Quotes Archives — EMMpress https://www.emmpress.com/category/quotes/ words and images for mindful humans Mon, 01 Sep 2025 18:22:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.emmpress.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Screenshot-2026-03-10-at-12.16.43-PM-32x32.png Quotes Archives — EMMpress https://www.emmpress.com/category/quotes/ 32 32 3 little words… on my doorstep https://www.emmpress.com/3-little-words-on-my-doorstep/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=3-little-words-on-my-doorstep Mon, 01 Sep 2025 15:11:40 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=13830 A multi-media pairing for a multi-media life. Thank goodness for music, art, and poetry. In three words, I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. It goes…

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]]> You won’t all get this, and that’s okay https://www.emmpress.com/you-wont-all-get-this/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=you-wont-all-get-this Sat, 30 Aug 2025 12:27:51 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=13826 Menopause is like a pack of wolves in a bitch’s clothing. So fun to play with tools like Facebook color boxes, then turn them on their head by…

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]]> Channeling https://www.emmpress.com/channeling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=channeling Wed, 02 Apr 2025 12:33:11 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=11305 Finding out your life has been running on a cacophony of ideas from everyone and everything you’ve ever heard, means you just woke up to your ability to…

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]]> Designer Questions to Engineer Endurance, Achievement, and Happiness https://www.emmpress.com/designer-questions-to-engineer-endurance-achievement-and-happiness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=designer-questions-to-engineer-endurance-achievement-and-happiness Tue, 11 Mar 2025 20:11:21 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=10856 Focusing your attention on long-acting, feeling-based, style-specific questions can give you a richer and happier experience of life. What I love about this process is that anyone can…

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]]> Beginner’s Mind & Happier Times https://www.emmpress.com/beginners-mind-happier-times/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beginners-mind-happier-times Mon, 10 Mar 2025 20:26:57 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=10945 WELCOME TO MY FIRST QUOTE-A-RAMA It’s a relief to know that there was never a moment in my life when everything was perfect. There is no idyllic past…

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]]> Rebellion | emergence from dark into light https://www.emmpress.com/rebellion-emergence-into-light/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rebellion-emergence-into-light Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:30:31 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=10426 Why new voices from the subconscious matter to all of us. I admire teenagers and young people who rail against every day culture and bring new music and…

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]]> E=mc² – a reason to make art https://www.emmpress.com/emc%c2%b2-a-reason-to-make-art/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=emc%25c2%25b2-a-reason-to-make-art Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:29:49 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=9714 A genius creation that exists only inside our minds can’t hold a candle to the energy that exists in even the tiniest bit of stuff you make. I…

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]]> Participate in a Public | Digital Search Project https://www.emmpress.com/participate-in-art-public-search-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=participate-in-art-public-search-project Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:01:34 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=9304 I stole this post, screenshots of my own images, and public research project back from my IG account, where the winners of original physical art will be sought…

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]]> Artist’s Confidential https://www.emmpress.com/artists-confidential/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=artists-confidential Tue, 03 Dec 2024 17:55:26 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=8792 AKA pulling apart a piece of art, with some web-weaving via inappropriate footnoting. This entire piece is about a rapidly made Instagram reel (with high hopes of it…

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]]> Early Earnings, Archetypes, and Your Personal Way to Wealth https://www.emmpress.com/early-earnings-archetypesand-your-personal-way-to-wealth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=early-earnings-archetypesand-your-personal-way-to-wealth Mon, 21 Oct 2024 17:13:03 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=7816 (with an obsessive case study in American Politics) The archetypes1 represented in your earliest “receptive” associations are a powerful way to understand and value yourself as you are…

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]]> Stale questions, fresh answers https://www.emmpress.com/stale-questions-fresh-answers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stale-questions-fresh-answers Fri, 27 Sep 2024 18:21:43 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=7333 I’m treating myself to some new questions in my self-styled spa day today, because my old questions haven’t been serving up much joy or love. I have a…

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]]> Hemingway, quantum mechanics, and personal inquiry https://www.emmpress.com/hemingway-quantum-mechanics-and-personal-interests/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hemingway-quantum-mechanics-and-personal-interests Sat, 13 Jul 2024 17:50:07 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=6122 I think it was Earnest Hemingway who said to write well, start with one true sentence. My true sentences come from my raw, emotional questions and experiences —…

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]]> What you see is what you can free https://www.emmpress.com/what-you-see-is-what-you-can-free/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-you-see-is-what-you-can-free Sun, 07 Jul 2024 15:19:08 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=6029 Don’t get trapped in a prison of your own making. -W Leitzen

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]]> Calling all Creators https://www.emmpress.com/calling-all-creators/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=calling-all-creators Sat, 02 Mar 2024 16:13:16 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=4156 Our children need our protection not infantilization. It’s time for creators to stop producing trite, dopamine-drippy, algorithmically-oriented content, and offer instead true stories that count. Like family origin…

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]]> See something, say something https://www.emmpress.com/see-something-say-something-good/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=see-something-say-something-good Fri, 02 Jun 2023 14:32:12 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=2713 My mom has always been an awesome writer. She went back to school when I was 10.  Her professors fawned over her writing which raised money, started programs…

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]]> delaborate https://www.emmpress.com/delaborate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=delaborate Sat, 22 Oct 2022 15:09:50 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=2473 Odin: so I was working on my narrative at school, and it was long, so I decided to delaborate on the spaghetti. . #Odinisms #ProudMom #CoinedIt!

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]]> “Yes… but” and the road to hell https://www.emmpress.com/yes-but-road-to-hell/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yes-but-road-to-hell Wed, 09 Sep 2020 11:28:31 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=2077 Why all of a sudden TRump supporters are in disbelief that he could say something brazenly cruel and irreverent? Isn’t that why they voted for him? Thing is,…

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]]> https://www.emmpress.com/itsnottheeconomystupid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=itsnottheeconomystupid Tue, 24 Mar 2020 19:30:44 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=2001 The post appeared first on EMMpress.

]]> Why ask? https://www.emmpress.com/why-ask/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-ask Thu, 12 Mar 2020 09:29:57 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=1978         Truly great questions are like time-release peace bombs that detonate in real life. – W. Leitzen

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]]> Shifting https://www.emmpress.com/shifting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shifting Wed, 25 Sep 2019 13:58:03 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=1881 what if this were true?

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]]> The formula… https://www.emmpress.com/the-formula/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-formula Sat, 30 Jun 2018 15:37:21 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=1803 The post The formula… appeared first on EMMpress.

]]> The Truth Beat – The Authoritarian Directive Broken Down https://www.emmpress.com/the-truth-beat-the-authoritarian-directive-broken-down/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-truth-beat-the-authoritarian-directive-broken-down Tue, 08 May 2018 17:49:43 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=1772 The other day I looked down to glance at a news paragraph on my phone. It said something like, “there are increasing ethical and criminal breaches at the…

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]]> Martin Luther King, Jr Quotes https://www.emmpress.com/martin-luther-king-jr-quotes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=martin-luther-king-jr-quotes Mon, 15 Jan 2018 16:18:19 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=1670     “A lie cannot live.”   “No person has the right to rain on your dreams.” “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about…

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]]> These Songs of Freedom https://www.emmpress.com/these-songs-of-freedom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=these-songs-of-freedom Sat, 19 Aug 2017 14:20:08 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=1510 This is some verbiage GOP Trump-backing officials can use to get free. It is time. Dear Constituents: I am officially and irrevocably withdrawing any support I’ve given to…

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]]> And up we go again https://www.emmpress.com/and-up-we-go-again/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=and-up-we-go-again Sat, 05 Aug 2017 19:19:28 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=1454 After writing a few emotional posts lately, both “positive” then “negative,” I feel I must quickly get something down in this space that is positive again. Who will…

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]]> Next time someone downplays the words, please remember https://www.emmpress.com/language-is-leadership/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=language-is-leadership Tue, 14 Mar 2017 13:10:09 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=1231 In the age of Trump, when spokespeople alternate between “his words are not what he means” or “he means what he says,” please remember…

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]]> yes, I remember https://www.emmpress.com/yes-i-remember/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yes-i-remember Sun, 12 Feb 2017 18:34:04 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=1158 Remember when the GOP used to fight tyranny for the sake of democracy? And now they fight democracy for the sake of a tyrant?  

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]]> That birther thing started a sh*tstorm didn’t it? https://www.emmpress.com/that-birther-thing-started-a-shtstorm-didnt-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=that-birther-thing-started-a-shtstorm-didnt-it Sun, 12 Feb 2017 17:35:43 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=1155 The post That birther thing started a sh*tstorm didn’t it? appeared first on EMMpress.

]]> Government is a service https://www.emmpress.com/government-is-a-service/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=government-is-a-service Sun, 22 Jan 2017 18:21:50 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=1055 make sure you are well-served  

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]]> A plan for coping with inauguration weekend https://www.emmpress.com/the-plan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-plan Fri, 20 Jan 2017 00:21:53 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=1024 Here is what I  am doing during the inauguration on Friday: 1) donating to the ACLU- RI  (www.riaclu.org/get-involved/donate) 2) donating to Planned Parenthood  (www.plannedparenthood.org ) 3) donating to…

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]]> Free Women’s March Art https://www.emmpress.com/more-march-art/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-march-art Wed, 18 Jan 2017 16:17:53 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=950 Graphics may be printed, shared and forwarded for personal or organizational use in any Women’s March or any other purpose that supports civil rights, women’s rights, affordable health…

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]]> time to march https://www.emmpress.com/will-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=will-you Thu, 12 Jan 2017 23:17:53 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=941 She is clear.

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]]> Thank you Carrie https://www.emmpress.com/thank-you-carrie/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thank-you-carrie Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:41:41 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=924 Take your broken heart, and make it art -Carrie Fisher to Meryl Streep

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