Posted in Humor, Quotes, tagged Don Herold, Humor, On Irritating People, Quotes on April 30, 2015| Leave a Comment »
| There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have. | |
| — Don Herold | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2014 | That Marvelous Feeling |
| 2013 | Exceptional |
| 2012 | A Wild And Crazy Believer |
| 2011 | A Lack Of Scarcity |
| The Joy Of Prevention | |
Posted in Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Oliver Wendel Homes Sr., On Learning, On New Ideas, Quotes on April 29, 2015| Leave a Comment »
| Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. | |
| — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2014 | Outta Here |
| 2013 | Getting Words Right |
| 2012 | There’s A New Dog In Town |
| Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is | |
| 2011 | A Conservative Is… |
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged On Hope, On Optimists, Oscar Wilde, Philosophy, Quotes on April 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »
| We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. | |
| – Oscar Wilde | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2014 | Knowledge And Doubt |
| 2013 | Three Thoughts |
| 2012 | Gentle Reader |
| 2011 | Leave The Light On For Me Anyway |
Posted in Faith, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Faith, Galileo Galilei, Grand Duchess Christina of Tuscany, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, Stillman Drake, The Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo, The Holy Ghost on April 27, 2015| Leave a Comment »
| I would say here something that was heard from an ecclesiastic of the most eminent degree: ‘That the intention of the Holy Ghost is to teach us how one goes to heaven, not how heaven goes.’“ | |
| Excerpted from Galileo Galilei’s letter to the Grand Duchess Christina of Tuscany, sent in 1615 | |
| Collected in Stillman Drake’s: “The Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo“. | |
| [Found at one of the blogs I follow: http://jrbenjamin.com/ | |
| The specific post is located at: http://jrbenjamin.com/2015/04/06/galileo-squares-faith-and-reason/ | |
| Please take a moment to visit the original site. — KMAB] | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2014 | Question From A Founding Father |
| 2013 | Make Heroes |
| 2012 | See And Hold |
| 2011 | Am Not, Are So |
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Amy Wallace, Creativity Inc., Ed Catmull, On Artistry, On Getting The Story Right, On Polish, Philosophy, Quotes on April 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »
| For all the care you put into artistry, visual polish frequently doesn’t matter if you’re getting the story right. | |
| — Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace | |
| From their book: “Creativity Inc.“ | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2014 | Like Shells On The Shore |
| 2013 | More And Why |
| 2012 | How To Gain Effective Fire |
| 2011 | Patriot Act |
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged On Human Existence, On The Universe, Philosophy, Quotes, Stanley Kubrick on April 25, 2015| 2 Comments »
| The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent, but if we can come to terms with this indifference, then our existence as a species can have genuine meaning. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light. | |
| ― Stanley Kubrick | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2014 | The Omnipresent Teacher |
| 2013 | Don’t Waste |
| 2012 | Earning Thanks |
| 2011 | Fuzzy Vision |
| 2010 | Movies and Book |
Posted in Leadership, My Journal, Politics, Quotes, tagged Leadership, My Journal, On the Military Budget, Politics, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Quotes on April 24, 2015| Leave a Comment »
| Some day there is going to be a man sitting in my present chair who has not been raised in the military services and who will have little understanding of where slashes in their estimates can be made with little or no damage. If that should happen while we still have the state of tension that now exists in the world, I shudder to think of what could happen in this country. | |
| ― Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2014 | Open Early |
| 2013 | Movies And A Lifetime Of Lyrics |
| This Truth | |
| 2012 | Cheaper To Hold |
| 2011 | Resistance Is Futile |
| One Great, One Enjoyable, One Terrible… | |
| Unfortunately, No Approval Is Required | |
