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Sage sayings, maxims and quotable quotes
To commemorate CG&A Communications passing the 30-year milestone, we have selected the top 30 By George QOTDs from over the past dozen years. These are the very best of the best, counted down to the number one QOTD shared across the By George social media platforms. 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22…
— An account by former college baseball coach Chris Sperry In Nashville, Tennessee, during the first week of January, 1996, more than 4,000 baseball coaches descended upon the Opryland Hotel for the 52nd annual ABCA’s convention. While I waited in line to register with the hotel staff, I heard other more veteran coaches rumbling…
From the By George scribes at CG&A COMMUNICATIONS here’s to a healthy and happier 2024! Cheers! Our bons mots to cheer in the New Year. NEW YEAR TOASTS – Here’s to a bright New Year and a fond farewell to the old; here’s to things that are yet to come and to the memories…
From all of us at CG&A COMMUNICATIONS, we wish you the best through the holidays. Have a very Merry Christmas and a fun filled 2024! For our season’s greetings, we present ‘Toasts, Quotes and Verse for the holidays.’ Below you will find toasts, quotes, terrific sayings, and verse for both Christmas and New Year’s. We…
“People who see life as anything more than pure entertainment are missing the point.” “Some people see things that are and ask, ‘Why?’ Some people dream of things that never were and ask, ‘Why not?’ Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that.” “My advice: just keep moving straight…
Milan Kundera died earlier this month, July 11, 2023 at the age of 94. Kundera is a Czech novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, and poet whose works combine erotic comedy with political criticism and philosophical speculation. His best-known work is The Unbearable Lightness of Being. By George selects some of our favourite bons mots from…
In the early weeks of 2023, By George Journal featured in its social media Canada’s most renown intellect — Jordan Peterson. Here are the series of memes that attracted a great deal of attention from our followers. (ed. – Right click on the image and “copy”. Go ahead and spread the wisdom!) In the last…
Heraclitus is an ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from the 5th century BC. Little is known of his life but he has been described as a misanthrope who was subject to melancholia – and he gained the title of the weeping philosopher. The central theme of Heraclitus’s philosophy is that the world as constantly in flux,…
Diogenes, also known as Diogenes the Cynic or Diogenes of Sinope, is a controversial Greek philosopher from 404-323 BC. He is one of the founders of cynic philosophy who questioned many of the cultural conventions of Athens. Diogenes is best known for holding a lantern to the faces of the citizens of Athens claiming he…
This week in social media the By George Journal featured some of the most notable quotes by our Queen Elizabeth, in her memory as the #ByGeorgeQOTD. Here are those posts… Follow By George Journal on Facebook and on Twitter and receive a daily #ByGeorgeQOTD. Chris George provides reliable PR & GR counsel and effective advocacy….
Dani Johnson is a very successful American life coach. Here are a dozen of her inspirational quotes to set you on the right path and provide that required motivation to achieve what you have set out to accomplish. “ACT. Actions kills procrastination and creates momentum to keep yourself motivated to keep moving ahead.” “Work harder on…
I don’t think people are really seeking the meaning of Life. I think we’re seeking an experience of being alive…we want to feel the rapture of being alive. Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived. Follow the path that is no path, follow your bliss. The privilege of…
Stop measuring days by degree of productivity and start experiencing them by degree of presence. Life is not a problem to be solved, but an experience to be had. The future is a concept, it doesn’t exist. There is no such thing as tomorrow. There never will be, because time is always now. That’s one…
A passage written by American author Sam Levenson are “words to live by” — an instructive passage to enrich the soul and share the best of yourself with those you love and all you encounter. For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure,…
Just in time for St. Valentine’s Day! From the archives of our By George Journal…. lists of love quotes. A “Top-10” Famous Love Quotes List Top 10 Famous Love Quotes Top 10 Quotes from the Bestoflovequotes.com Top 10 “Greatest” Quotes About Love [Another] Top 10 list on love quotes Chris George provides reliable…
These are tremendous quotes to scribble in blank cards or to inscribe on the inside cover of a book… they are some of our favourite… Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back…
Here is a selection of ten toasts for your Christmas gathering. May Peace be your gift at Christmas and your blessing all year through! May peace, love and prosperity follow you always. May the Blessings of Christmas be with you today and always. May the closeness of friends, the comfort of home, and the unity…
Here are ten of my favourite sayings from this Christmas classic, It’s A Wonderful Life: George Bailey: Well, you look about the kind of angel I’d get. Sort of a fallen angel, aren’t you? What happened to your wings? Clarence (the angel): Strange, isn’t it? Each man’s life touches so many other lives. When he…
The perfect Christmas tree? All Christmas trees are perfect! – Charles N. Barnard Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall. – Larry Wilde The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature. – Andy Rooney Gee, do they still make wooden…
Here are a dozen featured #QOTDs relating to existentialism from the By George Journal’s social media feeds over the last two months. Click into By George each day for inspiration and motivation – on Twitter and Facebook! Chris George is an Ottawa-based government affairs advisor and wordsmith, president of CG&A COMMUNICATIONS. Contact: ChrisG.George@gmail.com