Thursday, April 28. 2005
"Beware of any enterprise which requires new clothes." Thoreau
Wednesday, April 27. 2005
"My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline or be weary of his reproof, fot the Lord reproves him who he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights." Proverbs 3 (Solomon)
Tuesday, April 26. 2005
"Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself." Proverbs 26
Monday, April 25. 2005
"You cannot be too cynical to understand politics." The Chairman, a Maggie's Farm contributor
Friday, April 22. 2005
"My only regret in life is that I did not drink more champagne." John Maynard Keynes
Thursday, April 21. 2005
Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish, and he'll spend the rest of his life on boats drinking beer. Anon.
Wednesday, April 20. 2005
"The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter." Winston Churchill
Tuesday, April 19. 2005
"The only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion. Without it there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments." Benjamin Rush
Monday, April 18. 2005
"A pint of sweat saves a gallon of blood." Gen. George Patton
Sunday, April 17. 2005
from Psalm 100 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the lands! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! Know that the Lord is God! It is he that made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Friday, April 15. 2005
Doug TenNapel: "Life would be so much easier if I could just ditch this religion crap and swallow atheism...but I'm not a man of faith. " Read his short but pointed piece here
"Diplomacy is the art of letting the other fellow have your way." Lester Pearson
Wednesday, April 13. 2005
"A man's pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor." Proverbs 29
Tuesday, April 12. 2005
"We are a nation that has a government - not the other way around." President Ronald Reagan
Monday, April 11. 2005
"Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man." Francis Bacon
Sunday, April 10. 2005
from Psalm 19, a Psalm of David The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard; yet their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Friday, April 8. 2005
"I'm sick of the old cliches. Bring me some new cliches." Sam Goldwyn
Wednesday, April 6. 2005
Lady Astor: "Mr. Churchill - you are drunk." Winston Churchill: "I am drunk, Lady Astor, and you are ugly. But in the morning I shall be sober." (Can't find the reference to this famous exchange)
Tuesday, April 5. 2005
"People who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read...It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish." S.I. Hayakawa
Monday, April 4. 2005
"Newspapers are just a false map of the world." Dylan, in the movie Masked and Anonymous
Sunday, April 3. 2005
from Psalm 16 Preserve me, O God, for in thee I find refuge. I say to the Lord: "Thou art my Lord;" I have no good apart from Thee. As for the saints in the land, they are the noble in whom is all my delight. Those who chose another god multiply their sorrows, their libations of blood I will not pour out, or take their names upon my lips.
Friday, April 1. 2005
"News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising." Lord Northcliffe
Wednesday, March 30. 2005
"The greatest virtue is humility, and the shortest route to humility is through humiliation." Edwin Lahey
Tuesday, March 29. 2005
"As men, we are all equal in the presence of death." Publius Syrus
Monday, March 28. 2005
"When everyone says you're drunk, you'd better sit down." Old Irish saying
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