth Luce (born March 10, 1903) had a wildly varied and successful life—as a child she understudied Mary Pickford, later she was an editor at Vanity Fair, wrote a hit play, The Women, was a noted war correspondent, served two terms in Congress, and was ambassador to Brazil. She was also a participant in some of the first LSD experiments.

Like this quote on Goodreads

Join the channel Open / Comment

2017-03-07 11:45:59 March 7, 2017

“These woods are lovely, dark and deep,But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.”
― Robert Frost

About the quote:
On this day in 1923, Robert Frost's most well-known poem, Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening, was published.

Like this quote on Goodreads

Join the channel Open / Comment

2017-02-25 11:13:47 February 25, 2017

“Is it fair to have given us the memory of what was and the desire of what could be when we must suffer what is?”
― Neil Jordan

About the quote:
Happy 67th birthday, Neil Jordan! His original dream was to write fiction, but Jordan successful films soon overshadowed his novels—he's written and directed The Crying Game, Michael Collins, and Breakfast on Pluto.

Like this quote on Goodreads

Join the channel Open / Comment

2017-02-23 12:49:10 February 23, 2017

“They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.”
― Tom Bodett

About the quote:
Happy 62nd birthday, Tom Bodett! Though he's best known for his role as the Motel 6 spokesman, he's also a novelist and essayist.

Like this quote on Goodreads

Join the channel Open / Comment

2017-02-22 11:37:53 February 22, 2017

“Compassion is the basis of morality.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

About the quote:
Influential German thinker Arthur Schopenhauer (born February 22, 1788) wrote The World as Will and Representation, a Buddhist-influenced text that impacted the work of Nietzsche, Jung, and Freud, as well as Einstein.

Like this quote on Goodreads

Join the channel Open / Comment

2017-02-20 11:26:13 February 20, 2017

“There's always some further action to take.”
― Pierre Boulle

About the quote:
Two iconic novels that became classic films—Bridge Over the River Kwai (1958) and Planet of the Apes (1963)—were written by the same man, the French author Pierre Boulle (born February 20, 1912).

Like this quote on Goodreads

Join the channel Open / Comment

2017-02-18 11:36:59 February 18, 2017

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

About the quote:
Happy 86th birthday, Toni Morrison! The Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winner writes rich, sweeping novels, about the black experience in America. She was born Chloe Ardelia Wofford—'Toni' comes from her baptismal name, 'Anthony.'

Like this quote on Goodreads

Join the channel Open / Comment

2017-02-16 12:41:15 February 16, 2017

“Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.”
― Henry Adams

About the quote:
Historian Henry Adams (born February 16, 1838) published his memoirs, titled The Education of Henry Adams, privately. After his death they were reissued and won the Pulitzer Prize.

Like this quote on Goodreads

Join the channel Open / Comment

2017-02-14 11:04:07 February 14, 2017

“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

About the quote:
Happy Valentine's Day! Today's quote comes from an American science-fiction writer who was often called the "dean of science fiction writers." Robert A. Heinlein's works include Strangers in a Strange Land and Starship Troopers.

Like this quote on Goodreads

Join the channel Open / Comment