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Saturday, November 26, 2005

HL Mencken

The longest sentence you can form with two words is: I do.

Friday, November 25, 2005

C. Hoppe

I hope that my achievements in life shall be these - that I will have fought for what was right and fair, that I will have risked for that which mattered, and that I will have given help to those who were in need that I will have left the earth a better place for what I've done and who I've been.

J.C. Watts

Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught.

Author Unknown

The only exercise some people get is jumping to conclusions, running down their friends, side-stepping responsibility, and pushing their luck!

Monday, November 21, 2005

Lewis Carroll

"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less." - Through the Looking Glass, Chapter 6

Thursday, November 17, 2005

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Change does not roll on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle…Human progress is neither automatic or inevitable…Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertion and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.

Sunday, November 13, 2005

Albert Einstein

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

Friday, November 11, 2005

Socrates

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Albert Einstein

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

Saturday, November 05, 2005

Sir Arhur Conan Doyle

I know, my dear Watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the conventions and humdrum routine of everyday life. You have shown your relish for it by the enthusiasm which has prompted you to chronicle, and, if you will excuse my saying so, somewhat to embellish so many of my own little adventures.

Mark Twain

If you can't spell the same word differently three times in the same document - you're not creative.

Friday, November 04, 2005

Winston Churchill

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Sam Keen

We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.

(I read this on an email everyday from someone I respect)

Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Eloise Beltz-Deck

If you've never walked into a parking meter, you're wasting valuable reading time.

Paul Ferris

I am always positively delighted to get feedback, even if it starts by identifying me as mud-sucking pond scum in the opening sentence