Posted in Favorite Quotes, Movie Reviews on Jul 29th, 2007
“A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.”
William James
This quote reminded me of a bonus feature that came with the DVD for “Children of Men” called “The Possibility of Hope”. The movie was a good sci-fi movie if you did not think too much about how humans had [...]
Posted in Favorite Quotes on Mar 19th, 2007
Once you can laugh at your own weaknesses, you can move forward. Comedy breaks down walls. It opens up people. If you’re good, you can fill up those openings with something positive. Maybe… combat some of the ugliness in the world.
Source: Quote Details: Goldie Hawn: Once you can laugh… - The Quotations Page
Posted in Favorite Quotes on Mar 11th, 2007
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.”
Link to Quotations from Mark Twain
Posted in Favorite Quotes on Mar 11th, 2007
“My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.”
Link to Quotations from Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.
Posted in Favorite Quotes on Jan 22nd, 2007
“Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them being made.”
Link to Otto von Bismarck
Posted in Favorite Quotes on Dec 15th, 2006
“Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art.”
Link to Charles McCabe
Posted in Favorite Quotes, Politics on Dec 2nd, 2006
“… the only thing worse than a failed strategy: the inability to recognize, or to admit, that a strategy has failed. “Garry Kasparov
Link to Chessboard Endgame
Posted in Favorite Quotes on Sep 4th, 2006
Posted in Favorite Quotes on Aug 25th, 2006
“The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.”
[Via Quotes of the Day]
Posted in Favorite Quotes on Aug 15th, 2006
“The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.”
[Via Quotes of the Day]
On this day, the Virginia Tech community reflects on the vibrant lives of the 32 students and faculty who were tragically taken from us a year ago. Through light, art, and music we pay tribute to each and every person we lost. We gather to honor our friends, colleagues, and family members. We will never forget.