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T.S. Eliot fotka

“The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man”
Samotná existencia knižníc je najlepším dôkazom toho, že ešte môžeme mať nádej pre budúcnosť človeka.

T.S. Eliot (1888–1965) 20th century English author
Paulo Coelho fotka

“Now that she had nothing to lose, she was free.”
Teraz, keď už nemala čo stratiť, bola slobodná.

Paulo Coelho kniha Eleven Minutes

Zdroj: Eleven Minutes

Confucius fotka

“To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.”
Byť ukrivdený nič neznamená, ak si to nepamätáte.

Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
Winston S. Churchill fotka

“We are all worms. But I do believe I am a glow-worm.”
Všetci sme červy. Ale ja verím, že som svetluška.

Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

As quoted by Violet Bonham-Carter in Winston Churchill as I Knew Him (1965), according to The Yale Book of Quotations (2006), Fred R. Shapiro, Yale University Press, p. 155 ISBN 0300107986
Post-war years (1945–1955)
Zdroj: Never Give In!: The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches

Albert Einstein fotka

“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.”
Je zrejmé, že naša technológia prekročila našu ľudskosť.

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Napoleon Hill fotka

“First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.”
Najprv prichádza myšlienka, potom organizácia tejto myšlienky do nápadov a plánov, a potom transformácia týchto plánov do reality. Ako ste si všimli, začiatok leží vo vašich predstavách.

Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author
Ernest Hemingway fotka

“Never to go on trips with anyone you do not love.”
Nikdy nechoďte na výlet s niekým, koho nemilujete.

Ernest Hemingway kniha A Moveable Feast

Zdroj: A Moveable Feast

Jim Morrison fotka

“I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments.”
Myslím si o sebe, že som inteligentná, citlivá bytosť s dušou klauna, kvôli ktorej vždy všetko v najdôležitejšej chvíli pokazím.

Jim Morrison (1943–1971) lead singer of The Doors
Charles Baudelaire fotka

“One should always be drunk. That's all that matters… But with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you chose. But get drunk.”
Človek by mal byť stále opitý. To je všetko, na čom záleží. Opitý z čoho, sa pýtate? Z vína, z poézie alebo z cnosti - vyberte si. Hlavné je, aby ste sa opili. .

Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867) French poet
Ralph Waldo Emerson fotka

“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.”
Akonáhle sa rozhodnete, vesmír sa sprisahá, aby sa to stalo.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

Attributed to Emerson in The Gift of Depression : Twenty-one Inspirational Stories Sharing Experience, Strength, and Hope (2001) by John F. Brown, p. 56, no prior occurrence of this a statement has been located; it seems to be derived from one which occurs in The Alchemist (1988) by Paulo Coelho, p. 22: When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
Misattributed

Simone de Beauvoir fotka

“One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.”
Život človeka má hodnotu dovtedy, kým pripisuje hodnotu životu iných, a to prostredníctvom lásky, priateľstva, rozhorčenia a súcitu.

Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986) French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist, and social theorist

As quoted in Successful Aging : A Conference Report (1974) by Eric Pfeiffer, p. 142
Attributed

Aldous Huxley fotka

“Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.”
Technologický pokrok nám iba poskytol účinnejšie prostriedky na posun späť.

Aldous Huxley kniha Ends and Means

"Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" in Adonis and the Alphabet (1956); later in Collected Essays (1959), p. 293
Zdroj: Ends and Means

Ernest Hemingway fotka

“An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.”
Inteligentný človek je nútený občas sa opiť, aby mohol stráviť čas s bláznami naokolo.

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
T.S. Eliot fotka

“I will show you fear in a handful of dust.”
Ukážem ti strach v hrsti prachu.

T.S. Eliot kniha The Waste Land

Zdroj: The Waste Land (1922), Line 25 et seq.
Kontext: There is shadow under this red rock
(Come in under the shadow of this red rock),
And I will show you something different from either
Your shadow at morning striding behind you
Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you;
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

Paulo Coelho fotka

“In real life, love has to be possible. Even if it is not returned right away, love can only survive when the hope exists that you will be able to win over the person you desire.”
V reálnom živote musí byť láska možná. Aj keď nie je okamžite opätovaná - láska môže prežiť, iba ak existuje nádej, že si dokážete získať osobu, po ktorej túžite.

Paulo Coelho kniha By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

Zdroj: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

Oprah Winfrey fotka

“Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire.”
Urobte jednu vec, o ktorej si myslíte, že ju nedokážete urobiť. Zlyhajte v nej. Skúste to znova. Druhýkrát to urobte lepšie. Jediní ľudia, ktorí nikdy nezlyhajú, sú tí, ktorí nikdy nemieria vysoko.

Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
Albert Einstein fotka

“What a sad era when it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

Varianta: What a sad era when it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice.

Immanuel Kant fotka

“A person who already displays … cruelty to animals is also no less hardened towards men. We can already know the human heart, even in regard to animals.”
Človek, ktorý prejavuje krutosť voči zvieratám, nie je o nič menej zatvrdnutý ani voči ľuďom. Ľudské srdce môžeme spoznávať aj vo vzťahu k zvieratám.

Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) German philosopher

Part II, p. 212
Lectures on Ethics (1924)

J. Michael Straczynski fotka

“There comes a time when you look into the mirror and you realize that what you see is all that you will ever be. And then you accept it. Or you kill yourself. Or you stop looking in mirrors.”
Nastane čas, kedy sa pozriete do zrkadla a uvedomíte si, že to, čo vidíte, je všetko, čím kedy budete. A potom to prijmete. Alebo sa zabijete. Alebo sa prestanete pozerať do zrkadiel.

J. Michael Straczynski (1954) American writer and television producer
Jane Austen fotka

“Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.”
Nikto nevie, ako veľmi trpím! Ale vždy je to tak. Tých, ktorí sa nesťažujú, nikdy neľutujú.

Jane Austen kniha Pride and Prejudice

Zdroj: Pride and Prejudice

Samuel Johnson fotka

“To keep your secret is wisdom, but to expect others to keep it is folly.”
Zachovať si svoje tajomstvo je múdrosť, ale očakávať, že ho zachovajú ostatní, je hlúposť.

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer
Milan Kundera fotka

“The Greek word for "return" is nostos. Algos means "suffering." So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.”
Grécke slovo pre „návrat“ je nostos. Algos znamená „utrpenie“. Nostalgia je teda utrpenie spôsobené neutíchajúcou túžbou po návrate.

Milan Kundera kniha Ignorance

Zdroj: Ignorance

F. Scott Fitzgerald fotka

“No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart.”
Žiadny oheň ani sviežosť nemôžu spochybniť to, čo si človek uloží do svojho bezduchého srdca.

F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby

Zdroj: The Great Gatsby

Paulo Coelho fotka

“Maktub" (It is written.)”

Paulo Coelho kniha The Alchemist

Zdroj: The Alchemist

Charles Bukowski fotka

“Boring damned people. All over the earth. Propagating more boring damned people. What a horror show. The earth swarmed with them.”
Nudní prekliati ľudia. Po celej Zemi. Propagujúci viac nudných zatratrených ľudí. Aká hororová show. Zem sa nimi hmýri.

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Henry Ford fotka

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.”
Každý, kto sa prestane vzdelávať, automaticky zostarne - či už má dvadsať alebo osemdesiat. A každý, kto sa neustále vzdeláva, zostáva mladým.

Henry Ford (1863–1947) American industrialist
Billy Wilder fotka

“Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's.”
Dôverujte vlastným inštinktom. Vaše chyby môžu byť aj vaše vlastné, a nemusia byť niekoho iného.

Billy Wilder (1906–2002) American filmmaker
Confucius fotka

“The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.”
Nadradený človek je spokojný a vyrovnaný, priemerný človek je vždy plný úzkosti.

Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher

The virtuous is frank and open; the non-virtuous is secretive and worrying. [by 朱冀平]
Zdroj: The Analects, Other chapters

Thomas Jefferson fotka

“In matters of style, swim with the current: in matters of principle, stand like a rock.”
Čo sa týka štýlu, plávajte s prúdom; ale čo sa týka zásad, stojte pevne ako skala.

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America

As quoted in Careertracking: 26 success Shortcuts to the Top (1988) by James Calano and Jeff Salzman; though used in an address by Bill Clinton (31 March 1997), and sometimes cited to Notes on the State of Virginia (1787) no earlier occurence of this has yet been located.
Disputed

Martin Luther King, Jr. fotka

“There comes a time when silence is betrayal.”
Príde čas, kedy sa z mlčania stane zrada.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
Marilyn Monroe fotka

“How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.”
Je nesprávne, keď žena očakáva od muža, že jej vybuduje svet, aký chce, namiesto toho, že by si ho vytvorila sama.

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer

Zdroj: Marilyn: Her Life In Own Words

Woody Allen fotka

“How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size?”
Ako je možné nájsť zmysel v tomto obmedzenom svete, pri veľkosti môjho pásu a košele?

Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
William Blake fotka

“The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.”
Cesta výstrednosti vedie do paláca múdrosti.

William Blake kniha The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Zdroj: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Line 3

Napoleon Hill fotka

“When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.”
Keď príde porážka, prijmi ju ako signál toho, že tvoje plány nie sú spoľahlivé, prebuduj ich a vyplávaj ešte raz k vytúženému cieľu.

Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author

Zdroj: Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller - Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century

F. Scott Fitzgerald fotka

“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”
Spolu s jeseňou život znova ožije.

F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby

Zdroj: The Great Gatsby

John Steinbeck fotka

“When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you got two new people. Maybe that means — hell, it's complicated.”
Keď sa stretnú dvaja ľudia, každý sa zmení vďaka tomu druhému, takže máte dvoch nových ľudí. Možno to znamená - do pekla, je to komplikované.

John Steinbeck kniha The Winter of Our Discontent

The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), unplaced by chapter

F. Scott Fitzgerald fotka

“… and for a moment I thought I loved her. But I am slow-thinking and full of interior rules that act as brakes on my desires”
Na chvíľu som si myslel, že ju milujem. Ale ja som pomaly premýšľajúci človek, ktorý má svoje vnútorné pravidlá, a tie pôsobia ako brzda na moje túžby.

F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby

Zdroj: The Great Gatsby

Bill Gates fotka

“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”
Vaši najnespokojnejší zákazníci sú vašim najväčším zdrojom učenia sa.

Bill Gates (1955) American business magnate and philanthropist

Business @ The Speed of Thought (1999) http://www.microsoft.com/billgates/speedofthought/default.asp
1990s

F. Scott Fitzgerald fotka

“Here's to alcohol, the rose colored glasses of life.”
Na alkohol - ružové okuliare života!

F. Scott Fitzgerald kniha The Beautiful and Damned

Zdroj: The Beautiful and Damned

Guy De Maupassant fotka

“Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.”
Slová oslňujú a klamú, pretože sú napodobňované tvárou. Ale čierne slová na bielej stránke sú holá duša.

Guy De Maupassant (1850–1893) French writer
Bill Gates fotka

“Don't compare yourself with anyone in this world… if you do so, you are insulting yourself.”
S nikým sa na tomto svete neporovnávajte ... ak tak urobíte, urážate samých seba.

Bill Gates (1955) American business magnate and philanthropist
Marilyn Monroe fotka

“You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself.”
Veríte klamstvám, aby ste sa nakoniec naučili, že dôverovať môžete len sebe.

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
Ralph Waldo Emerson fotka

“The years teach much which the days never know.”
Roky naučia veľa, čo dni nikdy nevedia.

Ralph Waldo Emerson kniha Experience

1840s, Essays: Second Series (1844), Experience

Ralph Waldo Emerson fotka

“The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going”
Svet odhalí cestu človeku, ktorý vie, kam ide.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Jane Austen fotka

“The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.”
Keď som ho prvýkrát videla, moje srdce bolo neodvolateľne preč.

Jane Austen kniha Love and Freindship

Zdroj: Love and Friendship

F. Scott Fitzgerald fotka

“It was always the becoming he dreamed of, never the being.”
Vždy sníval o tom, že sa niečím stane, nie že tým bude.

F. Scott Fitzgerald kniha This Side of Paradise

Zdroj: This Side of Paradise

Charles Bukowski fotka

“The trouble with a mask is it never changes”
Problém s maskou je, že sa nikdy nezmení.

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Jane Austen fotka

“What strange creatures brothers are!”
Aké podivné stvorenia sú bratia!

Jane Austen (1775–1817) English novelist
Ralph Waldo Emerson fotka

“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

11 November 1842
1820s, Journals (1822–1863)
Zdroj: Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson, with Annotations - 1841-1844

F. Scott Fitzgerald fotka

“Do you ever wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it!”
Aj vy niekedy čakáte na najdlhší deň v roku a potom ho premeškáte? Vždy čakám na najdlhší deň v roku a potom ho prepásnem!

F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby

Zdroj: The Great Gatsby

Martin Luther King, Jr. fotka

“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.”
Láska je jediná sila, schopná zmeniť nepriateľa na priateľa.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement

1950s, Loving Your Enemies (Christmas 1957)
Kontext: A third reason why we should love our enemies is that love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. We never get rid of an enemy by meeting hate with hate; we get rid of an enemy by getting rid of enmity. By its very nature, love creates and builds up. Love transforms with redemptive power.

Leo Tolstoy fotka

“Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.”
Úcta bola vynájdená na pokrytie prázdneho miesta, kde by mala byť láska.

Leo Tolstoy kniha Anna Karenina

(voice of Anna) C. Garnett, trans. (New York: 2003), Part 7, Chapter 24 p. 685
Zdroj: Anna Karenina (1875–1877; 1878)

Ralph Waldo Emerson fotka

“We are wiser than we know.”
Sme múdrejší, než si myslíme.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Paulo Coelho fotka

“behind the mask of ice that people wear, there beats a heart of fire.”
Za ľadovou maskou, ktorú ľudia nosia, bije ohnivé srdce.

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist

Zdroj: Warrior of the Light

Elbert Hubbard fotka

“God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars.”
Boh ťa nebude súdiť podľa tvojich medailí, titulov alebo diplomov, ale podľa jaziev.

Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul
William Kent Krueger fotka

“He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain, which cannot forget, falls drop by drop upon the heart, until in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful graces of God.”
Kto sa učí, musí trpieť. A aj v spánku bolesť, na ktorú nemožno zabudnúť, padá po kvapkách na srdce, až kým v našom vlastnom zúfalstve, proti našej vôli, nepríde múdrosť prostredníctvom strašných Božích milostí.

William Kent Krueger kniha Ordinary Grace

Zdroj: Ordinary Grace

William Blake fotka

“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.”
Keby sa dvere vnímania očistili, každá vec by sa človeku javila taká, aká je - nekonečná. Človek sa totiž uzatvoril do seba, až kým neuvidí všetky veci cez úzke štrbiny svojej jaskyne.

William Blake kniha The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Zdroj: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Wayne W. Dyer fotka

“What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.”
To, čo si myslíme, určuje to, čo sa s nami deje. Takže ak si chceme zmeniť svoj život, musíme si rozšíriť naše poznanie.

Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer
Ralph Waldo Emerson fotka

“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have yet to be discovered.”
Čo je burina? Rastlina, ktorej dobré vlastnosti ešte neboli odhalené.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

Fortune of the Republic (1878)

George Carlin fotka

“Isn’t it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do “practice”?”
Nie je trochu znepokojujúce, že lekári nazývajú to, čo robia „praxou“?

George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian
Albert Einstein fotka

“When you trip over love, it is easy to get up. But when you fall in love, it is impossible to stand again.”
Keď sa potknete o lásku, je ľahké vstať. Keď však do nej spadnete a zamilujete sa, nebudete môcť sa znova postaviť.

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Richard Bach fotka

“The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.”
Význam, ktorý som si vybral, ten, ktorý zmenil môj život je nasledovný: Prekonaj strach, uzri zázrak.

Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer
F. Scott Fitzgerald fotka

“I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”
Dúfam, že bude blázon - to je to najlepšie, čo môže dievča na tomto svete byť, malý blázon.

F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby

Zdroj: The Great Gatsby

Paulo Coelho fotka

“How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.”
Koľko vecí som zmeškal, jednoducho preto, že som sa bál, že ich zmeškám.

Paulo Coelho kniha Brida

Zdroj: Brida

Ralph Waldo Emerson fotka

“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.”
Život je sled lekcií, ktoré treba prežiť, aby sme ich pochopili.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Lou Holtz fotka

“I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.”
Nemôžem uveriť, že Boh nás dal na túto zem, aby sme boli obyčajní.

Lou Holtz (1937) American college football coach, professional football coach, television sports announcer
Euripidés fotka

“One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.”
Jeden verný priateľ je hodný desaťtisíc príbuzných.

Euripidés (-480–-406 BC) ancient Athenian playwright
Woody Allen fotka

“I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government.”
Verím, že nás tam vonku niečo sleduje. Nanešťastie je to vláda.

Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
Albert Einstein fotka

“Nothing happens until something moves.”
Nič sa nestane, kým sa niečo nepohne.

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Woody Allen fotka

“His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy.”
Jeho nedostatok vzdelania je viac než vykompenzovaný jeho silne vyvinutým morálnym bankrotom.

Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
Thomas Jefferson fotka

“The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.”
Muž, ktorý nečíta vôbec nič, je vzdelanejší ako muž, ktorý nečíta nič iné ako noviny.

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
Washington Irving fotka

“Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.”
Sladká je spomienka na vzdialených priateľov! Tak ako jemné lúče zapadajúceho slnka padajú na srdce - nežne, ale smutne.

Washington Irving (1783–1859) writer, historian and diplomat from the United States
George Carlin fotka

“If it’s true that our species is alone in the universe, then I’d have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.”
Ak je to pravda, že náš druh je vo vesmíre osamotený, potom musím povedať, že vesmír má nízke ciele a uspokojil sa s málom.

George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian

Zdroj: Napalm & Silly Putty

Jasper Fforde fotka

“Books may look like nothing more than words on a page, but they are actually an infinitely complex imaginotransference technology that translates odd, inky squiggles into pictures inside your head.”
Knihy možno vyzerajú len ako slová na stránke, ale v skutočnosti sú nekonečne zložitou technológiou imaginotransferencie, ktorá prekladá zvláštne, atramentové čiarky do obrazov vo vašej hlave.

Jasper Fforde kniha The Well of Lost Plots

Zdroj: The Well of Lost Plots

John Updike fotka

“Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.”
Sny sa stávajú skutočnosťou, bez tejto možnosti by nás príroda nepodnietila k tomu, aby sme ich mali.

John Updike (1932–2009) American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic

Zdroj: Self-Consciousness : Memoirs (1989), Ch. 3

Marilyn Monroe fotka

“I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it.”
Nevadí mi žiť v mužskom svete, pokiaľ v ňom môžem byť ženou.

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer

Varianta: I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it.
Zdroj: Marilyn

Aldous Huxley fotka

“Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.”
Skúsenosť nie je to, čo sa človeku stane, ale to, čo človek urobí s tým, čo sa mu stane.

Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) English writer

Texts and Pretexts (1932), p. 5
Varianta: Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.
Zdroj: Texts & Pretexts: An Anthology With Commentaries
Kontext: The poet is, etymologically, the maker. Like all makers, he requires a stock of raw materials — in his case, experience. Now experience is not a matter of having actually swum the Hellespont, or danced with the dervishes, or slept in a doss-house. It is a matter of sensibility and intuition, of seeing and hearing the significant things, of paying attention at the right moments, of understanding and co-ordinating. Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him. It is a gift for dealing with the accidents of existence, not the accidents themselves. By a happy dispensation of nature, the poet generally possesses the gift of experience in conjunction with that of expression.

George Bernard Shaw fotka

“There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.”
V živote človeka môžu nastať dve tragédie: jednou je stratiť to, po čom naše srdce túži a druhou je to niečo získať.

George Bernard Shaw Man and Superman

Zdroj: Man and Superman

Charles Bukowski fotka

“Things get bad for all of us, almost continually, and what we do under the constant stress reveals who/what we are.”
Veci sa niekedy kazia pre každého z nás, skoro nepretržite, a to, čo robíme pod neustálym stresom, odhaľuje, kým/čím sme.

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

Zdroj: What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire

Ernest Hemingway fotka

“All things truly wicked start from an innocence.”
Všetky veci, ktoré sú skutočne skazené, začínajú z nevinnosti.

Ernest Hemingway kniha A Moveable Feast

Ch 17; Variant: All things truly wicked start from innocence.
As quoted by R Z Sheppard in review of The Garden of Eden (1986) TIME (26 May 1986)
A Moveable Feast (1964)

George Carlin fotka

“Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.”
Úprimnosť je možno tou najlepšou politikou, ale je potrebné si uvedomiť, že potom očividne, neúprimnosť je na druhom mieste.

George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian
Thomas Jefferson fotka

“The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.”
Najcennejší zo všetkých talentov je to, že nikdy nepoviete dve slová, keď postačí aj jedno.

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
Jane Austen fotka

“He is a gentleman, and I am a gentleman's daughter. So far we are equal.”
On je džentlmen a ja som dcéra džentlmena. Zatiaľ sme si rovní.

Jane Austen kniha Pride and Prejudice

Zdroj: Pride and Prejudice

Emily Dickinson fotka

“Pardon My Sanity In A World Insane”
Prepáčte mi moju príčetnosť v šialenom svete.

Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) American poet
Ralph Waldo Emerson fotka

“Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.”
Dobre si strážte svoje voľné chvíle. Sú ako neopracované diamanty. Ak ich odhodíte, nikdy sa nedozviete ich skutočnú hodnotu. Ak ich využijete, stanú sa najjasnejšími užitočnými drahokamami vo vašom živote.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Michel De Montaigne fotka

“When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.”
Keď na mňa zaútočia pochmúrne myšlienky, nič mi tak nepomáha, ako moje knihy. Tie ma rýchlo vstrebú a zaženú mraky z mojej mysle.

Michel De Montaigne kniha Essays

Attributed
Zdroj: Les Essais

Jack Kerouac fotka

“The happiness consists in realizing that it is all a great strange dream.”
Šťastie spočíva v tom, že si uvedomíte, že to všetko je jeden veľký zvláštny sen.

Jack Kerouac kniha Lonesome Traveler

Lonesome Traveler (1960)

“Do all things with love.”
Všetko robte s láskou.

Og Mandino (1923–1996) American author

“A day in which you learn something isn't a complete loss.”
Deň, kedy sa niečo naučíte, nie je úplne stratený.

David Eddings kniha Pawn of Prophecy

Zdroj: Pawn of Prophecy

Confucius fotka

“If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.”
Ak spravíte chybu a nenapravíte ju - to sa nazýva chyba.

Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
Paulo Coelho fotka

“The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.”
Svet sa mení na základe vášho príkladu, nie na základe vášho názoru.

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
George Carlin fotka

“In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem.”
V Amerike sa prezidentom môže stať ktokoľvek. V tom je problém.

George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian
F. Scott Fitzgerald fotka

“I’ve been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.”
Už asi týždeň som opitý a myslel som si, že keď si sadnem do knižnice, vytriezviem.

F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby

Zdroj: The Great Gatsby

Michel De Montaigne fotka

“On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.”
Aj keď sedíme na najvyššom tróne sveta, sedíme na ňom len vlastným zadkom.

Michel De Montaigne (1533–1592) (1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, statesman

Book III, Ch. 13
Essais (1595), Book III
Zdroj: The Complete Essays
Kontext: No matter that we may mount on stilts, we still must walk on our own legs. And on the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.

Charles Baudelaire fotka

“As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of life and the ecstasy of life.”
Ako malé dieťa som v srdci cítil dva protichodné pocity, hrôzu zo života a radosť z neho.

Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867) French poet

Zdroj: My Heart Laid Bare

George Carlin fotka

“How come when it’s us, it’s an abortion, and when it’s a chicken, it’s an omelette?”
Ako to, že keď ide o nás, je to potrat, a keď ide o sliepku, je to omeleta?

George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian

"Abortion"
Back in Town (1996)
Kontext: Here's another question I have. How come when it's us, it's an abortion, and when it's a chicken, it's an omelet? Are we so much better than chickens all of a sudden? When did this happen; that we passed chickens in goodness? Name six ways we're better than chickens... See, nobody can do it! You know why? 'Cause chickens are decent people. You don't see chickens hanging around in drug gangs, do you? No. You don't see a chicken strapping some guy to a chair and hooking up his nuts to a car battery, do you? When's the last chicken you heard about came home from work and beat the shit out of his hen, huh? Doesn't happen... 'cause chickens are decent people.

Marilyn Monroe fotka

“I love to do the things the censors won't pass.”
Milujem robiť veci, ktoré neprejdú cenzúrou.

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer

Varianta: I love to do the things the censors won't pass.

Michel De Montaigne fotka

“I quote others only in order the better to express myself.”
Citujem ostatných, aby som sa vedel lepšie vyjadriť.

Michel De Montaigne (1533–1592) (1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, statesman

Zdroj: The Complete Essays

Confucius fotka

“They must often change who would remain constant in happiness and wisdom.”
Tí, ktorí chcú byť stále šťastní a múdri, sa musia často meniť.

Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
Martin Luther King, Jr. fotka

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
Musíme prijať konečné sklamanie, ale nikdy nestratiť nekonečnú nádej.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement

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