“The difference between the Japanese and the American is summed up in their opposite reactions to the proverb (popular in both nations), "A rolling stone gathers no moss." Epidemiologist S. Leonard Syme observes that to the Japanese, moss is exquisite and valued; a stone is enhanced by moss; hence a person who keeps moving and changing never acquires the beauty and benefits of stability. To Americans, the proverb is an admonition to keep rolling, to keep from being covered with clinging attachments.” PersonsMovingNationsDifferencesBenefitsStonesOppositesReactionsAcquireAttachmentCoveredStabilityRollingKeep MovingExquisiteClingingRolling StonesMossAdmonition Author:Carol Tavris
“The Stones were always exemplary of one of the best of all rock qualities: tightness. They have always been economical, the opposite of ornamental. Having a very clear idea of what they wanted to say they could go into a studio and make it all up on a three minute cut.” IdeasWantedThreeQualityClearCuttingMinutesRocksStonesOppositesStudiosExemplary Author:Jon Landau
“I was lucky in that I had a mother that was full of this colloquial wisdom and she used to say to me 'You know, failure is not the opposite of success, it's the stepping stone to success. There is nobody who has not failed along the way.' So I think its very important for young women, especially as they are starting in life, to recognize that because otherwise, they only see people's success. So, when I speak, I speak of my failures.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayImportantYoungUsedMotherSpeakLuckyStonesOppositesStartingYoung WomenStepping Stones Author:Arianna Huffington
“Often, you'll fail. But, as my mother also taught me, failure isn't the opposite of success - it's a stepping stone to success.” MotherFailingTaughtStonesOppositesStepping Stones Author:Arianna Huffington
“A man seeks his own destiny and no other, said the judge. Wil or nill. Any man who could discover his own fate and elect therefore some opposite course could only come at last to that selfsame reckoning at the same appointed time, for each man's destiny is as large as the world he inhabits and contains within it all opposites as well. The desert upon which so many have been broken is vast and calls for largeness of heart but it is also ultimately empty. It is hard, it is barren. Its very nature is stone.” MenWorldWellsHeartHas BeensSaidHardLastsCoursesDestinyFateJudgingBrokenStonesEmptyOppositesDesertBarrenReckoning Author:Cormac McCarthy
“Failure is not the opposite to success, it's a stepping stone to success. If our primary goal is to be approved of, then we are not going to take risks, we are not going to speak out, we are going to try to blend in.” IfsTryingSpeakGoalRiskStonesOppositesPrimariesApprovedSpeaks OutStepping Stones Author:Arianna Huffington