Joseph Furphy quotes

“Who can control his fate? asks the ruined Othello. No one, indeed. But everyone controls his option, chooses his alternative.”
-- Joseph Furphy

#Wisdom Quotes #Fate Quotes #Alternatives Quotes

“'English fair play' is a fine expression. It justifies the bashing of the puny draper's assistant by the big hairy blacksmith, and this to the perfect satisfaction of both parties, if they are worthy the name of Englishman.”
-- Joseph Furphy

Source : Joseph Furphy (2016). “Such is Life”, p.342, Joseph Furphy

#Party Quotes #Expression Quotes #Play Quotes

“Such is life, my fellow-mummers-just like a poor player that bluffs and feints his hour upon the stage, and then cheapens down to mere nonentity. But let me not hear any small witticism to the further effect that its story is a tale told by a vulgarian, full of slang and blanky, signifying-nothing.”
-- Joseph Furphy

Source : Joseph Furphy, Frances Devlin-Glass (1991). “The annotated Such is life: such is life : being certain extracts from the diary of Tom Collins”

#Art Quotes #Player Quotes #Stories Quotes

“Age cannot limit him, nor use exhaust his infinite mendacity.”
-- Joseph Furphy

Source : Joseph Furphy (2001). “The Buln-Buln and the Brolga”

#Age Quotes #Use Quotes #Limits Quotes

“Seek the fellowship of those who enjoy fellowship with the Lord”

“Listen to your heart and not your ego. Your ego prompts you to boast of vain assertions to obtain the glory of this world. Turn away from vanity and seek Him in the recesses of your heart and soul”

“How often it is that a small action becomes great by its intention. And how often it is that a great action becomes small by its intention.”

“But dreams change. Fate has a way showing you paths you want more.”

“The present is all the ready money Fate can give.”

“A child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started ... the fate of humanity is in his hands.”

“The most beautiful fate, the most wonderful good fortune that can happen to any human being, is to be paid for doing that which he passionately loves to do.”

“As in the piling up of hypothetical alternatives, creative accidents follow the law of probabilities the more we fish, the more likely we are to get a strike.”

Source : Alex Faickney Osborn (1953). “Applied imagination: principles and procedures of creative thinking”, New York

“Sometimes we face resistance in Alberta and Canada because we already have other power sources, but this is a competitive alternative.”

“If youve got an industry where youve got massive investment, it doesnt matter whether you bring in alternative supplies. You still lose the money on that industry.”