Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
Thoreau
If you want me to give you a two-hour presentation, I am ready today. If you want only a five-minute speech, it will take me two weeks to prepare.
Mark Twain
Sad to see, but a good path to follow
As I sit here and watch "Biggest Loser" (yeah I freaking love this show) I am conflicted, it's wonderful to see reality TV used for something constructive. However it's sad to know that our country has come to the point that there are enough obese people that we can fasion such a program. One part of me wants to think that the show is part of the solution, yet another part wonders why this had to become a problem. It's wonderful to see people turning there lives around, but it's so sad to see that America has such an epidemic of fat people. I sometimes feel the same about global climate change/green living. Well just a thought. Good night!
This is difficult to wrap our minds around. The aliens in Independence Day were not only thousands of years ahead of us technologically, but also were an entirely different species. Therefore, Goldblum' feat was the equivalent of colony of baboons in the Congo hacking into CitiBank using tree bark and clumps of their own feces.
Again Really?
"We watched this war maim and kill our friends, and then maim and kill the trust of American people in their leaders. This war has created within our own government the necessity for deception and distortion. This war has not stood for our historic ideals, nor aided prosperity and happiness at home or in XXX. You... have tried with utmost sincerity to give the countries of XXX the means to fight their internal wars. But history shows clearly that no outside power, however mighty, can regenerate another society or regime that does not have the inner will to maintain itself... we face our own war here at home against crippling economic developments, the crisis in energy and other public resources, and other serious problems. We will need to undertake strong action and strong debate under your leadership; it has never been more important that we act with good faith in this endeavor. But we cannot confront and resolve these crises while the United States continues involvement in XXX." Letter to the President from the House on March 7 1975 regarding the Vietnam war (every place there is an XXX you may insert "Southeast Asia") Let's hope we're not watching history repeat itself...
Einstein was wrong when he said "God does not play dice". Consideration of black holes suggests, not only that God does play dice, but that He sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they can't be seen.
Stephen Hawking
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Leonardo da Vinci
The person I was...
I have been many things, I have lied and been a liar, I have loved and been a lover. I have fucked and been a fucker, I have slept and I was a dreamer. But of all these, I've never been what I am now, and I'm so glad that I'll never be like you. You are all the things that I've been but you'll never be all the things I'll become. Thank God!
The way of the world
There is a hunger that grows in us all for the world unknown, we all thirst for that which is not in our grasp. However where do we stop and find solace in that which we already have?
When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'
Sydney Harris
The sky.
Das Feet
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