A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere. ~ Groucho Marx
Monthly Archives: September 2018
George Carlin Quote: Odd Feeling
“You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar.” ~ George Carlin
Edwin Way Teale Quote: Autumn
“For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad.” ~ Edwin Way Teale
Aeschylus Quote: Happiness
Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times. -Aeschylus 525 BC – 456 BC Ancient Greek Dramatist
Jean de la Bruyere Quote: Three Events
There are only three events in a man’s life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscience of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live. -Jean de la Bruyere French Philosopher
George Cooper, October’s Party
October gave a party; The leaves by hundreds came– The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples, And leaves of every name. The Sunshine spread a carpet, And everything was grand, Miss Weather led the dancing, Professor Wind the band. -George Cooper, October’s Party
Miles Davis Quote: Music Is
“A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.” ~ Miles Davis
One Of Those
its one of those dank glum gloomy rainy type of day just make the best of it
True Wisdom
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. -Socrates
Mad Ones ~ Jack Kerouac
“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved.” ~ Jack Kerouac
Power ~ Gregory Corso
“Standing on a street corner waiting for no one is power.” ~ Gregory Corso
Jack Kerouac Quote: Life
“Maybe that’s what life is… a wink of the eye and winking stars.” ~ Jack Kerouac
Charlie Parker – Master The Music
“Master your instrument. Master the music. And then forget all that bullshit and just play.” ~ Charlie Parker
Look Around
Christina Rossetti Poem: Changing Seasons
“January cold and desolate; February dripping wet; March wind ranges; April changes; Birds sing in tune To flowers of May, And sunny June Brings longest day; In scorched July The storm-clouds fly, Lightning-torn; August bears corn, September fruit; In rough October Earth must disrobe her; Stars fall and shoot In keen November; And night is […]
Ambrose Bierce Quote
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. -Ambrose Bierce
John Burroughs Quote
“How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.” ~ John Burroughs
Mother Earth ~ Mitchell Burgess
“If winter is slumber and spring is birth, and summer is life, then autumn rounds out to be reflection. It’s a time of year when the leaves are down and the harvest is in and the perennials are gone. Mother Earth just closed up the drapes on another year and it’s time to reflect on […]
A Note About Me
There are some things in life I do not care to talk about, and that is religion. I am not religious, and i haven’t been for quite a long time. I don’t like it, when certain people try to talk about it, and when they do, I walk away. Also, there are religious bloggers who […]
Life ~ Isaac Asimov
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome. -Isaac Asimov
One Big Road ~ Bob Marley
Trust
“Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.” ~ John Churton Collins
Autumnal Winds
Wild is the music of autumnal winds Amongst the faded woods. ~William Wordsworth
Autumn ~ French Proverb
Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
Autumn ~ Albert Camus
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~Albert Camus
Pessimists Are Second Rate
“Pessimists are second rate people. They do not believe in life. … All they want to do is drag you down and appease their own feelings of mediocrity and fear.” ~ Uell Stanley Andersen
Quote: The Four Seasons
Winter is dead; spring is crazy; summer is cheerful and autumn is wise! ~Mehmet Murat ildan
John Donne ~ Autumn
No spring nor summer’s beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one Autumnal face…. ~John Donne, “Elegy IX: The Autumnal”
Walter Lippmann ~ Wisdom Quote
“It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.” ~ Walter Lippmann
Dogen Quote: Reality
“What is reality? An icicle forming in fire.” ~ Dogen
Books Are The Perfect Entertainment ~ Stephen King
Born: September 21, 1947
Genius And Madness
“Genius and madness have something in common: both live in a world that is different from that which exists for everyone else.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer
Matsuo Basho Quote
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. ~Matsuo Basho
Carl Sagan Quote
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. ~Carl Sagan
Mediocrity ~ Sherlock Holmes
Who I Am
see me for who I am not whom you think I am
John W. Fellows ~ Poem
I want to hear the simmer Of the old coffee pot; I want to hear it hummin’ When it’d gettin’ good and hot; I want to see the vapor rise, Like incense in the room, And float about a-fillin’ Every corner with perfume. ~John W. Fellows, “The Old Coffee Pot,” in The People’s Home Journal, […]
Real Wisdom ~ Leo Tolstoy
“Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.” ~ Leo Tolstoy
One Sentence Fiction
He’s known as the ‘why’ man, for he is always asking the why of everything.
Plutarch Quote: Change
“I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.” – Plutarch
Go To The People ~ Lao Tzu
Genius Quotes
Cornelia Funke ~ If I Was A Book
If I was book, I would like to be a library book, so I would be taken home by all kinds of different kids. -Cornelia Funke, German Author
To Be Left Alone
“We preferred our own way of living. We were no expense to the government. All we wanted was peace and to be left alone.” – Crazy Horse
Anthony de Mello Quotation On Wisdom
Light Attracts Light ~ Warsan Shire
“Light attracts light. But sometimes your light attracts moths and your warmth attracts parasites. Protect your space and energy” – Warsan Shire
Six Word Story
A head filled with scatterbrain ideas.
