A little comedian wisdom
(Chris ) Rock's set is surprisingly pro-bully; his reasoning is that being bullied toughens you up and gets you ready for the real world, which is filled with assholes.
~ Rolling Stone, on comedian, Chris Rock
~ Rolling Stone, on comedian, Chris Rock
Ancient wisdom about when to give up on an argument
If a man objects to truths that are all too evident, it is no easy task finding arguments that will change his mind. This is proof neither of his own strength nor of his teacher’s weakness. When someone caught in an argument hardens to stone, there is just no more reasoning with them.
~ Epictetus - Discourses I, 5.1
~ Epictetus - Discourses I, 5.1
A sobering metaphor for life
Chaos ins't a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail and never get to try again. The fall breaks them.
And some are given a chance to climb, they cling to the real or the gods or love.
Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is.
~ Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish, in the Game of Thrones
A Game of Thrones quote for today's political environment.
A lion doesn't concern himself with the opinions of sheep.
~ Tywin Lannister
When $$$ > safety
This windshield decal is dangerous and inconvenient, but I do love Fig Newtons!
~ Ricky Bobby
Be wary of those who believe they are 100 percent right
"The data run counter to your anecdotes."
~ Robby Mook, 2016 Hillary Clinton Campaign Manager, to Bill Clinton, when Clinton suggested to his wife's advisors that, considering Brexit, they might be underestimating the strength of the populist tide.
From "Shattered" by Jonathon Allen and Amie Parnes
It seems that everybody has an opinion these days...
The World is changed by your example,
not by your opinion.
~ Paul Coelho
Sagan wrote this in 1995...
I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time - when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and not one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.
~ Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
deja vu all over again...
What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun.
~ Ecclesiastes 1:9
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun.
~ Ecclesiastes 1:9
What do you want after you stop caring about your life?
I want to save my life while I still care about it.~ female protagonist in the HBO show, Divorce
I want a divorce.
When you’ve been constantly repeating the need for a “revolution” and it still hasn’t happened, you are probably not the one who will be leading it.
— John in Winter Park, Fla., reacting to a NYTimes article about Senator Bernie Sanders seeking to damage Hillary Clinton’s standing late in the Democratic race.
A zen story
A monk told Joshu, “I have just entered this monastery. I beg you to teach me.”
Joshu asked, “Have you eaten your rice porridge?”
The monk replied, “I have.”
“Then,” said Joshu, “Go and wash your bowl."
At that moment the monk was enlightened.
Joshu asked, “Have you eaten your rice porridge?”
The monk replied, “I have.”
“Then,” said Joshu, “Go and wash your bowl."
At that moment the monk was enlightened.
A meditation regarding the people who believe that Donald Trump really saw muslims dancing in the streets of New Jersey City...
“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be:
An informed citizenry is at the heart of a dynamic democracy.”
~ Thomas Jefferson
Whoever said it, it's good advice
"Let's keep an open mind, but not so open that our brains fall out."
~ attributed to Judge Harry Stone on Night Court
~ also attributed to Carl Sagin
~ originally said by Walter Kotschnig
~ attributed to Judge Harry Stone on Night Court
~ also attributed to Carl Sagin
~ originally said by Walter Kotschnig
How's the view from down there?
Sometimes, you just have to lay in the gutter and watch the cars go by...
~ Steve, on periodic melancholia
Leonard Nimoy's last tweet...
A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory.
LLAP
— Leonard Nimoy
LLAP
— Leonard Nimoy
Now if I could just find that person...
Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.~ Robert A. Heinlein
Isaac had some good ones...
"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
Open your eyes, man!
It's just a matter of time before a man opens his eyes and gives up his one dream, his one dream of happiness.
~ Ronny (played by Nicholas Cage) in Moonstruck
~ Ronny (played by Nicholas Cage) in Moonstruck
Original Haiku...composed on a gym treadmill
A leaf-covered path.
A moon-lit night, just us two;
walking hand in hand.
A moon-lit night, just us two;
walking hand in hand.
Sometimes easier said than done...
Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.
~ Oprah Winfrey
~ Oprah Winfrey
At least now you know...
I've been honest with you.
I simply cannot love you the way you want me to.
~ Dr. Miranda Jones, on the Star Trek episode Is There in Truth No Beauty?
I simply cannot love you the way you want me to.
~ Dr. Miranda Jones, on the Star Trek episode Is There in Truth No Beauty?
Pertaining to the Super Bowl...or any event in your life, really.
Act like you've been here before.
~ Vince Lombardi
~ Vince Lombardi
Guess some of us are missing out...
Love is life.
And if you miss love, you miss life.
~ Leo Buscaglia
Zen Stories
A monk said to Joshu, “I have just entered this monastery. Please teach me.”
"Have you eaten your breakfast?" asked Joshu
"Yes, I have," replied the monk.
"Then you had better wash your bowl," said Joshu.
With this the monk gained insight.
"Have you eaten your breakfast?" asked Joshu
"Yes, I have," replied the monk.
"Then you had better wash your bowl," said Joshu.
With this the monk gained insight.
Do you smell something?
Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.
~ Henry David Thoreau
~ Henry David Thoreau
Being with someone you love is high on the list of life's great pleasures. But so is vanishing for days into a cherished pursuit with no one to answer to. So is not having to deal with another person's schedule, stomach or tiresome shtick. And in case you haven't heard, marriage, for all its hype, can be a real bummer sometimes. I've been lonely married and I've been lonely single, and compared to the torture of sleeping beside someone you no longer love, or know has left the building, or maybe are hoping will choke in his sleep, lonely single is a walk in the park.
~ Wendy Dennis, 'Are You Dating Yet?'
~ Wendy Dennis, 'Are You Dating Yet?'
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