LiLMissADDitude
08-30-03, 11:33 PM
Hey everyone this is some of my fav quotes by people with ADD / ADHD. Take a look and add any good ones ya know to the list.
"I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with a soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments."
--Jim Morrison
"I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering."
--Steven Wright
"I had a terrible education. I attended a school for emotionally disturbed teachers."
--Woody Allen
"Ah! the clock is always slow, It is later than you think."
--Robert W. Service
"On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time."
--George Orwell
"Never do today what you can put off til tomorrow."
--Matthew Browne
"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."
--Thomas Edison
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."
--Henry David Thoreau
It's a damn poor mind that can think of only one way to spell a word!"
--Andrew Jackson
"Five minutes! Zounds! I have been five minutes too late all my lifetime!"
--Hannah Cowley
"Punctuality is the virtue of the bored."
--Evelyn Waugh, diary entry (Diaries of Evelyn Waugh)
"I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent."
--Publilius Syrus
"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible."
--FrankZappa
"Something a guy never wants to hear, 'Tim, the school called!"
--Tim Allen
“Imagination is more important than knowledge...”
--Albert Einstein
“Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.”
--Albert Einstein
“You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.”
--Robin Williams
“Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.”
--Thomas A. Edison
“Dreams never hurt anybody if you keep working right behind the dreams to make as much of them become real as you can.”
--Frank W. Woolworth
“The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes.”
--Agatha Christie
“What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.”
--Dwight D. Eisenhower
“We need men who can dream of things that never were.”
--John F. Kennedy
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
--Robert F. Kennedy
“I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the ``dahling'' thing got started?”
--Zsa Zsa Gabor
“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.”
--Abraham Lincoln
“Imagination rules the world.”
--Napoleon I
“I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore and diverting himself and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell that ordinary while the greater ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.”
--Isaac Newton
“Let me tell you the secret that has lead me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.”
--Louis Pasteur
“I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colors. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.”
--Sir Winston Churchill
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.”
--Sir Winston Churchill
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
--Pablo Picasso
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
--Eleanor Roosevelt
“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
--George Bernard Shaw
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
--George Bernard Shaw
“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or faraway.”
--Henry David Thoreau
“When one door closes another door opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.”
--Alexander Graham Bell
“I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.”
--Woodrow Wilson
“I dwell in possibilities.”
--Emily Dickinson
“The world belongs to the energetic.”
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.”
--Robert Frost
“Do not follow where the path may lead...Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
--Robert Frost
"I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with a soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments."
--Jim Morrison
"I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering."
--Steven Wright
"I had a terrible education. I attended a school for emotionally disturbed teachers."
--Woody Allen
"Ah! the clock is always slow, It is later than you think."
--Robert W. Service
"On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time."
--George Orwell
"Never do today what you can put off til tomorrow."
--Matthew Browne
"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."
--Thomas Edison
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."
--Henry David Thoreau
It's a damn poor mind that can think of only one way to spell a word!"
--Andrew Jackson
"Five minutes! Zounds! I have been five minutes too late all my lifetime!"
--Hannah Cowley
"Punctuality is the virtue of the bored."
--Evelyn Waugh, diary entry (Diaries of Evelyn Waugh)
"I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent."
--Publilius Syrus
"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible."
--FrankZappa
"Something a guy never wants to hear, 'Tim, the school called!"
--Tim Allen
“Imagination is more important than knowledge...”
--Albert Einstein
“Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.”
--Albert Einstein
“You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.”
--Robin Williams
“Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.”
--Thomas A. Edison
“Dreams never hurt anybody if you keep working right behind the dreams to make as much of them become real as you can.”
--Frank W. Woolworth
“The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes.”
--Agatha Christie
“What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.”
--Dwight D. Eisenhower
“We need men who can dream of things that never were.”
--John F. Kennedy
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
--Robert F. Kennedy
“I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the ``dahling'' thing got started?”
--Zsa Zsa Gabor
“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.”
--Abraham Lincoln
“Imagination rules the world.”
--Napoleon I
“I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore and diverting himself and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell that ordinary while the greater ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.”
--Isaac Newton
“Let me tell you the secret that has lead me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.”
--Louis Pasteur
“I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colors. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.”
--Sir Winston Churchill
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.”
--Sir Winston Churchill
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
--Pablo Picasso
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
--Eleanor Roosevelt
“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
--George Bernard Shaw
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
--George Bernard Shaw
“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or faraway.”
--Henry David Thoreau
“When one door closes another door opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.”
--Alexander Graham Bell
“I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.”
--Woodrow Wilson
“I dwell in possibilities.”
--Emily Dickinson
“The world belongs to the energetic.”
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.”
--Robert Frost
“Do not follow where the path may lead...Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
--Robert Frost