"Murphy was an optimist!"
Quote of the Day July 21, 2008 1:43 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Philosophy, QuoteSeen 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, QuoteFrom 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, QuoteFrom @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, Quoteadd 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, QuoteVia 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, Quoteadd 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, QuoteThe 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, TechnologyThis 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, Quoteadd 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."
The Nietzsche Family Circus October 6, 2006 9:46 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Humor, Philosophy, Quote
Not by wrath does one kill, but by laughter.
Now this is pure genius!
The Nietzsche Family Circus pairs a randomized Family Circus cartoon with a randomized Friedrich Nietzsche quote. [Source]
Note the poor little server is getting hammered. Wired had it. Wonder if it got dugg.
These are so apropos! Like mirrors into our lives. Big, gigantic mirrors!
add a commentOne of my mantras April 9, 2006 7:32 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Philosophy, QuoteI am certain the children will tire of hearing this one day: "People who complain without offering solutions are just making noise."
add a commentToday’s extremely profound statement March 13, 2006 10:00 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Philosophy, QuoteFrom Crouching Mommy, Hidden Laundry:
And, life is ENTIRELY too short to feel like you are a victim for an extended period of time.
That hits home. I am writing that under this week’s Franklin Covey quote in my planner:
Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.
–George Santayana
Everyday this week I will set aside some time to ponder these.
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