Today's quote

Pulled from one of the many SmartBriefs I get at work, this seems especially fitting given the economic news of late.


"My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists."
-Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher

Quote and news

I haven't posted one of these in awhile, but I enjoyed this one.

"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."
-Immanuel Kant

And thanks to Mike for pointing me to this ridiculous campaign story:

A housing issue: McCain not sure how many they own

Days after he cracked that being rich in the U.S. meant earning at least $5 million a year, Republican presidential candidate John McCain acknowledged that he wasn't sure how many houses he and his wealthy wife actually own.




Wow.

Where is my mind?

The ADD post.

Indie Artists Drum Up Corporate Ties --- YUCK! Do you really think you can still call your band "indie" at that point? I mean, I know we all gotta survive but wow does that leave a bad taste in my mouth.

"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves."
-Abraham Lincoln

Netherlands boots tobacco users from bars and restaurants -- even in coffee shops, it's the end of an era *tear*

Jazz quote

"I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds."

-Dizzy Gillespie

More quotations on a variety of subjects

"It is an odd thing, but every one who disappears is said to be seen at San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and possess all the attractions of the next world."
— Oscar Wilde

"I would rather someone be wrapped in the Constitution burning the flag than wrapped in the flag burning the Constitution."
— James Colorado (not a famous person, just a regular one with articulation -- found posted on some SF-related sites)

"Art is the greatest stimulus to life."
— Nietzsche

"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed."
— Carl Jung

Weather-inspired quote

"I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees."
— Pablo Neruda

Old Greek Quote

"The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself."
--Thales,Greek philosopher

GREAT quote

"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."
-Abraham Lincoln


So true.

Another good quote.

"Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time."

--Marian Wright Edelman
children's activist