Thursday, January 29, 2009
Thought for the Day
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
:: Steven Weinberg
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
The Mystery of It All
The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers.
:: Scott Adams
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
Quote of the Day
I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines.
:: Henry David Thoreau
Thought for the Day
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
:: John Ciardi
Always Been That Way
In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.
:: John Adams
Friday, January 23, 2009
Thought for the Day
Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
:: Jules Renard
Friday, January 16, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Quote of the Day
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
:: Albert Einstein
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Quote of the Day
The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.
:: Confucius
There Must be a Reason
I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars.
:: Fred Allen
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Quote of the Day
In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.
:: Confucius
Sage Advice
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
:: Socrates
Roughing It
Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.
:: W.C. Fields
Monday, January 12, 2009
Get in the Game
You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.
:: Albert Einstein
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Quote of the Day
If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.
:: Dorothy Parker
Oh no, He didn't!
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.
:: Voltaire
