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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don't, they don't. - William Temple
Destiny is for people who are too lazy to create alternate timelines. - R. Stevens
When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people. - Mark Twain
We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people. - Arthur Schopenhauer
We're all in this alone. - Lily Tomlin
Destiny is for people who are too lazy to create alternate timelines. - R. Stevens
When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people. - Mark Twain
We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people. - Arthur Schopenhauer
We're all in this alone. - Lily Tomlin
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Man is free at the moment he wishes to be. - Voltaire
Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business. - Tom Robbins
(Tom should have added public sector Unions.)
When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it. - Anatole France
In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is simply one of those things which happen from time to time. - Edward P. Tryon
Thought: Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage. - Woody Allen
Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business. - Tom Robbins
(Tom should have added public sector Unions.)
When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it. - Anatole France
In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is simply one of those things which happen from time to time. - Edward P. Tryon
Thought: Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage. - Woody Allen
Monday, November 28, 2011
You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need. - Vernon Howard
Most people would rather be certain they're miserable than risk being happy. - Robert Anthony
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind. - Edward Gibbon
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions. - Albert Einstein
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought. - Simon Cameron
Most people would rather be certain they're miserable than risk being happy. - Robert Anthony
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind. - Edward Gibbon
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions. - Albert Einstein
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought. - Simon Cameron
Sunday, November 27, 2011
If you have one true friend you have more than your share. - Thomas Fuller
Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment. - R. Buckminster Fuller
Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening. - Barbara Tober
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor. - Victor Hugo
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. - Elbert Hubbard
Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment. - R. Buckminster Fuller
Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening. - Barbara Tober
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor. - Victor Hugo
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. - Elbert Hubbard
Saturday, November 26, 2011
I am a part of everything that I have read. - Theodore Roosevelt
That's the funny thing about havin' a kid. They come with their own set of problems; make everything else you were worried about seem kinda silly. - Greg Garcia
Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk. - Henry David Thoreau
The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it. - Warren Buffett
If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity. - Bill Vaughan
That's the funny thing about havin' a kid. They come with their own set of problems; make everything else you were worried about seem kinda silly. - Greg Garcia
Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk. - Henry David Thoreau
The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it. - Warren Buffett
If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity. - Bill Vaughan
Friday, November 25, 2011
The First Amendment DOES NOT Protect #OccupyWallStreet
The good news: the hippies and freaks in Zuccotti Park were finally swept away by law enforcement a few weeks ago. The bad news: they simply took their protests to other places—homeless shelters, other public parks, bridges, and now retailers.
Editorial: Don’t Help Reelect The Nightmare Of Obama’s Policies - Galganov.com
The ink wasn't dry when Obama . . . just into his Presidency stabbed the Poles and Czechs in the back on the Missile Defense Shield they had agreed to participate in at the urging of the Bush Administration.
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Editorial: Don’t Help Reelect The Nightmare Of Obama’s Policies - Galganov.com
I'm thankful for every moment. - Al Green
I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them. - E. V. Lucas
You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty. - Sacha Guitry
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing. - Robert Benchley
I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them. - E. V. Lucas
You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty. - Sacha Guitry
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing. - Robert Benchley
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. - Robert Kennedy
Nothing surely is as potent as a law that may not be disobeyed. It has the force of the water drop that hollows the stone. A small dainty task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules. - Anthony Trollope
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. - Isaac Asimov
Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse. - Thomas Szasz
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder. - Alfred Hitchcock
Nothing surely is as potent as a law that may not be disobeyed. It has the force of the water drop that hollows the stone. A small dainty task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules. - Anthony Trollope
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. - Isaac Asimov
Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse. - Thomas Szasz
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder. - Alfred Hitchcock
Friday, November 18, 2011
Man may aspire to virtue, but he cannot reasonably aspire to truth. - Nicolas de Chamfort
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. - Ernest Hemingway
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. - John Adams
Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance? - Edgar Bergen Anarchy - it's not the law, it's just a good idea. - Unknown
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. - Ernest Hemingway
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. - John Adams
Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance? - Edgar Bergen Anarchy - it's not the law, it's just a good idea. - Unknown
Thursday, November 17, 2011
For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned, nights left open to chance. - Mignon McLaughlin
So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause. - George Lucas
No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have, and I think he's a dirty little beast. - W. S. Gilbert
Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think. - Ambrose Bierce
This isn't right. This isn't even wrong. - Wolfgang Pauli
So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause. - George Lucas
No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have, and I think he's a dirty little beast. - W. S. Gilbert
Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think. - Ambrose Bierce
This isn't right. This isn't even wrong. - Wolfgang Pauli
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it. - Lucy Larcom
The only way to be truly misogynistic is to be a woman. - Randy K. Milholland
There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers. - William James
Someday we'll look back on this moment and plow into a parked car. - Evan Davis
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. - Albert Einstein
The only way to be truly misogynistic is to be a woman. - Randy K. Milholland
There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers. - William James
Someday we'll look back on this moment and plow into a parked car. - Evan Davis
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. - Albert Einstein
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Things start out as hopes and end up as habits. - Lillian Hellman
If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run - and often in the short one - the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative. - Arthur C. Clarke
Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before. - Edith Wharton
It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office. - H. L. Mencken
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. - Will Rogers
If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run - and often in the short one - the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative. - Arthur C. Clarke
Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before. - Edith Wharton
It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office. - H. L. Mencken
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. - Will Rogers
Monday, November 14, 2011
Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. - Hannah Arendt
I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell. - Harry S Truman
Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody. - Benjamin Franklin
How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size? - Woody Allen
Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf. - Lewis Mumford
I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell. - Harry S Truman
Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody. - Benjamin Franklin
How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size? - Woody Allen
Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf. - Lewis Mumford
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body. - Joseph Addison
Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them. - Robertson Davies
My parents only had one argument in forty-five years. It lasted forty-three years. - Cathy Ladman
People who get nostalgic about childhood were obviously never children. - Bill Watterson
Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore. - Ogden Nash
Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them. - Robertson Davies
My parents only had one argument in forty-five years. It lasted forty-three years. - Cathy Ladman
People who get nostalgic about childhood were obviously never children. - Bill Watterson
Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore. - Ogden Nash
Saturday, November 12, 2011
I am I plus my circumstances. - Jose Ortega y Gasset
Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand. - Mark Twain
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality. - Bertrand Russell
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn. - Albert Camus
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas A. Edison
Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand. - Mark Twain
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality. - Bertrand Russell
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn. - Albert Camus
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas A. Edison
Friday, November 11, 2011
The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment. - Rita Mae Brown
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done. - Marie Curie
If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt. - Dean Martin
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time. - James Thurber
Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment. - Rita Mae Brown
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done. - Marie Curie
If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt. - Dean Martin
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time. - James Thurber
Thursday, November 10, 2011
If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having. - Henry Miller
Many would be cowards if they had courage enough. - Thomas Fuller
Never try to tell everything you know. It may take too short a time. - Norman Ford
I'm just trying to make a smudge on the collective unconscious. - David Letterman
Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties. - Doug Larson
Many would be cowards if they had courage enough. - Thomas Fuller
Never try to tell everything you know. It may take too short a time. - Norman Ford
I'm just trying to make a smudge on the collective unconscious. - David Letterman
Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties. - Doug Larson
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Quotes
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent. - John Donne
The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught. - Marquis de Vauvenargues
The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives. - Lois McMaster Bujold
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. - Oscar Wilde
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. - Sir Winston Churchill
The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught. - Marquis de Vauvenargues
The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives. - Lois McMaster Bujold
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. - Oscar Wilde
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. - Sir Winston Churchill
Monday, November 7, 2011
Quotes
There is no better high than discovery. - E. O. Wilson
Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person. - Ethel Mumford
Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles. - George Jean Nathan
I once said cynically of a politician, 'He'll doublecross that bridge when he comes to it.' - Oscar Levant
Weather forecast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning. - George Carlin
Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person. - Ethel Mumford
Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles. - George Jean Nathan
I once said cynically of a politician, 'He'll doublecross that bridge when he comes to it.' - Oscar Levant
Weather forecast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning. - George Carlin
Sunday, November 6, 2011
He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest. - Dylan Thomas
In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from. - Peter Ustinov
The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Fools rush in where fools have been before. - Unknown
At my lemonade stand I used to give the first glass away free and charge five dollars for the second glass. The refill contained the antidote. - Emo Phillips
In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from. - Peter Ustinov
The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Fools rush in where fools have been before. - Unknown
At my lemonade stand I used to give the first glass away free and charge five dollars for the second glass. The refill contained the antidote. - Emo Phillips
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Quotes
Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things. - Denis Diderot
The best way out is always through. - Robert Frost
He wrapped himself in quotations- as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors. - Rudyard Kipling
Some people will never learn anything because they understand everything too soon. - Alexander Pope
Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly. - Simeon Strunsky
The best way out is always through. - Robert Frost
He wrapped himself in quotations- as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors. - Rudyard Kipling
Some people will never learn anything because they understand everything too soon. - Alexander Pope
Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly. - Simeon Strunsky
Friday, November 4, 2011
Quotes
As knowledge increases, wonder deepens. - Charles Morgan
Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them. - H. L. Mencken
A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool. - Joseph Roux
The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. - Voltaire
A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece. - Ludwig Erhard
Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them. - H. L. Mencken
A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool. - Joseph Roux
The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. - Voltaire
A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece. - Ludwig Erhard
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Quotes
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost. - Charles Caleb Colton
If you're choking in a restaurant you can just say the magic words, 'Heimlich maneuver,' and all will be well. Trouble is, it's difficult to say 'Heimlich maneuver' when you're choking to death. - Eddie Izzard
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind. - Albert Einstein
Fall not in love, therefore; it will stick to your face. - National Lampoon
You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in. - Arlo Guthrie
If you're choking in a restaurant you can just say the magic words, 'Heimlich maneuver,' and all will be well. Trouble is, it's difficult to say 'Heimlich maneuver' when you're choking to death. - Eddie Izzard
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind. - Albert Einstein
Fall not in love, therefore; it will stick to your face. - National Lampoon
You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in. - Arlo Guthrie
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Quotes
This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to say. - Brenda Ueland
Once you've learned to study in a bathing suit on the grass with muscled men throwing frisbees over your head, you can accomplish almost anything. - Susan Rice
It takes too much energy to be against something unless it's really important. - Madeleine L'Engle
So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work. - Peter Drucker
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. - Will Rogers
Once you've learned to study in a bathing suit on the grass with muscled men throwing frisbees over your head, you can accomplish almost anything. - Susan Rice
It takes too much energy to be against something unless it's really important. - Madeleine L'Engle
So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work. - Peter Drucker
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. - Will Rogers
Occupy vs Tea Party
Found on the Greater Boston Tea Party website, this graphic shows that the hard-core occupiers do have something in common with the Tea Party people.
It starts out with a couple of points on which almost every American can agree.
WE HAVE A PROBLEM!GOVERNMENT COLLUSION WITH SPECIAL INTERESTS IS AN OUTRAGE!GOVERNMENT SHOULDN’T GIVE SPECIAL TREATMENT TO FAVORED INTERESTS!THE BAILOUTS WERE WRONG!LET’S TAKE TO THE STREETS!
And then the groups begin to split
OCCUPY WALL STREET vs. THE TEA PARTY
- Break The System vs. Fix The System
- We should be bailed out too! vs. Nobody should be bailed out!
- Get money out of politics. vs. Get politics out of money.
- We deserve other people’s money. vs. People deserve to keep what they earn.
- We need to keep spending money we don’t have. vs. We need to stop spending money we don’t have.
- The solution is to increase govt power. vs. The solution is to decrease govt power.
- Tax those evil rich fat cats into oblivion. vs. We’re taxed enough already.
- Replace the Constitution vs. Restore the Constitution
Occupy Wall Street (almost 3000 arrested) Tea Party Members (arrests?)
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Quotes
Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven. - Henry Ward Beecher
With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Laughter is the closest distance between two people. - Victor Borge
People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like. - Abraham Lincoln
A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to. - Granville Hicks
With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Laughter is the closest distance between two people. - Victor Borge
People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like. - Abraham Lincoln
A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to. - Granville Hicks
Resist Tyranny: Ten leadership lessons from Ronald Reagan
Resist Tyranny: Ten leadership lessons from Ronald Reagan: Francios Basili , President of Communication Ideas , offers a terrific post with ten leadership lessons gleaned from the life of Ronald Reag...
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