The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage
us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion
we have already formed about ourselves.
Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Friday, June 29, 2012
Quote of the Day
A rare experience of a moment at daybreak,
when something in nature seems to reveal
all consciousness, cannot be explained at
noon. Yet it is part of the day's unity.
Charles Edward Ives
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Quote of the Day
Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
Frances Ann "Fran" Lebowitz
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Quote of the Day
Myself and the clock on the wall...those
are the two things that really push me.
Ryan Steven Lochte
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Quote of the Day
Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has
become the modern form of despotism.
Mary Therese McCarthy
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Quote of the Day
My great concern is not whether you have failed,
but whether you are content with your failure.
Abraham Lincoln
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Quote of the Day
Shut out all of your past except that which
will help you weather your tomorrows.
Sir William Osler
Friday, June 22, 2012
Quote of the Day
Never raise your hand to your kids.
It leaves your groin unprotected.
Aaron Chwatt, a.k.a. Red Buttons
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Quote of the Day
Change is not made without inconvenience,
even from worse to better.
Richard Hooker
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Monday, June 04, 2012
Quote of the Day
One of the great lessons I've learned in athletics
is that you've got to discipline your life. No
matter how good you may be, you've got
to be willing to cut out of your life those
things that keep you from going to the top.
Rev. Robert Eugene "Bob" Richards
Sunday, June 03, 2012
Quote of the Day
All ballplayers should quit when it starts
to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
George Herman "Babe" Ruth, Jr.
Saturday, June 02, 2012
Friday, June 01, 2012
Quote of the Day
To punish me for my contempt for authority,
fate made me an authority myself.
Albert Einstein