Moving to a foreign country is strange, here are the chronicles so far. It’s not easy, especially when you feel like a dinosaur out of sync with the rest of the world! Sunday 12th I was far too tired from the long flight, the age it took to get through the airport, as well as [ Read More ]
Archive for the ‘quotes’ Category
Been quiet for a while, going to throw down some stuff I read and liked recently. SAFE SEX Afterwards, from one or both of you, will come a whispered Are you OK? as if you had just been in an accident and were checking to see who’d survived. By John Boland FIRE AND ICE Some [ Read More ]
Found a quote in an email I sent a while back, still strikes a chord with me. [Update: I've found the full reference and updated it.] Then Almitra spoke again and said, “And what of Marriage, master?” And he answered saying: You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. You shall be together [ Read More ]
I’ve always been a fan of the despair.com take on inspiration posters: I’ve even tried my hand at one or two in my time, helped by the fd’s flickr toys: But these are pure nerdy for those who know far too much about the show, check out the posters on echosphere. PS. I hope the [ Read More ]
I’m not sure exactly where I stand of the ‘contraversial’ “Climate Change” debate, I’m in the ring with ‘it’s real and it’s human related’ but the impacts, etc, are still up in the air for me as most of what we see and measure are correlations, with no proof of causation. The Czech President Vaclav [ Read More ]
The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do. – Leontyne Price, Opera singer, activist and success story.
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Don’t wait. The time will never be just right. – Napoleon Hill father of the “personal success” industry. (love him or hate him?)
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Having one of those days where the more I think, the more foolish I appear to myself. Here’s a nice little quote to sum that all up. Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists of not exceeding that limit. – Elbert Hubbard, writer, philosopher… fool?
Now I’m a Believer…. (the Monkeys anyone?) There’s a quote I’m trying to find (and failing), it was supposedly a quote from the editor of National Geographic (great mag!) back in the 80′s I think… I’ll paraphrase. Using science to disprove religion is almost as silly as using religion to disprove science. I guess it’s [ Read More ]
Everyone’s got something that speaks to them. This is one of those things for me. Poetry is something I remember, if I like it, word for word with very little effort. Aurora Of bronze and blaze The north, tonight! So adequate its forms, So preconcerted with itself, So distant to alarms, – An unconcern so [ Read More ]
