Yup….
This is personally relevant today, it was for yesterday, and it has been for the past several days. Lets hope tomorrow is different…for the better:
“The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.” – Mark Twain (1835 – 1910)
Well OK then….
“You can’t have a light without a dark to stick it in.” – Arlo Guthrie
I think I know what that means….
Irish Wisdoms and Cheers (the 8/26/11 post that didn’t post)
“Continual cheerfulness is a sign of wisdom.”
“The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.”
“The stars make no noise.”
“Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth.”
“Here’s to you and yours, And to mine and ours, And if mine and ours ever come across you and yours, I hope you and yours will do as much for mine and ours and mine and ours have done for you and yours!”
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Irish Blessings Again
“May your thoughts be as glad as the shamrocks. May your heart be as light as a song. May each day bring you bright, happy hours. That stay with you all the year long.”
“May the Irish hills caress you. May her lakes and rivers bless you. May the luck of the Irish enfold you. May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.”
Ought-to Quotes
“It’s wonderful when the people believe in their leader. It’s more wonderful when the leader believes in their people! You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.”
- Booker T. Washington
“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.”
- Winston Churchill
quotables
The haves and have nots usually have something to do with the dids and did nots.
The art of becoming wise is the art of knowing what to overlook
– William James, Psychologist
I’d rather know some of the questions than all of the answers.
– James Thurber, Humorist
Worrisome things
“The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic engineering, transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic flowers.” – Lewis Thomas
Quote: education
“Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.” – Laurence J. Peter
Miserable risk
“Most people would rather be certain they’re miserable, than risk being happy.” – Robert Anthony
Burning
My kids will certainly appreciate my sharing of this quote today:
“We burn daylight.” – William Shakespeare
Irish Blessings
Leftovers from St. Patrick’s Day…but these are not a one day recitation. All year long they are with meaning:
“May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall softly on your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the hollow of his hand.”
“May you live as long as you want and never want as long as you live”
“May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day. May songbirds serenade you every step along the way. May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that’s always blue. And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.”
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A little bit of envy in the best of us
“Harvey and I have things to do… we sit in the bars… have a drink or two… play the juke box. Very soon the faces of all the other people turn towards me and they smile. They say: ‘We don’t know your name, mister, but you’re a very nice fellow.’ Harvey and I warm ourselves in these golden moments. We came as strangers – soon we have friends. They come over. They sit with us. They drink with us. They talk to us. Read More…
Ahhhh, Garrison
Quotes from Garrison Keillor, Prairie Home Companion (Jan 8, 2011 episode)
“better to be a rot-gut sinner than to be a little plaster saint…(it is better) to be a living breathing person” Read More…
MITQ: Don’t Care
MITQ (Message In The Quote): “Just because I don’t care doesn’t mean I don’t understand.” – Homer Simpson
Say What: H.L. Mencken
H.L. Mencken quotes – I’m thinking I kind of like the way this guy expressed himself! BTW, early voting started yesterday….
- I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.
- A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.
- A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in. Read More…
Say What: Seeker
“If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.” – Rene Descartes
The Lincoln Link
FGs Lincoln was born March 18, 2012. Find posts, pictures, and updates by typing "Lincoln" in the Search box below to get a list for the kid. Flickr Photos
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Something Every Day
Over There Too
LiveScience-Environment
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Say Again?
- Hannah Arendt"Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom."
- Sallust"Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay."
- Sallust"Necessity makes even the timid brave."
- Rebecca West"It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster."
Say That Again?
- W. Somerset Maugham"I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't."
- W. C. Fields"I never vote for anyone; I always vote against."
- Dame Edna Everage"My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia."
- Ambrose Bierce"Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen."
- Oscar Wilde"Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience and rebellion that progress has been made."
Once a Year
NCAAF: Dr. Saturday
- College Station’s mayor won’t let Will Muschamp’s comments about her city die
- SEC approves 6-1-1 scheduling and LSU still has to keep playing Florida
- At long last, a Joe Paterno tribute country song (AUDIO)
- When being an Ohio State fan goes horribly wrong
- Michigan DT learns the hard way he’ll never be in a Dukes of Hazzard remake
What say you?