Thread by @sree

Happy birthday, Will Rogers!

“A king can stand people's fighting, but he can't last long if people start thinking.”
- Will Rogers, humorist
(Nov. 4, 1879-1935) • via @awad

@awad "To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men." - Ella Wheeler Wilcox, poet (Nov 5, 1850-1919) · ht @awad

Happy birthday, EWW!

"A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular."
- Adlai Stevenson, governor, ambassador (1900-1965). ° via @awad #favequotes

“Words are the only things that last forever; they are more durable than the eternal hills.” - William Hazlitt, essayist (1778-1830) • from @awad, must-get Word A Day newsletter.

🖊 Wow! 25 years of Anu Garg’s Wordsmith.org site. I love the awesome @awad - A Word A Day newsletter - service so much that I just signed up to be a member: wordsmith.org/contribute/

What a legacy, Anu - congrats!

Even his thank yous are classy. 🙌🏾

HBD, Antonio Porchia! Didn’t know you, but this is now one of my #favequotes.

“I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received.” - Antonio Porchia, poet (Nov 13, 1886-1968) • @awad

@awad HBD, @PJORourke! This is one of my #favequotes and so timely!

"If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed, and love of power."
- P.J. O'Rourke, writer (b. Nov 14, 1947) ht @awad

“When you get the choice
to sit it out or dance,
I hope you dance.
I hope you dance.”
💃🏽
Inspiration from @leeannwomack. #favequotes.
ht @Oprah via “O to Go” @oprahmagazine @alexa99 skill

HBD, Prof Drucker. When he was 86 in 1995, I faxed a @BT_India intvu request; got pre-printed postcard saying he didn’t do interviews anymore.😢

“Do not believe that it is very much of an advance to do the unnecessary 3x fast.” - Peter Drucker (Nov 19, 1909-2005) • ht @awad

Happy birthday, Voltaire!

“Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice, and need.”
- Voltaire, philosopher (Nov 21, 1694-1778) • via @awad