Quote of the day

Discussion in 'Discussion Group' started by Hught, Sep 21, 2012.

  1. Hught

    Hught Well-Known Member

  2. Kent

    Kent Well-Known Member

    btw ... I don’t care how the future pans out, any Amazon delivery from now on is referred to as a drone strike!
     
  3. Hught

    Hught Well-Known Member

    "Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age."
    -- Christopher Morley,
    American writer
     
  4. Hught

    Hught Well-Known Member

    "The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in a period of moral crisis, maintain their neutrality."
    -- John F. Kennedy,
     
  5. Hught

    Hught Well-Known Member

  6. Hught

    Hught Well-Known Member

    "Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right."
    -- Henry Ford
     
  7. Hught

    Hught Well-Known Member

    "Success and failure. We think of them as opposites, but they're really not. They're companions -- the hero and the sidekick."
    -- Laurence Shames,
     
  8. Hught

    Hught Well-Known Member

    "I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well."
    -- Johann Sebastian Bach
     
  9. Hught

    Hught Well-Known Member

    I love this one, after flooring the attic over New Year's weekend I can relate!

    "The years between 50 and 70 are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down." -- T.S. Eliot, American-British writer
     
  10. Hught

    Hught Well-Known Member

    "I have never been hurt by what I have not said." -- Calvin Coolidge,
     
  11. Sherry A.

    Sherry A. Well-Known Member

  12. Sherry A.

    Sherry A. Well-Known Member

  13. Hught

    Hught Well-Known Member

    "I freed a thousand slaves; I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves."
    -- Harriet Tubman
     
  14. Allioop

    Allioop Well-Known Member

    "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."

    - Robert Frost
     
  15. Sherry A.

    Sherry A. Well-Known Member

  16. Hught

    Hught Well-Known Member

    Correction of the week

    By DYLAN BYERS | 2/10/14 9:47 AM EST


    Via The Economist:
    Correction: "An earlier version of this article said that The Economist first proposed legalising drugs in 1993. In fact we argued for legalisation, albeit in more cautious terms, in a cover story in 1988. Who says drug use doesn't damage long-term memory?"
     
  17. Hught

    Hught Well-Known Member

    "Take your work seriously but yourself lightly."
    -- C.W. Metcalf,
     
  18. Hught

    Hught Well-Known Member

    "Saying atheism is a belief system is like saying not going skiing is a hobby"

    Ricky Gervais
     
  19. Hught

    Hught Well-Known Member

    And a 2nd from a friend that recently passed:

    "It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with."

    Pete Seeger
     
  20. Hught

    Hught Well-Known Member

    "You cannot write for children. They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them."
    -- Maurice Sendak,
     

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