Some Last Words…

Under: Uncategorized, What I Love, Quote of Day @ 9:56 am on Friday, 04.18.08

Shoot coward, you are only going to kill a man.

Need I mention who ‘allegedly‘ said that…? 

Away

Under: Uncategorized, Random Thoughts, Quote of Day @ 10:35 am on Monday, 01.14.08

All we see of someone at any moment is a snapshot of their life, there in riches or poverty, in joy or despair. Snapshots don’t show the million decisions that led to that moment. - Richard Bach

On Character…

Under: Uncategorized, Quote of Day @ 11:49 pm on Saturday, 04.14.07

“The measure of a man’s character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out.” 
— Baron Thomas Babington Macauley,
English historian and statesman (1800-1859)

True.

Under: Uncategorized, Quote of Day @ 11:31 pm on Thursday, 01.25.07

Don’t tell your problems to people: eighty percent don’t care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.
- Lou Holtz

Men of genius are admired. Men of wealth are envied. Men of power are feared. But only men of character are trusted.
- Arthur Friedman

This I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
- John Steinbeck

All my life I’ve been harassed by questions: Why is something this way and not another? How do you account for that? This rage to understand, to fill in the blanks, only makes life more banal. If we could only find the courage to leave our destiny to chance, to accept the fundamental mystery of our lives, then we might be closer to the sort of happiness that comes with innocence.
- Luis Bunuel, (1900-1983)