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Quotidian Quotation: partisan politics
"Parties in religion and politics make sufficient discoveries concerning each other, to give a sober man a proper caution against them all."
-- Edmund Burke (1729-1797), A Vindication of Natural Society, 1756 -
Quotidian Quotation: opportunity
"There is apparently much truth in the belief that the wonderful progress of the United States, as well as the character of the people, are the results of natural selection; for the more energetic, restless and courageous men from all parts of Europe have emigrated during the last ten or twelve generations to that great country, and have there ( Read more... ) -
Quotidian quotation: luck
"It cannot be denied, but outward accidents conduce much to fortune; favor, opportunity, death of others, occasion fitting virtue. But chiefly, the mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands."
-- Francis Bacon (1561-1626), On Fortune -
Quotidian Quotation: public opinion
"Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed. Consequently he who molds public sentiment, goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or pronounces decisions. He makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to be executed."
-- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) -
Quotidian Quotation: advertising
"When you're young, you look at television and think, There's a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that's not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. That's a far more depressing thought. Conspiracy is optimistic! You can shoot the bastards! We can ( Read more... ) -
High Flight
John Gillespie Magee, Jr. would have been 90 today, if he hadn't been killed at 19 after penning High FlightOh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth ( Read more... ) -
Quotidian quotation: trying
"The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavourable. Favourable conditions never come." - C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) -
Here I stand
This guy says what I believe. -
nice Saturday
Maggie's off with Benjamin at Ben's baseball game-- he plays shortstop, which I'm very proud of because being assigned to the left side of the infield is what they do with the better players. I took him to his game on Thursday, and now it's her turn, while I enjoy the Saturday. I've been having some fun, doing some housework and doing some ( Read more... )