Monthly Archives: January 2019
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure. ~ Samuel Johnson
Source note: Johnsonian Misellanies (1966 edition)
It’s so funny how social media was just this fun thing, and now it’s this monster that consumes so many millennial lives. ~ Cazzie David
Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody. ~ Benjamin Franklin
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 only winner in the War of 1812 was Tchaikovsky. ~ Solomon Short
The universe is made of stories, not atoms. ~ Muriel Rukeyser
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 […]
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
At my age the bones are water in the morning until food is given them. ~ Pearl Buck
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
The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once. ~ Albert Einstein
“In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.” ~ Isaac Asimov
A Thought
a new year upon us same shit different year
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)
Anti-humanism ~ Shirley Chisholm, Politician
“I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.” ~ E. M. Forster
E. M. Forster, Novelist (1879-1970)
