Finding Solace in Favourite Quotes: Escaping Despair with Words of Wisdom

[Andre]

That's where http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2007/06/howd-we-get-here-from-there.htm is generated.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Stephen Colbert: Ah, the famous pocket Constitution. Did you shrink it yourself?

Dennis Kucinich: No, George Bush already did that for me

 

[Ivan Seeking]

One in three meals is eaten in a car

http://media.pbs.org/ramgen/newshour/expansion/2007/10/16/20071016_school28.rm?altplay=20071016_school28.rm

That is amazing!

 

[Phred101.2]

I thought Colin Powell was a big letdown. He could have made a good Pres. but now he's blown it, well for a while anyway. I thought the guy had class until the UN crap.

 

[rewebster]

The most exciting phrase to hear in science,

the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!'

but,

'that's funny...'

Isaac Asimov

______________________________________

All great discoveries are made by men
whose feelings run ahead of their thinking.

Charles Henry Parkhurst

 

[Astronuc]

The most exciting phrase to hear in science,

the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!'

but,

'that's funny...'

Isaac Asimov

Right up there with "WTF!" which is sometimes followed by "That wasn't supposed to happen", which precedes my involvement.

 

[rewebster]

Right up there with "WTF!" which is sometimes followed by "That wasn't supposed to happen", which precedes my involvement.

so your job can be called either 'The Janitor' or 'The Bounty Hunter'?----

 

[Astronuc]

More like the Janitor or Mr. Fixit.

When technology don't go as planned - for the last 30+ years.

Keeps me busy - and employed - for a long time to come.

 

[Ironside]

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't. - Jack Dempsey

A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. - Einstein

A little knowledge is dangerous. So is a lot. - Einstein

 

[Ivan Seeking]

A politician should always be sincere whether he means it or not - Pat Paulsen

 

[Ivan Seeking]

From [I assume] the Dean of Wellesley College, while introducing Hillary as the guest speaker:

You should have seen the debate last night: It was six guys all ganging up on Hillary, which is what I call a fair fight!

I'm not a Hillary fan, but I liked that one.

 

[Astronuc]

Hear me, four quarters of the world.

A relative I am!

Give me the strength to walk the soft earth.

Give me the eyes to see and the strength to understand.

Look upon these faces of children without number,
that they may face the winds and walk the good road to the day of quiet.

This is my prayer; hear me.

The Sacred Hoop (Ring/Circle)

Then I was standing on the higher mountain of them all,

and around beneath me was the whole hoop of the world.

And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell,

and I understood more than I saw.

For I was seing in the sacred manner the shape of all things of the spirit

and the shapes as they must live together like one being.

And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people was one of many hoops that make one circle;

wide as daylight and starlight,

and in the center grew one mighty tree

to shelter all the children of one mother and one father

And I saw that it was holy.

Hehaka Sapa (Black Elk) of the Oglala Lakota
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Elk

Remarkable person with great wisdom he was.

 

[turbo]

Right up there with "WTF!" which is sometimes followed by "That wasn't supposed to happen", which precedes my involvement.

Yep, that was probably the motivating factor behind my travel to far-flung pulp and paper mills more often than I know. Once you solve a few WTF problems, word gets around. In industry, time not only equals money, it is the life-blood of the business and sub-standard efficiencies for any significant period of time can destroy your company, especially if you are producing a commodity like wood pulp, paper, etc that can be picked up anywhere and can't easily be branded.

The paper machine that I was the lead operator on from start-up and six years thereafter made coated, calendared paper for Elle, Playboy centerfolds, and other uses where high print quality was essential. I could have accepted nominal adviser status at any number of paper mills after that and have made a whole lot of money for not a lot of work, but my old employer and the manufacturer of the initial paper machine would still be suing me to this day. Not good.

 

[Phred101.2]

Hehaka Sapa (Black Elk) of the Oglala Lakota

The haka (battle dance) performed by the Tainui tribe of the NZ Maori (people) ends as follows (it was first spoken by a chief who was emerging from a cave where he had hidden from an enemy):

..."E houpane! E koupane!
E houpane koupane, whiti Te Ra!"

...which means "I step forward! I step back!
I step forward I step back, the Sun shines!"

this was essentially a giving of thanks to both the Sun and to the grace of his enemy for not killing him as he emerged. Many chiefs were accomplished poets and speakers.
Just a little insight into what the NZ All-Black rugby team does before the kick-off...

 

[rhuthwaite]

The haka (battle dance) performed by the Tainui tribe of the NZ Maori (people) ends as follows (it was first spoken by a chief who was emerging from a cave where he had hidden from an enemy):

..."E houpane! E koupane!
E houpane koupane, whiti Te Ra!"

...which means "I step forward! I step back!
I step forward I step back, the Sun shines!"

this was essentially a giving of thanks to both the Sun and to the grace of his enemy for not killing him as he emerged. Many chiefs were accomplished poets and speakers.
Just a little insight into what the NZ All-Black rugby team does before the kick-off...

I love the haka! It's the part of the rugby I just can't miss

Glad to see you can still talk about the ABs with pride!

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Yeah, everyone complains about the weather but no one ever does anything about it!

- Zoobyshoe

If Kucinich is elected President, his wife would be the first First Lady with a pierced tongue

- unknown, but probably from The Daily Show or The Colbert Report

 

[Math Jeans]

“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life. ”

~ Terry Pratchett on fire

I love this one.

 

[rewebster]

Dogs look up to you.
Cats look down on you.

Give me a pig.
He just looks you in the eye and treats you like an equal.


- Winston Churchill






http://ecards.alege.net:81/31/pig_smiling.jpg

 

[Ivan Seeking]

"Giuliani got the support of Pat Robertson today. That's about like getting a kiss from your crazy old aunt!" - Cafferty.

 

[Astronuc]

This could go in LOL, but

"Politicians are like diapers, they all stink and should be replaced frequently!"

From the new Robin Williams movie, or so I was told.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

This could go in LOL, but

"Politicians are like diapers, they all stink and should be replaced frequently!"

From the new Robin Williams movie, or so I was told.

Hah! I heard that recently and meant to quote it.

Here is one from a newspaper today.

Gary Lindstrom has lived in Summit County since 1974 and is a retired police officer and a recovering politician.

http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20071118/COLUMNS/71116006/0/FRONTPAGE

 

[Ivan Seeking]

When you go to Toys R Us these days, they ask if you want to see the leaded or unleaded toys

- Mark Shields

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Regarding Obama...approximate:

uhhh, yunno, uh, I don't want to sound like a racist or anything, but I wouldn't vote for a colored man for President

- Some racist on the CBS Evening news

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Katie Couric - Question: Besides the Bible, what would be the one book that you would take with you to the White House?

Hillary Clinton - Answer: I would take my copy of the Constitution because apparently they don't have one.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Glen Beck commenting on his dedication to his faith; today on the Situation Room, on CNN:

If they [the Mormons] had Kool-Aid in the basement, I'd drink it!

I'm sure that helped Mit Romney alleviate people's concerns about his church a great deal!

 

[Astronuc]

I may be on old dog, but I can still learn new tricks. - an old dog.

which someday will become

I may be an old dog, but I can learn one new trick.

 

[lunarmansion]

It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness--Chinese Proverb

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them--Henry David Thoreau

 

[lunarmansion]

People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors-Francis Bacon

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative-Francis Bacon

Imagination was given to man to conpensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is--Francis Bacon

 

[lunarmansion]

The gods too are fond of a good joke-Aristotle
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims-Aristotle
All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind-Aristotle

 

[akatz]

Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

– Frank Leahy

 

[Andre]

If you show an honest man why he is wrong, he either stops being wrong or he stops being honest

Anonymus.

 

[devil-fire]

the strong feed on the weak and the clever feed on the strong.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

"After years in Washington, I long for the honesty and sincerity of Hollywood" - Fred Thompson

 

[Astronuc]

Philosophy of Charles Schulz

The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the Peanuts comic strip.

You don't have to actually answer the questions. Just read the message straight through, and you'll get the point.

1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.
2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.
3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America.
4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.
5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winner for best actor and actress.
6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.

How did you do?


The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. These are no second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.











Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one:

1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.
2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.
3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.
4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.
5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.

Easier?


The lesson: The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards.

They are the ones who care.

 

[Astronuc]

Philosophy of Charles Schulz

The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the Peanuts comic strip.

You don't have to actually answer the questions. Just read the message straight through, and you'll get the point.

1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.
2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.
3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America.
4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.
5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winner for best actor and actress.
6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.

How did you do?











The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. These are no second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.


Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one:
1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.
2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.
3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.
4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.
5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.
Easier?


The lesson: The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards.

They are the ones who care.

 

[lunarmansion]

What work I have done I have done because it has been play. If it had been work I shouldn't have done it. Who was it who said, "Blessed is the man who has found his work"? Whoever it was he had the right idea in his mind. Mark you, he says his work--not somebody else's work. The work that is really a man's own work is play and not work at all. Cursed is the man who has found some other man's work and cannot lose it. When we talk about the great workers of the world we really mean the great players of the world. The fellows who groan and sweat under the weary load of toil that they bear never can hope to do anything great. How can they when their souls are in a ferment of revolt against the employment of their hands and brains? The product of slavery, intellectual or physical, can never be great. -Mark Twain

 

[Andre]

The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the Peanuts comic strip.

They are the ones who care.

That's awesome, Astro, I can't google it back but the best peanuts strip goes like this:

Lucy: Why are we on Earth?

Charley Brown: I don't know, perhaps to make somebody else happy.

Lucy (running away crying): Happy? I'm not happy! somebody is not doing his job!

Edit: However what I learned in 54 years is that in trying to make some people happy, it's very tough to avoid making other people unhappy.

 

[lunarmansion]

The multitude of books is making us ignorant.- Voltaire
Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day. [Uncle Vanya, 1897] Anton Checkhov

 

[Ivan Seeking]

1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.
2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.
3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America.
4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.
5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winner for best actor and actress.
6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.

How did you do?

Ask who the five Star Trek Commanders were and I'll bet that half of PF can answer that one. [Bonus points for the sixth]

So what is the lesson here?

 

[rewebster]

“Philosophy, rightly defined, is simply the love of wisdom.”

Cicero

 

[Ivan Seeking]

“Philosophy, rightly defined, is simply the love of wisdom.”

Cicero

Boy, I would sure argue that one - I would say the love of logic.

 

[rewebster]

Maybe the love of 'logic and wisdom'--

(word's meanings may have changed a little since they sat around the Colosseum drinking and watching the action.)

 

[DaveC426913]

Ask who the five Star Trek Commanders were and I'll bet that half of PF can answer that one. [Bonus points for the sixth]

Which show? Uhuru is fifth in command (I think), though she's not a Commander.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

There were five series. I was referring to the lead roles in each.

Actually, what made me think of this was an audience test done years ago on something like the Johnny Carson show. Hardly anyone could remember the National Anthem, but almost everyone could sing the Brady Bunch song.

 

[lunarmansion]

A man cannot think deeply and exert his utmost muscular force.- Charles Darwin(Expression of the emotions in man and animals.)

 

[Math Jeans]

Ask who the five Star Trek Commanders were and I'll bet that half of PF can answer that one. [Bonus points for the sixth]

So what is the lesson here?

I only know Kirk and Archer. The famous one and the new one.

 

[NeoDevin]

Kirk, Archer, Janeway, Sisko, Picard (not in order...)

 

[DaveC426913]

Kirk, Archer, Janeway, Sisko, Picard (not in order...)

Then this was a gimme. You might as well ask who carried the ring to Mordor.

I thought you were posing a question that at least some people might not get...

 

[Math Jeans]

Then this was a gimme. You might as well ask who carried the ring to Mordor.

What?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Then this was a gimme. You might as well ask who carried the ring to Mordor.

I thought you were posing a question that at least some people might not get...

Who was the sixth?