"This is like a world war, except in this case, we're all on the same side." Bill Gates, American business magnate and philanthropist
"The way forward is to find the courage to open up the space for new forms of solidarity." Cardinal Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, urging faith leaders to come together against hate speech during the pandemic
"We are living, in many ways, in a socialist society right now" - Senator Bernie Sanders explaining Democratic Socialism
Above all, don't fear difficult moments. The best comes from them. Rita Levi-Montalcini, neurobiologist, Nobel Prize winner
If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else. Marvin Gaye, singer, songwriter, record producer
Saw this tday on LinkedIn and thought I would share . . . Before he died, a father said to his son; “Here is a watch that your grandfather gave me. It is almost 200 years old. Before I give it to you, go to the jewelry store downtown. Tell them that I want to sell it, and see how much they offer you." The son went to the jewelry story, came back to his father, and said; "They offered $150.00 because it's so old." The father said; “Go to the pawn shop." The son went to the pawn shop, came back to his father, and said; "The pawn shop offered $10.00 because it looks so worn." The father asked his son to go to the museum and show them the watch. He went to the museum, came back, and said to his father; “The curator offered $500,000.00 for this very rare piece to be included in their precious antique collections." The father said; “I wanted to let you know that the right place values you in the right way. Don't find yourself in the wrong place and get angry if you are not valued. Those that know your value are those who appreciate you, don't stay in a place where nobody sees your value." Know your worth even when others don't. Thank You Lucas R.
The only thing I seem to see on Linkedin of late are scammers who have hacked an account or made up a fake one to get connections ... "sweetie"... or the more real accounts just trying to sell lots of something, or find me the "perfect" job.
I agree on the jobs front, a couple of weeks ago a few folks in the MAGA crowd started to get political, fortunately that got shutdown.
Some of the Industrial Hygiene groups were hugely anti-Climate change so badly I dropped out of them. There was nothing dealing with actual IH testing or analysis in the discussions and the mods were not able or willing to do anything.
"It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are 20 gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." Thomas Jefferson
When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change. John Lewis, politician, civil rights leader 1940-2020
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” Isaac Asimov
“If you run into an ******* in the morning, you ran into an *******. If you run into assholes all day, you're the *******.” Raylan Givens