January 2019 – A Pondering Mind

What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do. ~ Tim Ferriss

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure. ~ Samuel Johnson

Source note: Johnsonian Misellanies (1966 edition)

Albert Einstein Quote

Many of the things you can count, don’t count.
Many of the things you can’t count, really count.
~ Albert Einstein

If men were angels, no government would be necessary. ~ James Madison

To the intelligent man or woman ~ Edward Abbey

“To the intelligent man or woman, life appears infinitely mysterious. But the stupid have an answer for every question.”
~ Edward Abbey (B. January 29, 1927 – D. March 14, 1989)

Why do writers write? Because it isn’t there. ~ Thomas Berger

Life is an unbroken succession of false situations. ~ Thornton Wilder

Bad weather always looks worse through a window. ~ Tom Lehrer

The pen is the tongue of the mind. ~ Horace

He who angers you conquers you. ~ Elizabeth Kenny

Television has raised writing to a new low. ~ Samuel Goldwyn

Computer dating is fine, if you’re a computer. ~ Rita Mae Brown

The body says what words cannot. ~ Martha Graham

Architecture is the art of how to waste space. ~ Philip Johnson

Philip Johnson (1906 – 2005)

Write a wise saying and your name will live forever. ~ Anonymous

“Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments.” ~ Rose Kennedy

B. July 22, 1890 – D. January 22, 1995

Tuesday Morning

Morning sun
no wind
6 F, -14 C
warmer
temps
are on
the way

Monday Morning

overcast
windy
1F -17C
wind chill
of -7F
typical
mid
January
weather

To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer. ~ Farmers’ Almanac

Farmers’ Almanac, 1978

Life is consciousness. ~ Emmet Fox

Never give advise unless asked. ~ German Proverb

“There is no beauty without some strangeness” ~ Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe, B. January 19, 1809 – D. October 7, 1849

The problem with political jokes is they get elected. ~ Henry Cate VII

People are afraid of themselves ~ Jim Morrison

“People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that’s bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they’re afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they’re wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It’s all in how you carry it.”
~ Jim Morrison

The function of law ~ Robert Anton Wilson

“The function of law and theology are the same: to keep the poor from taking back by violence what the rich have stolen by cunning.”
~ Robert Anton Wilson, Author (B. January 18, 1932 – D. January 11, 2007

Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety. ~ Rose Kennedy

A person’s a person, no matter how small. ~ Dr. Seuss

“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” ~ Anais Nin

Anais Nin, Born: February 21, 1903 – Died: January 14, 1977

We don’t like their sound…..

We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.
– Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962

A smiling face is half the meal. ~ Latvian Proverb

“Fear is incomplete knowledge.” ~ Agatha Christie

Born: September 15, 1890 – Died: January 12, 1976

“Books are a habit-forming drug.” ~ Agatha Christie

Unclose your mind. ~ Haruki Murakami

“Unclose your mind. You are not a prisoner. You are a bird in flight, searching the skies for dreams.”
~ Haruki Murakami

Dancing is silent poetry. ~ Simonides (556-468bc)

I dream, therefore I become. ~ Cheryl Renee Grossman

It has been said, ‘time heals all wounds.’

“It has been said, ‘time heals all wounds.’ I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.”
~ Rose Kennedy

Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted. ~ Hesketh Pearson

Never judge a book by its movie. ~ J. W. Eagan

Living in a vacuum sucks. ~ Adrienne E. Gusoff

We are always the same age inside. ~ Gertrude Stein

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what’s empty. Empty what’s full. And scratch where it itches. ~ Alice Roosevelt Longworth

I don’t go by the rule book… I lead from the heart, not the head. ~ Princess Diana

A Fleeting Thought

There’s
reality
then
there’s
Trump

Enough
said

Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn’t mean he lacks vision. ~ Stevie Wonder

Memory feeds imagination. ~ Amy Tan

I’m all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let’s start with typewriters. ~ Solomon Short

Who said nights were for sleep? ~ Marilyn Monroe

A Thought

the
way
things
are
going
in
this
country
an
alternative
universe
sounds
pretty
good

Change is inevitable. Change is constant. ~ Benjamin Disraeli

Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty of words. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

“Don’t feel sorry for yourself if you have chosen the wrong road, turn around.” ~ Edgar Cayce

Edgar Cayce, Psychic (B. March 18, 1877 – D. January 3, 1945)

Any Great Change ~ Lucretia Mott

J. R. R. Tolkien Poem

“The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.
Today and tomorrow are yet to be said.
The chances, the changes are all yours to make.
The mold of your life is in your hands to break.”
~ J. R. R. Tolkien

I always wonder why birds ~ Harun Yahya

“I always wonder why birds choose to stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth, then I ask myself the same question.”
~ Harun Yahya, Author (B. February 2, 1956)

Yesterday’s the past ~ Bill Keane Quote

Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.
~ Bill Keane

January 1st ~ Ellen Goodman

“We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives…not looking for flaws, but for potential.”
~ Ellen Goodman, Journalist (b. April 11, 1941)