Daily Quote

[dangorironhide]

"We human beings are tuned such that we crave great melody and great lyrics. And if somebody writes a great song, it's timeless that we as humans are going to feel something for that and there's going to be a real appreciation."

Art Garfunkel (November 5, 1941)

[Shifty]

"Everyone should live to be 92 years old, have an orgasm and drop dead."

Jon Carroll (November 6, 1943)

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[Shifty]

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less."

Marie Skłodowska Curie (November 7, 1867 – 1934)

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[Shifty]

"What most people don't seem to realize is that there is just as much money to be made out of the wreckage of a civilization as from the upbuilding of one."

Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (November 8, 1900 – 1949)

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[Shifty]

"Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense."

Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – 1996)

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It was difficult to choose which quote from Carl Sagan to use today. There were so many great options.
http://www.brainyquotes.com/quotes/auth ... sagan.html

[deziner]

It was difficult to choose which quote from Carl Sagan to use today. There were so many great options.
http://www.brainyquotes.com/quotes/auth ... sagan.html

Thanks for the link, Shifty. Personally, I enjoyed his quote on Bozo the Clown.

[Shifty]

(your welcome dez )


"Information in the computer age is the last genuine free market left on earth except those free markets where indigenous people are still surviving. And that's basically becoming limited."

Russell Charles Means (November 10, 1939)

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[Shifty]

"The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."

George Smith Patton III (November 11, 1885 – 1945)

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[Shifty]

"To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature."

François-Auguste-René Rodin (November 12, 1840 – 1917)

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[Shifty]

(Where is the bear? )


"Normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine."

Caryn Elaine Johnson (November 13, 1955)

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[dangorironhide]

The bear has been distracted by Vicky (Vivi), who's been visiting for the past week. Quotes from me should return as of today.


"I don't mind dying, I'll gladly do that, but not right now, I need to clean the house first. "

Astrid Lindgren (November 14, 1907)

[Shifty]

That's certainly understandable, welcome back!

[dangorironhide]

"Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning."

Erwin Rommel (November 15, 1891)

[dangorironhide]

"To have command is to have all the power you will ever need. To have all the power you will ever need, is to have the world in the palm of you hand."

Emporer Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (November 16, 43BC)

[Shifty]

"Of course I've got lawyers. They are like nuclear weapons, I've got em 'cause everyone else has. But as soon as you use them they screw everything up."

Daniel Michael DeVito, Jr. (November 17, 1944)

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[Shifty]

"It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract."

Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. (November 18, 1923 – 1998)

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[Shifty]

"There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there."

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (November 19, 1917 – 1984)

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[Shifty]

"Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science."

Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 – 1953)

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