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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Friday, October 12, 2012
QUOTES OF THE DAY - DAVID HUME
"Nothing carries a man through the world like a true genuine natural impudence."
"Must our whole discourse be a continue series of gossiping stories and idle remarks? Must the mind never rise higher, but be perpetually,
Stun'd and worn out with endless chat
Of Will did this and Nan said that?"
-- Scottish philosopher David Hume as quoted by Daniel Menaker in his wonderful book on the art of conversation, GOOD TALK.
"Must our whole discourse be a continue series of gossiping stories and idle remarks? Must the mind never rise higher, but be perpetually,
Stun'd and worn out with endless chat
Of Will did this and Nan said that?"
-- Scottish philosopher David Hume as quoted by Daniel Menaker in his wonderful book on the art of conversation, GOOD TALK.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
QUOTES OF THE DAY - Einstein / Twain / Diller
"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."
~Albert Einstein
~Albert Einstein
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority,
it is time to pause and reflect."
- Mark Twain
"I wanted to become me, totally me. The more me, the better.
I instinctively knew this and I was right."
- Phyllis Diller
...and they all use the same stylist.
Monday, October 1, 2012
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Isn't the artist's real job to learn from nature? Instead of churning out pop hits, shouldn't the truly talented among us be listening to the flutter of a butterfly's wing?"
- Marvin Gaye