people

“There’s simply no polite way to tell people they’ve dedicated their lives to an illusion.” ~Daniel Dennett

Daniel Dennett, Philosopher

War

“War: a massacre of people who don’t know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don’t massacre each other.” ~ Paul Valery, Poet, 1871 – 1945

Calm State Of Mind

alone at his favorite outdoor table while quietly thinking … blocking out the sounds of the traffic and people passing by … completely focused on the other world that he knows will never happen

When I venture out for a walk, I sometimes meet some interesting people…from all walks of life. They could be dog walkers…people going or returning from an errand…the homeless… some of them I’ve gotten to know over the past few years…sometimes I’ll give them a dollar or two, as I know how it is toContinue reading “Interesting People”

lost and found

its a perfect day to take a stroll, when a young female stops a few feet away. she has a dumbfounded look on her face… he stops dead in his tracks … excuse me… you look like you are lost… she replied… i am lost … do you need help… since you say that youContinue reading “lost and found”

Strangers In The Park

Sitting on a park bench, reading one of his favorite authors, he noticed out of the corner of his eye, an acquaintance that he hasn’t seen in ages. He remembered her name, but as far some of the particulars go, they just passed right by him. He finally looked up, and said hello, and sheContinue reading “Strangers In The Park”

Why Me

It is one of those days, when nothing seems to go right for a number of reasons. So what were the things that ended up ruining the neighbor’s day. He looks out the window and sees that his car stolen…no milk in the fridge for his cereal…coffee maker shit the bed…later in the day…he burntContinue reading “Why Me”

People Are Strange

“People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.” ~ Charles Bukowsk, Poet, 1920 – 1994

Life Is Too Short

“I don’t care what people think about me. Never did, never will. Life is too short to be worrying about that shit.” ~ Amy Winehouse, Singer-songwriter, Born: September 14, 1983 – Died: July 23, 2011

Dedication To A Friend

A few months back, I contemplated whether to continue blogging, or throw in the towel and call it a day. One of the first to email me, to say she would miss the things I post, and what not. Another follower from my local area, more or less said the same thing. Anyways, after aContinue reading “Dedication To A Friend”

so

went to the store as I needed to get a few things…when it was time for me to do what shoppers normally do at the register…the cashier had the personality of a sloth… when I was done, I was just shaking my head in wonder as to why they hire people like her…yikes

wondering

do single unattached people have love seats in their abodes

a thought redux

what I don’t see, hear and/or know about doesn’t bother me, and I am fine with that. so with that said, all is well and good and I will leave it like that.

a thought

working people seem to dread manic mondays while a retired person like me looks at it as mild-mannered mondays its a fair assumption

“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.” ~W. H. Auden

bummer

the table is all laid out with chef salad, a wedge of cheddar cheese, a plate of expensive cold cuts, and a bottle of red wine. with all the time she spent getting the food ready, the candles ready to be lit, her date nevertheless was a total slob… knocking stuff over, and … theContinue reading “bummer”

Good Riddance

I finally got rid of Twitter, as I had no use for it. This is second time I have done this. The first time was early last year. Then this past fall, I started a new account. At first it was going well, but then it seemed like Twitter was on this suspension kick, whichContinue reading “Good Riddance”

enlighten me

what do people do when they are bored?

and so

took a walk in the heat very few people out and about came home dragging my ass the a/c felt great now i’m relaxing knowing my glucose reading is excellent tomorrow will be hotter do i dare to venture out… i’ll play it by ear

“Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.” ~ Carl Jung

so

it is a saturday it is june it is hot to hot for this time of the month some say climate change is a hoax i beg to differ but no use arguing with people in denial then i ask myself do people in denial like being that way or do they live miserable lives

Hell isn’t other people. Hell is yourself. ~Ludwig Wittgenstein

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do rather than what they say. ~Rene Descartes

Beat Generation

“The so-called Beat Generation was a whole bunch of people, of all different nationalities, who came to the conclusion that society sucked.” ~ John Clellon Holmes, Author ~ 1926 – 1988

People who try hard to do the right thing always seems mad. ~Stephen King

“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.” ~Ernest Hemingway

Two Sentences

you meet all kinds of people in the supermarket, laundromat, drug store, and other places. but you knew that.

wondering

I get tired watching other people work. do you?

3:00 A.M. ~ London

I’ve been wondering if anything exciting, bad or both happened in London, England, at 3:00 a.m.. GMT. Are there people up and about, and what were they doing, probably some things not wanting to know about.

The People Of The United States

“The people of the United States are one of the people I most admire in the world. The only thing I don’t understand is why a country that manages to do so well cannot do better in choosing its president.” ~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez

3:00 A.M. ~ Quick Fiction

A hot and humid night in the city. People without a/c, having a hard time trying to get any sleep. Some of them choose to go outside, sitting on the stoops at 3:00 a.m. They see there are quite a few of their fellow citizens, doing the same thing. Talking and watching the few carsContinue reading “3:00 A.M. ~ Quick Fiction”

An Observation

When strolling the sidewalks, and pathways of the parks, you are more than likely will meet some interesting people, from all walks of life.

Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed. ~Friedrich Nietzsche

People Know What They Do

“People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don’t know is what what they do does.” ~ Michel Foucault, Philosopher – Born: October 15, 1926 – Died: June 25, 1984

Two People

“Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.” ~ William James

The Mad Ones

“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

The Coffee Shop

“…Seattle has unleashed this weird phenomenon on the world called the coffee shop. And the coffee shop, thanks to Starbucks, is the place where socially isolated, lonely, needy people gather together to ignore one another.” ~ Mark Driscoll

Vindictive People

“There’s a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone.” ~ Sylvester Stallone

Speak Your Mind

“I’d turn off the internet for a month and make us actually talk to each other, and be responsible for your opinions and not be able to hide behind the anonymity of the cyber-wall to speak your mind. To actually have to face people and see their reactions and discuss it – actually discuss it.Continue reading “Speak Your Mind”

For What its Worth

President Joe Biden wears a $10,000 Rolex watch. Some people on the right are making a big deal of it. Me personally, I really don’t give a fuck what he wears. Give me a break.

Hating People

“Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.” ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick

Living In The Past

“Too many people live too much in the past. The past must be a springboard, not a sofa.” ~ Harold MacMillan

Leadership

“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” ~ Rosalynn Carter

Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other. ~Ann Landers

Be Who You Are

“About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won’t like you at all.” ~ Rita Mae Brown

“Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.” ~ Winston Churchill

What Is

“The ‘what should be’ never did exist, but people keep trying to live up to it. There is no ‘what should be,’ there is only what is.” ~ Lenny Bruce

Elections Belong To The People

“Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

Don’t you hate people who say they’re not complaining and then complain? ~Edna Ferber

The Truth Is Simple

People expect Byzantine, Machiavellian logic from politicians. But the truth is simple. Trial lawyers learn a good rule: ‘Don’t decide what you have to decide.’ That’s not evasion, it’s wisdom. Mario Cuomo

People who boast about their I.Q. are losers. ~ Stephen Hawking

So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health. ~A. J. Materi

What To Make Of It

Taking my second walk of the early evening, I did not see any other people, nor an auto passing by me in either direction. It was pure silence, and I was thinking, this how it must be on a no-mans island in the middle of the ocean. And then, the silence could be deafening, orContinue reading “What To Make Of It”

Separation Of Church And State

The fact that religion plays such a part in how people vote troubles me, troubles me as a minister’s daughter. Because I always felt that the separation of church and state was what our forefathers and foremothers really fought for. Tori Amos

People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining. ~ Stephen Hawking

Last Night

When I took one of my evening strolls, I saw less than a half dozen people doing the same thing. As for traffic, that has gone down too. I could practically walk down the middle of what some are the busier streets in my city, and this is before sunset. Eerie! The one good thingContinue reading “Last Night”

The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours. ~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Spring Time Snow

Took a walk in the heavy, wet snow. Of course I got kind of wet, I mean really wet, and I seen two other people outside, doing the same thing. It was enjoyable walk, and it helps keep the sugar in check, and also helps with keeping the mind focused. In these dire times, IContinue reading “Spring Time Snow”

“Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.” ~ T. S. Eliot

City Life

I’m impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work. Michael Douglas

“At the end of the day people won’t remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.” ~ Maya Angelou

People can do whatever they want. It’s when they conform to society that they restrict themselves. ~Erin Pracht

Time Capsules

We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like. Alfred Hitchcock

“Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself.” ~Alice Walker

Beautiful People

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do notContinue reading “Beautiful People”

People spend to much time finding other people to blame …..

People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives. -J. Michael Straczynski, American Producer – 1954 –

“Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.” ~ Paul Valery

“Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Short, Short Story

Mr Positive debates Mr Negative. Egos clash. Neither comes out a winner. Both egos deflated.

The City

people on the stoops watching the passersby hydrants open spraying cool water on the neighborhood kids ice cream truck has arrived people lining up to buy and enjoy an ice cream or something cold to drink to hot cook inside so pizza and sandwiches are the meals for the hungry the ones without a/c sufferContinue reading “The City”

Quiet People ~ Susan Gale

Sometimes quiet people really do have a lot to say. They’re just being careful about who they open up to. ~ Susan Gale

Short Story

During his morning stroll, the elderly man is curious, as to how many bricks did they use in making the one block long sidewalk. Maybe one day, he will find the answer, by the tedious task of counting the red rectangular blocks of clay.

Alice Walker Quote

People who boast about their I.Q. are losers. ~ Stephen Hawking

Few people know how to take a walk. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children. ~ Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler – British Poet, Author 1835 – 1902

“The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.” ~ Andy Rooney

“An artist is somebody who produces things that people don’t need to have.” ~ Andy Warhol

Source: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975)

Henry Rollins Quote

People are best on records and books because you can turn them off or put them back on the shelf. ~Henry Rollins

People who say they sleep like a baby usually don’t have one. ~ Leo J. Burke

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners. ~ Albert Camus

“Some people are old at 18 and some are young at 90. Time is a concept that humans created.” ~ Yoko Ono

The nice thing about egotists is that they don’t talk about other people.” – Lucille S. Harper

The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think. ~ Edwin Schlossberg

Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors. ~ Jim Morrison

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 usContinue reading “People are afraid of themselves ~ Jim Morrison”

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

People who read the tabloids deserve to be lied to. ~ Jerry Seinfeld

Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book. ~ Jane Smiley

People Know What They Do ~ Michel Foucault

“People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don’t know is what what they do does.” ~ Michel Foucault

Accept The Obvious

“The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.” ~ Dick Gregory

Controlling The Mind ~ Edward Bernays

“If we understand the mechanisms and motives of the group mind, it is now possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without their knowing it In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we areContinue reading “Controlling The Mind ~ Edward Bernays”

A Third Choice ~ Meg White, Musician

Ray Bradbury Quote: Television

The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little. ~Ray Bradbury, The Golden Apples of the Sun

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

One Sentence Fiction

He’s known as the ‘why’ man, for he is always asking the why of everything.

Go To The People ~ Lao Tzu

Genius Quotes

Democracy ~ Howard Zinn

“Democracy depends on citizens being informed, and since our media, especially television (which is the most important source of news for most Americans) reports mostly what the people in power do, and repeats what the people in power say, the public is badly informed, and it means we cannot really say we have a functioningContinue reading “Democracy ~ Howard Zinn”