"Murphy was an optimist!"
Quote of the Day December 9, 2009 8:52 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Philosophy, Quote , add a commentI have an ever increasing respect for Matt Damon. To me, he seems less like an actor pretending to be a political activist and more like a political activist who happens to be an actor. He definitely has the mental capacities to back it up where other actors have just used their fame as a platform without the brains required to support their stance.
add a comment…change comes from the bottom up; always has, always will. “That goes for today, too. We can’t wait for Barack Obama to just fix things. We have to be in his ear. That’s our job as engaged citizens. –Matt Damon [Source, OpenNews.com]
Quote of the Day May 19, 2009 4:56 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Philosophy, Quote , add a commentSeen on Nixie Pixel:
add a commentA computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history – with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.
Seen on a bumper sticker April 24, 2009 1:48 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Philosophy, Quote, Religion / Spirituality, Touchy Subjects , add a commentBased upon this, I’d say I’m very spiritual.
A religious person is a someone who is afraid of Hell; a spiritual person has been there and back.
In fact, I’m so spiritual I keep going back for more!
add a commentQuote of the Day April 16, 2009 9:35 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Philosophy, Quote , 3commentsThis one is making the rounds today.
3commentsThe surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
[Source, Brainy Quote]
Quote of the Day October 5, 2008 11:15 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Philosophy, Quote , add a commentSeen on 1984news.
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749-1832
add a commentThere are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt. -John Adams 1735-1826
Bush or Batman July 26, 2008 11:33 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Humor, Of Interest, Politics, Quote, Touchy Subjects, United States , add a commentWho said it?
add a commentQuote of the Day July 21, 2008 1:43 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Philosophy, Quote , add a commentSeen on iWon:
add a commentChildren need models rather than critics.
- — Joseph Joubert
Quote of the Day June 24, 2008 8:11 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Health, Mental, Philosophy, Quote , add a commentFrom Les Jones who got it from Random Nuclear Strikes:
"Most people are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be."
— Abraham Lincoln
I always question whether or not these famous people really said these things, but it doesn’t matter because I really like the message.
add a commentQuote of the Day May 9, 2008 2:33 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Philosophy, Quote , add a commentFrom @oldsillybear:
add a commentoldsillybear The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. ( Samuel Johnson )
Quote of the Day March 29, 2008 11:53 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Philosophy, Quote , add a commentadd a commentHappy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. –Leo Tolstoy
Quote of the Day February 14, 2008 9:00 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Philosophy, Quote , add a commentVia IWon.
add a commentAdversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
- Henry Fielding
Quote of the Day November 8, 2007 10:23 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Philosophy, Quote , add a commentadd a commentLife is not holding a good hand; Life is playing a poor hand well.
- Danish proverb
Quote of the Day October 16, 2007 10:08 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Philosophy, Quote , add a commentThe sentence I read that made me laugh out loud today:
add a commentIf “The Secret” had a plot, it might go something like “Tony Robbins uncovers the Judas Gospel and learns to use the Force.” [Source, LA Times, Self-help gone nutty]
Quote of the Day October 14, 2007 1:04 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Blog, Communications, Philosophy, Publishing, Quote, Technology , add a commentThis made me laugh hysterically.
“We’ve heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.†Robert Wilensky
Thanks to JBB of Lumbering Through Life! As an aside, I disagree with stance that Twitter’s 140 character limit is in place as an etiquette and means of keeping thoughts concise. The 140 character limit is to enable Twitter to send message by SMS and keep the message within a single text message. I believe different people are finding different uses for Twitter. I have chosen not to follow a couple of people because of their topic choices and style. I think Twitter’s will fall into 3 groups: self-promoters and linkers (using Twitter to post URLs to blogs and websites), news/media alerts, and voyeurs/exhibitionists/chatters. The first group, the linkers, will use Twitter to promote traffic to their own sites or sites interest them. The news/media alerts will be a group sharing relevant information that is happening now. The chatters will use Twitter as a replacement or complement to IRC and the instant messengers. Not everyone will enjoy the style of all three groups.
Update: My wife agrees with jbb.
add a commentKeep on swimming keep on swimming September 30, 2007 11:22 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Philosophy, Quote , add a commentadd a commentI saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac. A little voice inside my head said, "Don’t look back. You can never look back."
