Wit & Wisdom

“Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquain

tance, or a stranger.”

Humorist Franklin P. Jones, quoted in the New York Post

“It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind, that determines which way we will go.”

Entrepreneur Jim Rohn, quoted in the New Philadelphia,

Ohio, Times Reporter

“With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another.”

Physicist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, quoted in

ArtsJournal.com

“Never worry what the

cool people think. Head for the warm people. Life is warmth. You’ll be cool when you’re dead.”

Writer Matt Haig, quoted in The New York Times

“When I was little, my ambition was to grow up to be a book. People can be killed like ants. Writers are not hard to kill either.

But not books.”

Israeli novelist Amos Oz, quoted in NYBooks.com

“In my country, the people can do as they like, although it often happens that they don’t like what

they have done.”

Winston Churchill, quoted in

The Washington Post