A Dozen Brand New Jerry Gillies Quotes
“I Love Your One-Liners!”
This and a memory prompted this post–and both came from amazing women, former relationship partners who are now dear friends, and who have always taught me well on a variety of subjects. The quote comes from Rupa Cousins, to whom I dedicated Transcendental Sex. Rupa was commenting on my quotes on Facebook.
The memory comes from Maggie S. Davis, to whom I dedicated Moneylove (I just had the thought that I would have written a lot more than six books if I had had even more amazing women in my life.) Anyway, the memory involves Maggie’s late and very wise and prolific father, Dr. Peter J. Steincrohn. If you Google him, you’ll see he wrote many commonsense books about health and was definitely ahead of his time. He also wrote the nationally syndicated newspaper column, Ask Dr. Steincrohn. And he had one of the largest collections I’ve seen of books about writing. Peter always talked about writing a book of aphorisms, and one of his hobbies was writing down his thoughts about life in this short form.
I’ve been very fortunate in that many of my quotes are widely circulated on Facebook and Twitter, as well as showing up on searches via Google, MSN, Yahoo, and other search engines. This certainly kept public awareness of Jerry Gillies alive while I was locked away in prison for twelve long years. And yet, I’ve never thought of myself as an aphorist.
Jerry The Aphorist
I like the Wikipedia definition of “aphorism”:
“Denotes an original thought, spoken or written in a laconic and easily memorable form.” And here I’ll make a confession it’s hard for a writer to make. I’ve often read the word “laconic”, am not sure I’ve ever heard it spoken, and I’ve never known exactly what it meant, having never looked it up before. Well, if nothing else, this post added that definition to my knowledge. It means “expressed in few words, concise”.
One Complaint About The Worldwide Sharing Of Many Of My Quotes
They are mostly old quotes. Many from the original Moneylove book, over thirty years ago. Many from the Nightingale-Conant Moneylove tapes, over twenty years ago. Don’t get me wrong, I am flattered and honored that so many people think these are still worth sharing. And, sure, I like to think of them as timeless, and they may well be. But I am still saying things in few words, and Twitter certainly inspires me to continue to hone that skill. So please, if you like what I have to say nowadays, pass it around.
I originally thought I would add comments or explanations to the quotes themselves, but instead I would like to challenge you to provide your own commentary right here.
12 New Quotes From Jerry:
1. I would rather shine my light and go blind than wander around in the dark until I stumble over the truth.
2. Wisdom is the imagination’s application of knowledge.
3. If I told you the secret of success, wouldn’t you be disappointed that there was no longer a secret of success?
4. I find the more I prepare the ideal circumstances and environment to receive a windfall, the faster it comes.
5. Do people smile when they think about you and what you are offering in the world?–Then chances are you are a success.
6. Empty pockets come in handy when the universe is handing out large piles of money.
7. Life unfolds in unexpected ways, but usually for the highest good–if we are willing to move beyond unrealistic demands and expectations.
8. A sea of money is ready to flow toward you if you’ve prepared an attractive enough dock.
9. Enjoying life to the fullest doesn’t mean lingering at the buffet table.
10. To everyone predicting dire economic results: You had your three meals today–stop complaining and start chewing!
11. In other words, words other than our own can guide us or mislead us.
12. The main difference between Wall Street and live poker is that in poker you can see the faces of the folks taking your money.
Priceless!
I love them all, but my favorite is number 10