Showing posts with label quotes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quotes. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

1834 - Tyranny

Time for some good tyranny quotes. Read these or I'll send the Department of Homeland Security to have a talk with you.


A good deal of tyranny goes by the name of protection.
Crystal Eastman

A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one can go only by traveling in a straight line until one is stopped.
Norman Mailer

A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment.
Beverly Sills

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.
Bertrand Russell

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
Thomas Jefferson

Any ideal system is its own worst enemy, and as soon as you start to implement these visions of grandeur, they just fall apart and turn into a complete tyranny.
Ben Nicholson

America is just the country that how all the written guarantees in the world for freedom are no protection against tyranny and oppression of the worst kind. There the politician has come to be looked upon as the very scum of society.
Peter Kropotkin


Well? Did you read all of them? There will be a test. Failure is not an option. Failure will result in reindoctrination at your cost. ..... Or maybe we'll just go have a beer and talk it over.

 

Sunday, March 11, 2012

1823 - Age

LA did a post about turning 50. She got a comment with some great age quotes in it. This is how you blog everyday. You stea.... borrow stuff.



"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." ~Mark Twain.

"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were?" ~Satchel Paige

"You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old." ~George Burns

"I don't feel old. I don't feel anything till noon. That's when it's time for my nap." ~Bob Hope

"Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese."
~Billie Burke

"I'm not 40, I'm eighteen with 22 years experience." ~Author Unknown

"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty." ~Henry Ford

"At my age I do what Mark Twain did. I get my daily paper, look at the obituaries page and if I'm not there I carry on as usual." ~Patrick Moore

"A person is not old until regrets take the place of hopes and plans." ~Scott Nearing.

"When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick." ~George Burns

"Like many women my age, I am 28 years old." ~Mary Schmich

"Age, if you don't mind it doesn't matter." ~Me (Stolen from Jack Benny, HA!)


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And THEN! If you need some blogging advice, here's an article about 12 things that will kill your blog post.

 

Saturday, November 26, 2011

1715 - Quotes (and pictures)

The first three are a theme.






This fits in with the previous threes' work saving theme.


This will be proven next November.


It took three times to upload this picture. I wonder....


 

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

1712 - Quotes

I haven't done quotes in awhile. time to catch up.

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You are as old as your doubts and fears, and as young as your hopes and dreams.

A father holds his children's hands for a while but holds their hearts forever.

Moments are little pockets of time that are crammed with all of life's possibilities.

I was wondering why somebody didn't do something, and then I remembered that I was somebody

The friends we meet on the path of life make the trip worthwhile.

We don't know where we are or where we're going until we understand where we have been.

Advice is like medicine, you have to take to find out if it does any good.

Give not from the top of your purse but from the bottom of your heart.

Be like a postage stamp, stick to one thing until you get there.

The family is one safe island in an unknown sea.

You are young at any age if you are planning for tomorrow.

Take time to think, it's the source of success.

Cherish all your happy moments, they make a fine cushion for old age.

It's all right letting yourself go as long as you can get yourself back.

 

Monday, April 04, 2011

1478 - Quotes .. or not.. and music info .. or not. And Uncle Jay ... no not the babies again ... nope.

Here are some non quote quotes.

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Old Farmer's Advice
"Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong."
"Keep skunks and bankers at a distance."
"Life is simpler when you plow around the stump."
"A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor."
"Words that soak into your ears are whispered…....not yelled."
"Meanness don't just happen overnight."
"Forgive your enemies; it messes up their heads."
"Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you."
"It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge."
"You cannot unsay a cruel word."
"Every path has a few puddles."
"When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty."
"The best sermons are lived, not preached."
"Most of the stuff people worry about, ain't never gonna happen anyway."
"Don 't judge folks by their relatives.
"Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer."
"Live a good and honorable life, then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time."
"Don 't interfere with somethin' that ain't bothering you none."
"Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance."
"If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'."
"Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
"The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'."
"Always drink upstream from the herd."
"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment."
"Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in."
"If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around."
"Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, and leave the rest to God."
"Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."

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If you know a musician copy this and send it to them. They'll appreciate it more than I did.

A C, an E-flat, and a G go into a bar. The bartender says: "Sorry, but we don't serve minors." So, the E-flat leaves, and the C and the G have an open fifth between them.

After a few drinks, the fifth is diminished and the G is out flat. An F comes in and tries to augment the situation, but is not sharp enough.

A D comes into the bar and heads straight for the bathroom saying, "Excuse me. I'll just be a second."

An A comes into the bar, but the bartender is not convinced that this relative of C is not a minor. Then the bartender notices a B-flat hiding at the end of the bar and exclaims: "Get out now! You're the seventh minor I've found in this bar tonight."

The E-flat, not easily deflated, comes back to the bar the next night in a 3-piece suit with nicely shined shoes. The bartender (who used to have a nice corporate job until his company downsized) says: "You're looking sharp tonight, come on in! This could be a major development."

This proves to be the case, as the E-flat takes off the suit, and everything else, and stands there au natural.

Eventually, the C sobers up, and realizes in horror that he's under a rest.

The C is brought to trial, is found guilty of contributing to the diminution of a minor, and is sentenced to 10 years of DS without Coda at an up scale correctional facility.

On appeal, however, the C is found innocent of any wrongdoing, even accidental, and that all accusations to the contrary are bassless.

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This is a good Uncle Jay. If you've never been to his site...... WHAT! Never?!! And I think someone else may have had the political baby idea first.




 

Monday, September 20, 2010

1279 - Quotes

Well if you look up the seven deadly sins in wikipedia you get - wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony.

But I found this on John's(in england) quote site. I verified it on another quote site.

Ashley Cooper

Seven Deadly Sins

Truth, if it becomes a weapon against persons.
Beauty, if it becomes vanity.
Love, if it becomes possessive.
Loyalty, if it becomes blind, careless trust.
Tolerance, if it becomes indifference.
Self-confidence, if it becomes arrogance.
Faith, if it becomes self-righteous.


I also found this -

Cicero, Marcus Tullius

The Six Mistakes of Man

1. The delusion that personal gain is made by crushing others.
2. The tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or corrected.
3. Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it.
4. Refusing to set aside trivial preferences.
5. Neglecting development and refinement of the mind, and not acquiring the habit of reading and studying.
6. Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.


Update -
Marcus Tullius Cicero; January 3, 106 BC – December 7, 43 BC; was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist.

 

Saturday, September 18, 2010

1277 - Dog quotes

I found a butt load of dog quotes. Even a Mark Twain dog quote. I don't remember seeing any of these before. Probably because I can't remember much anymore.


"If your dog is fat, you aren't getting enough exercise" -- Unknown

"Some days you're the dog; some days you're the hydrant." -- Unknown

"Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about puppies." -- Gene Hill

"In dog years, I'm dead." -- Unknown

"To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs." -- Aldous Huxley

"A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down." -- Robert Benchley

"Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that's how dogs spend their lives." -- Sue Murphy

"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves." -- August Strindberg

"No animal should ever jump up on the dining room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation." -- Fran Lebowitz

"Ever consider what they must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul -- chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!" -- Anne Tyler

"I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult." -- Rita Rudner

"My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That's almost $7.00 in dog money." -- Joe Weinstein

"If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons." -- James Thurber

"You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a person with pets." -- Nora Ephron

"Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful." -- Ann Landers

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." -- Robert A. Heinlein

"In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him." -- Dereke Bruce, Taipei, Taiwan

"Of all the things I miss from veterinary practice, puppy breath is one of the most fond memories!" -- Dr. Tom Cat

"There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face." -- Ben Williams

"When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem." -- Edward Abbey

"Cat's motto: No matter what you've done wrong, always try to make it look like the dog did it." -- Unknown

"Money will buy you a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail." -- Unknown

"No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does." -- Christopher Morley

"A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself." -- Josh Billings

"Man is a dog's idea of what God should be." -- Holbrook Jackson

"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person." -- Andrew A. Rooney

"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion." -- Unknown

"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man." -- Mark Twain

"Things that upset a terrier may pass virtually unnoticed by a Great Dane." -- Smiley Blanton

"I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts." -- John Steinbeck

Wednesday, September 01, 2010

1260 - Quote

A few days ago I used the quote -

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross."
Sinclair Lewis

Well yesterday I saw this in the paper -

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross."
H. L. Mencken

So off to Google I go. If you put the quote in the search box you get Sinclair Lewis all over the place. So I went to Wikipedia on Sinclair Lewis and found this about the quote -

Nothing!!!

Where to next? Wikiquote. -

Misattributed
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross."
A misquote of Harrison Evans Salisbury's 1971 citing of Lewis: "Sinclair Lewis aptly predicted in It Can't Happen Here that if fascism came to America it would come wrapped in the flag and whistling 'The Star Spangled Banner.'"

So let's check Wikiquote for H. L. Mencken -

Nothing.

Back to Google and 'Brainy Quotes'. They have it as Sinclair Lewis. also found this -

Fascism will come at the hands of perfectly authentic Americans.
John T. Flynn

And this -

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
H. L. Mencken

So what about googling "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." "menchen"

3 hits, all referring to Lewis.

So let's search on "Harrison Evans Salisbury" and "fascism".

HEY! Someone has done a LOT more research than I could ever hope to right HERE.

NO NO NO, go back and click the link and read it.

So did you go there? Did you read it? Interesting ehh?

That leaves me with one last quote from H. L. Menchen.



The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal.
H. L. Mencken


 

Thursday, June 24, 2010

1188 - Quotes

Some how I don't think Steve has the problem he says he has.



I could see Jack's Mom having this problem.



Nail head hit!!!!



Nail head hit!!!!



Yes we are!



 

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

1053 - Quotes

Quotes, haven't done any in awhile. Can't say that anymore. (for awhile)

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"The correct advice to give is the advice that is desired."

"A pint of example is worth a gallon of advice."

"Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny?"

"Does vacuuming count as aerobic exercise?"

"Familiarity breeds children."

"The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a life time."

"Inflexibility is the hallmark of a small mind."

"Just because you're smart does not mean that the other guy is stupid."

"Everyone has a right to be stupid. Some just abuse the privilege."

"Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence."

"The hardest thing about business is minding your own."

"A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory!"

"As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in public schools."

"Choosing the lesser of two evils, is still choosing evil."

"By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends."

"Money talks and often just says "Good Bye".

"I'm so poor, I can't even pay attention!"

"My reality check bounced."

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Todays date - 02022010 - This date will be more fun 10 years from now.

 

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

984 - Quotes

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
      Seneca (Roman philosopher, mid-1st century AD)

More from Seneca -

“Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”

“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.”

“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”

“There is no great genius without some touch of madness.”

“Time discovers truth.”

“You will not die because you are ill, but because you are alive”

“True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.”

“We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.”

“A man's as miserable as he thinks he is.”

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.”

“He is most powerful who has power over himself”

 

Sunday, September 06, 2009

906 - Quotes

Here's some quotes without authors. I guess that just makes them sayings. So here's some sayings that I didn't bother checking the internet for authors ..... of ..... you know what I mean.

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A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.

What a man can be, he must be.

I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail. (Sometimes I'm glad I don't have a hammer next to the computer)

Education is learning to grow, learning what to grow toward, learning what is good and bad, learning what is desirable and undesirable, learning what to choose and what not to choose.

The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.

Victory depends on whether or not a duelist has the courage to fight until the bitter end.

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.

If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.

The way to recover the meaning of life and the worthwhileness of life is to recover the power of experience, to have impulse voices from within, and to be able to hear these impulse voices from within-and make the point: This can be done. (what?)

The good society is one in which virtue pays.

Laugh at what you hold sacred, and still hold it sacred.

You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety.

 

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

858 - Best quote of 2008

My friend Frank sent me this email rant.

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POLK COUNTY FLORIDA SHERIFF GRADY JUDD ---

An illegal alien in Polk County Florida who got pulled over in a routine
traffic stop ended up 'executing' the deputy who stopped him..
The deputy was shot eight times, including once behind his right ear at
close range. Another deputy was wounded and a police dog killed.
A state wide manhunt ensued.

The murderer was found hiding in a wooded area with his gun.
After he shot at them, SWAT team officers open fired and hit the guy 68 times.

Now here's the kicker:

Naturally, the liberal media went nuts and asked why they shot the
poor undocumented immigrant 68 times.

Sheriff Grady Judd told the Orlando Sentinel:
Talk about an all-time classic answer.
'Because that's all the ammunition we had.'

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So I say to myself, "Is this another email falsehood floating around the internet?"

Check it out on SNOPES.

Turns out they're not very good shots down in Florida. 62% is failing in my book. Unless we're grading on the curve.

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Sunday, April 05, 2009

752 - Quotes

I've had some quotes sitting in my emergency blog file for awhile. Time to bring some more out of hiding.


"Don't count your chickens before they cross the road." (my chickens were on the road when the recession bus came along)

"Jumping to conclusions can be bad exercise."

"Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect."

"When dangling, watch your participles." (a Bilbo type of quote)

"Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died."

"If you don't care where you're going any road will get you there."

"The easy way is always mined."

"So many books...So little time."

"Don't put all your eggs in the wrong basket." (now they tell me)

"He who forgives ends the quarrel."

"The Road to Enlightenment is long and difficult. Bring snacks and a book to read."

"If you're feeling good, don't worry. You'll get over it."

Sunday, March 29, 2009

745 - Quotes

Here's something I haven't done in awhile. Go steal quotes from John. England John, not USA John. Although I did find out that USA John follows England John's daily posts from a comment. So I went back and picked out some quotes from a few years ago. And surprise. I ran across some duplicates. I think England John likes the first one a lot.


ANON or WILLIAM FAULKNER or Chinese Proverb
The person who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

ANON
A little bit of help is better than a great deal of pity.

GANDHI
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

HECTOR BERLIOZ
Time is a great teacher. Unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
There are three things which are extremely hard - steel, a diamond, and to know oneself.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Insist on being yourself. Never imitate.

HENRY VAN DYKE
Use what talent you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.

THE DALAI LAMA
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

WINSTON CHURCHILL
Success is never final.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON
Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it - will do anything but live for it.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
Old minds are like old horses. You must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
Learn from the mistakes of others.
You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.

MOTHER TERESA
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

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