Texas Swimming
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Quote of the Day
He that can have patience can have what he will.
Benjamin Franklin
Monday, December 29, 2008
Quote of the Day
One can never consent to creep when
one feels an impulse to soar.
Helen Adams Keller
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Quote of the Day
So long as men worship the Caesars and
Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will
duly arise and make them miserable.
Aldous Huxley
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Quote of the Day
I arise in the morning torn between a desire
to
improve (or save) the world and a
desire
to
enjoy (or savor) the world.
This
makes it hard to plan the day.
Elwyn Brooks "E.B." White
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Quote of the Day
Perhaps the truth depends
on a walk around the lake.
Wallace Stevens
Monday, December 22, 2008
46" Bull Red
Quote of the Day
There is no salvation in becoming
adapted to a world which is crazy.
Henry Valentine Miller
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Quote of the Day
Over the years, I've had hundreds of shots
blocked. You've got to go in and take chances.
John J. Havlicek
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Quote of the Day
There are some that only employ words for
the purpose of disguising their thoughts.
François-Marie Arouet (a.k.a. Voltaire)
Friday, December 19, 2008
Quote of the Day
To become truly great, one has to
stand with people, not above them.
Charles-Louis de Secondat
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Quote of the Day
We turn, not older with years,
but newer every day.
Emily Dickinson
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Quote of the Day
The first reaction to truth is hatred.
Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Quote of the Day
There is a light at the end of the tunnel...
hopefully it's not a freight train.
Mariah Carey
Monday, December 15, 2008
Quote of the Day
Any man can make mistakes, but
only an idiot persists in his error.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Sunday, December 14, 2008
FLASH!
A
short course meter swimming world record was
not
broken in the last thirteen seconds!
Quote of the Day
The best and fastest way to learn a sport
is to watch and imitate a champion.
Jean Claude Killy
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Quote of the Day
They say it is better to be poor and happy than
rich and miserable, but how about a compromise
like moderately rich and just moody?
Diana, Princess of Wales
Friday, December 12, 2008
Quote of the Day
The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa
which freezes a billion people to stone every
night, staring fixedly, that Siren which
called and sang and promised so
much and gave, after all, so little.
Ray Douglas Bradbury
Thursday, December 11, 2008
The Battle Rages
D
on't give up, Title IX Reformers!
We're gaining ground on the Radical Feminists. Women are joining the cause and are helping turn the tide.
Quote of the Day
And the day came when the risk it took to
remain
tight inside the bud was more
painful than the risk it took to blossom.
Anaïs Nin
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Are you kidding me?!?!
You didn't know that was "Under My Thumb" by The Rolling Stones?
Go start your 5,000 fly...
Quote of the Day
He who joyfully marches in rank and file has
already earned my contempt. He has been
given a large brain by mistake, since for
him
the spinal cord would suffice.
Albert Einstein
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Quote of the Day
The more original a discovery,
the more obvious it seems afterward.
Arthur Koestler
Monday, December 08, 2008
Quote of the Day
Pick battles big enough to matter,
small enough to win.
Jonathan Kozol
Saturday, December 06, 2008
Quote of the Day
I prefer tongue-tied knowledge
to ignorant loquacity.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Friday, December 05, 2008
Quote of the Day
Keep away from people who try to belittle your
ambitions. Small people always do that,
but
the really great make you feel
that you, too, can become great.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain)
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Quote of the Day
He knows nothing and thinks he
knows
everything. That points
clearly to a political career.
George Bernard Shaw
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Quote of the Day
Leadership is getting someone to do what
they
don't want to do, to achieve
what they want to achieve.
Tom Wade Landry
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Quote of the Day
The happiness of life is made up of minute
fractions - the little, soon-forgotten
charities
of a kiss or smile, a kind
look or heartfelt compliment.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Monday, December 01, 2008
Quote of the Day
I am not afraid of storms
for
I
am
learning how to sail my ship.
Louisa May Alcott
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