A man who lies to himself has an enemy within.
~ Socrates
Perhaps better said BEFORE the attack
At your highest moment, be careful.That’s when the devil comes for you.
~ Denzel Washington, to Will Smith, AFTER Smith slapped Chris Rock for insulting his wife (2022 Oscar Awards ceremony)
Rock Chalk!
Son, don't worry about the mules, just load the wagon.
~ Bill Self, Sr. (a basketball coach), to his son, Bill Self, Jr. (also a basketball coach)
More (vice) presidential word salad
It is time for us to do what we have been doing.
And that time is every day.
~ Vice President Kamala Harris
But...but...I wanna!
Don't call me all the time, okay?
We're not boyfriend/girlfriend.
~ Alana, in Licorice Pizza
An oldie but a goodie!
Picture a skinny little guy, a shrimp, a nothing. He walks into a lumber camp looking for a job.
The foreman is skeptical, so the shrimp steps up and fells a towering oak in 90 seconds.
“Where’d you learn that?” says the foreman.
“In the Sahara Forest,” replies the guy.
“You mean the Sahara Desert,” the foreman corrects.
“Sure, now,” the guy says.
~ Myron Cohen (a comedian popular on the Ed Sullivan Show)
A lesson I know, but I usually fail to put into practice...
Everything in your life is a reflection of a choice you have made.
If you want a different result, make a different choice.
Not any time soon, apparently...
When will our conscience grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Obvious, but yet I need reminding
If you want something different, you must do something different
~ an eternal truth of the universe
A bit spicy...
Friend: So what's the plan?
Valtteri: One stop. Fuck them all.
~ Valtteri Bottas, fighting for his seat in Mercedes, on Drive to Survive
epilog: Valtteri, under team orders, let Lewis Hamilton pass him on the way to an eventual win, and more points in the driver championship.
Valtteri finished 3rd in that race, showing himself to be a consummate team player
Does this remind you of someone?
You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common.They don't alter their views to fit the facts.They alter the facts to fit their views.
~ Doctor Who (1977)
I know a person who could use this advice
When you are angry, you're just a character in someone else's story.
~ Kacy, a character in The Devil Wore Anna
Good advice for everyone!
Absolute victory every day!
~ the mantra of Ronald K. Brown, dancer and choreographer, who suffered a stroke in April 2021.
Ever have days like this?
To bartender: Could I have a lot of shots of something?
~ Katherine Hastings, in American Auto
I try to avoid politics, but...Ooooo, we are SO screwed...
Ukraine is a country in Europe, m'kay? It exists next to another country called Russia, m'kay? Russia is a bigger country, m'kay?
Russia decided to invade a smaller country called Ukraine, so basically that's wrong, m'kay? It's wrong to invade smaller countries, m'kay?
~ Kamala Harris, February 2022, Vice Fricken President of the United Fricken States of America 😱
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