Get Your Story Right

The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.
:: Stephen Jay Gould

Quote of the Day

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
:: Plato

Quote of the Day

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
:: Francis Bacon

Imagine That

I was the kid next door's imaginary friend.
:: Emo Phillips

Love Thine Enemy

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
:: Winston Churchill

Thing of Beauty

When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
:: R. Buckminster Fuller

Mum's the Word

America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.
:: Oscar Wilde

Thought for the Day

My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want something around my neck that's worth more than my head.
:: Rita Rudner

Quote of the Day

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.
:: Winston Churchill

The Art of Simplification

Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler.
:: Albert Einstein

This One's Never on the Menu

For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three.
:: Alice Kahn

Our Raison d'Etre

Making duplicate copies and computer printouts of things no one wanted even one of in the first place is giving America a new sense of purpose.
:: Andy Rooney

Yeah, the Truth Hurts

Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.
:: Robertson Davies

Quote of the Day

A man is what he thinks about all day long.
:: Ralph Waldo Emerson

What's in Your Future?

Here's something to think about: How come you never see a headline like 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?
:: Jay Leno

Our Folly

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.
:: Paul Valery

Nobody Cares

Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.
:: William Safire

Damned if You do, and Damned if You don't

The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it.
:: Patrick Young

True Lies

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.
:: George Santayana

Painting Defined

Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.
:: Ambrose Bierce

Sometimes to the Bitter End

Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.
:: Laurence J. Peter

No One Likes a Critic

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs.
:: Christopher Hampton

Quote of the Day

I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.
:: Confucius

Heaven is on Earth

Heaven means to be one with God.
:: Confucius

Tao Teh Ching

Tao can be talked about, but not the Eternal Tao.
Names can be named, but not the Eternal Name.
As the origin of heaven-and-earth, it is nameless:
As "the Mother" of all things, it is nameable.
So, as ever hidden, we should look at its inner essence:
As always manifest, we should look at its outer aspects.
These two flow from the same source, though differently named;
And both are called mysteries.
The Mystery of mysteries is the Door of all essence.
:: Lao Tzu

Uptight and Ontime

I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.
:: E.V. Lucas

Yes, But Which Part?

Part of being sane, is being a little bit crazy.
:: Janet Long

Our Revealing Nature

A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name.
:: Evan Esar

Quote of the Day

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.
:: Winston Churchill

Quote of the Day

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.
:: Winston Churchill

Uplifting Sports Stories, for a Change

I came across these sports stories yesterday. One is about sportsmanship, the other about role models. These should be required reading for any athlete.

Cold Mountain

How pleasant were our bodies in the days of Chaos,
needing neither to eat or piss!
Who came along with his drill
and bored us full of these nine holes?
Morning after morning we must dress and eat,
year after year fret over taxes.
A thousand of us scrambling for a penny,
we knock our heads together and yell for dear life.
:: Han-Shan

Quote of the Day

We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others.
:: Blaise Pascal

Get Off the Beaten Path

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything.
:: Charles Kuralt

See More Beauty

Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.
:: Confucius

Quote of the Day

No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in the memory.
:: Plato

Not Even Einstein Could Solve It

The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.
:: Albert Einstein

Just a Reminder

Daylight Saving Time begins March 8, so set your clocks one hour ahead the night before.