Get Rid Of Both Parties
Will made the above quote almost a hundred years ago, but I kinda think it’s more appropriate today than it was back then. Continue reading Get Rid Of Both Parties
Category: Quotes
Learning from those wiser than us
Especially Now…
A Perfect Life??
Too many people are constantly on the search for the “Perfect Life”. They seem to think that “if I just get [this] or [that] everything will be perfect”. Of course, I kinda see it differently. Continue reading A Perfect Life??
I Have Done My Share
A biography of Einstein was the first “big boy” book I read. I was nine-years-old at the time but the story of Einstein clung to me in the decades since. In fact, at such an early age I was convinced … Continue reading I Have Done My Share
Curiosity killed the cat, but maybe made a genius
Curiosity, for Einstein, was a method. He would sit with a question for a very long time. His thought experiments were intense Continue reading Curiosity killed the cat, but maybe made a genius
The Cards Life Deals You…
I know it depends on your age but to me they brought to mind a popuar song by Kenny Rogers in 1978 entitled “The Gambler”. Who knew the words came from Voltaire in the early 1700s. Continue reading The Cards Life Deals You…
With All Your Old Nonsense…
Quote For Today Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin … Continue reading With All Your Old Nonsense…
… Know How To Swim
I wasn’t one to ever admit that I read Ann Landers gossip column, but she did have a certain wit about her that drew me in. The above quote is certainly one of those. Continue reading … Know How To Swim
Being Wrong
There are just too many people who are risk-averse in this world today. They think being wrong is some grave thing to be avoided if at all possible. Then there are those of us who see being wrong is simply part of the creative process. I personally am wrong more than I am right. Continue reading Being Wrong
Fight For Peace…
I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war. Continue reading Fight For Peace…
In The Hands Of A Few…
We are free today substantially, but the day will come when our Republic will be an impossibility. It will be an impossibility because wealth will be concentrated in the hands of a few. Continue reading In The Hands Of A Few…
Totally Satisfied??
Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
-Thomas Edison- Continue reading Totally Satisfied??
Tip Our Cups Over…
We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out. ”
-Ray Bradbury- Continue reading Tip Our Cups Over…
About Our Continuous Wars
People talk peace, but men give their live’s work to war. It won’t stop ’til there is as much brains and scientific study put to aid peace as there is to promote war.
-Will Rogers. 1931- Continue reading About Our Continuous Wars
Make Even More
Some say he was a genius, others say he was just crazy. I’m kinda stuck on the fence on this one. Continue reading Make Even More
Old Age is Definitely Relative
“Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.” Continue reading Old Age is Definitely Relative
Let’s Outlaw Education
Why don’t they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as prohibition did, in five years we will have the smartest people on earth. Continue reading Let’s Outlaw Education
Creativity & The Madhouse
“The road to creativity passes so close to the madhouse and often detours or ends there.” Continue reading Creativity & The Madhouse
The Chicken Or The Egg
A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
-Paul Cezanne – Continue reading The Chicken Or The Egg
Holding On To Anger
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else: you are the one who gets burned.” Continue reading Holding On To Anger
About Human Behavior
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. -Plato- In case you are not up on Greek Philosophers, Plato learned at the feet of Socrates, who then went on to teach his student Aristotle. I don’t know … Continue reading About Human Behavior
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