To make something good, just do it. To make something great, just re-do it, re-do it, re-do it. The secret to making fine things is in remaking them. | |
— Kevin Kelly | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | The Real World Effect Of Fox News’ Lies |
Anymore | |
2020 | #45: White House Turnover |
R.I.P.: Eddie Van Halen | |
Gee Whiz | |
2019 | Two Peace |
2018 | The Sensation Of Human Intimacy |
2017 | One Night In A Thousand Years |
2016 | A Considerable Amount Of Work |
2015 | Panzer Soldier |
2014 | Babies (I) |
2013 | Patriotic == Tell The Truth |
2012 | 30 Days To Go |
2011 | Altering The Course |
Posts Tagged ‘Greatness’
One Great Secret
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Greatness, Just Do It, Kevin Kelly, Philosophy, Quotes, Secrets on October 6, 2022| Leave a Comment »
A Very Few
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Excellence, Greatness, John W. Gardner, Philosophy, Quotes on June 17, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them. | |
— John W. Gardner | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Or Blog Every Day |
Every Woman Should Have One | |
2020 | Where Are We Going? |
2019 | One Before I Go |
2018 | And Blog Posts, Too |
2017 | Just Doin’ It |
2016 | Definitely Not Bell Shaped |
2015 | Dreadful Pity |
2014 | Worse Than Useless |
2013 | Personal Prisons |
2012 | So, Not Yet Then |
2011 | Real Love |
Misunderestimated
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Copernicus, Galileo, Greatness, Jesus, Luther, Misunderstanding, Newton, Philosophy, Pythagoras, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Socrates on November 18, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. | |
― Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Misunderestimated |
The Sincerest Form Of Flattery | |
Four Fifths Of Music | |
2020 | Doctor’s Orders |
Make That Seven Orders… | |
2019 | Innocent |
2018 | Ripost |
2017 | Just Asking… |
2016 | And 4 |
How Tall Do You Stand? | |
2015 | More Prejudice |
2014 | Say What? |
2013 | Daring Errors |
2012 | Are You Comfortable? |
I Just Have To | |
In Flux | |
2011 | True New |
2010 | A Job Well Started Is A Job Half Done |
I See With My One Good Eye | |
No Plan And Less Sand
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Greatness, Leonard Bernstein, Philosophy, Planning, Quotes, Time on March 16, 2021| Leave a Comment »
To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time. | |
— Leonard Bernstein | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Why #45 Is In The Dark |
180 Day Health / Weight Update (Mar 2020) | |
2019 | Tonight I Am All Blacks |
In All Its Messy Complexity | |
2018 | Danger = Opportunity |
2017 | True And Great |
Sand At The Beach | |
2016 | There Is A Difference Between Dangerous And Frightening |
2015 | Always A Goal |
2014 | Standing Strong |
2013 | Shaken And Stirred |
The Bird With The Broken Wing | |
2012 | Friends In High Places |
2011 | Objective Independence |
Like Belief In Truth And Facts
Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Belief, Facts, Faith, Freedom, Greatness, John W. Gardner, Moral Commitments, Philosophy, Quotes, Truth on November 20, 2020| 2 Comments »
America’s greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and promptly self-destructive. | |
— John W. Gardner | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Small Curves |
One For Me | |
2020 | Like Belief In Truth And Facts |
Hey #45, Are You Tired Of LOSING Law Suits Too? | |
2019 | Many Forms |
2018 | Serenity Prayer |
2017 | But The Clock Says It’s Already Two Minutes 30 Seconds to Midnight |
2016 | Towards No Regret |
2015 | 109 And Beyond |
2014 | Are You Waiting? |
2013 | Traditional Human Sacrifice |
2012 | A Division Of Men |
2011 | Miles, Legends and Superwoman |
Got Tragedy? | |
2010 | My Company For A Prince!! |
On The Shoulders Of Titans | |
Making Me
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Greatness, Mahatma Gandhi, Philosophy, Quotes on April 2, 2020| Leave a Comment »
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world – that is the myth of the atomic age – as in being able to remake ourselves. | |
— Mahatma Gandhi | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Inside Your Head |
2018 | Lingering Curiosity |
2017 | Just Kidding |
2016 | The Danger Of Walls |
2015 | Protection |
2014 | Let It Go |
2013 | Don’t Know And Not Telling |
2012 | A Challenge For Progress |
2011 | Dependent Difficulty |
Republican Senators Should Vote For Conviction Of #45
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged #ConvictTrump, #ImpeachTrump, George Bernard Shaw, Greatness, Happiness, Politics, Quotes, Republican Senators, U.S. Sentate on January 27, 2020| 1 Comment »
Doing what needs to be done may not make you happy, but it will make you great. | |
― George Bernard Shaw | |
[They won’t. But they should… — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Are You Confused? |
2021 | Working On The Ordinary |
Smoothed My Jagged Edges | |
2020 | Republican Senators Should Vote For Conviction Of #45 |
2019 | Carry It |
2018 | Simple |
2017 | Knowledge Pays |
2016 | Brief Glimpses And Full Glances |
2015 | Pursuing Perspective |
2014 | Wearing Down? |
2013 | Labouring Under A Curse |
2012 | Listen To Yourself |
2011 | Career Tips (Part 1) |
No Captain Dunsel | |
Most Hire
Posted in Humor, Quotes, tagged Daniel J. Boorstin, Greatness, Humor, Public Relations Officers, Quotes on July 18, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers. | |
— Daniel J. Boorstin | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Sounds Like #45’s White House |
2017 | Have We Started Winning Yet? |
2016 | Still Springy |
2015 | Well Concealed |
2014 | The History Of Warriors |
2013 | A Cult Of Ignorance |
2012 | Counting Valor |
Understanding Faith | |
2011 | I Can Hear You Now |
2010 | Inception |
In Times Of Crisis
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged Compassion, Greatness, Politics, Quotes, Thurgood Marshall, Times of Crisis, U.S. Supreme Court Justice on July 13, 2018| Leave a Comment »
The measure of a country’s greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis. | |
— Thurgood Marshall | |
Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | The Voice Of Experience |
2016 | Who And When |
2015 | Change Process |
2014 | What Is Still Possible |
2013 | Strength Is There |
2012 | Beyond Reasonable Doubt |
2011 | Celebrating Values |
2010 | Is it just me, or is it suddenly dark around here? |
Dance! | |
Reductionism
Posted in Leadership, Quotes, tagged Greatness, Leadership, Mediocrity, Napoléon Bonaparte, Quotes, The Failings Of Small Men on January 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »
When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity. | |
— Napoléon Bonaparte | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | A Happy Realization |
2021 | Is Science Cumulative? |
We’re Aging With Time | |
2020 | Where #45 Is Leading The Republican Party |
2019 | Your Own Blog Posts |
The Man With A Code | |
2018 | Choose Goodness |
2017 | Developing Translations |
2016 | Think Like A Hero |
2015 | Reductionism |
2014 | Gravitation, n. |
2013 | Ups And Downs |
2012 | Nerd Heard – And Good-Bye |
Your Continuum | |
2011 | Career Tips (Part 2) |
Great Service
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Being Famous, Fame, Greatness, Leadership, Martin Luther King Jr, Philosophy, Quotes, Service on March 31, 2014| 1 Comment »
Not everybody can be famous, but everybody can be great because greatness is determined by service. | |
–– Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2013 | You Really Should Wear More Sweaters |
Here I Am God | |
2012 | The Serenity Prayer |
2011 | The Victory Of Life |
Prudence
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Greatness, Leadership, Niccolò Machiavelli, Philosophy, Quotes on November 7, 2013| Leave a Comment »
A prudent man should always follow in the path trodden by great men and imitate those who are most excellent, so that if he does not attain to their greatness, at any rate he will get some tinge of it. | |
― Niccolò Machiavelli | |
From: “The Prince“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Even If I Have An Opinion |
We’ve Just Gotten Confirmation | |
2020 | #45: A Word Of Advice |
But I’m In No Hurry To Get There | |
Decision Made: #46 — Go Joe | |
2019 | Like Many Forms Of Art |
Two Towers | |
2018 | Land Of My Birth – Executive Order Notwithstanding |
Keeping It Real… | |
2017 | Use A Bigger Can |
2016 | Vote Tomorrow – 8 November 2016 |
2015 | Old Bond |
2014 | Preferences |
2013 | Prudence |
2012 | Reason Against Reasons |
2011 | The 1% Rule Of Large Groups |
2010 | Going, Going, On… |
Expect Mike | |
Wasted Again? | |
You Did? | |
Reflecting Plenty | |
Old Math | |
Mental Images | |
Here’s Lookin’ At You, Kid | |
Learn | |
Nothing Feared Today | |
I Had Other Plans | |
Ratings… | |
Really? | |
Encourage Greatness | |
Greatness
Posted in Leadership, My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Greatness, Leadership, My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare on April 3, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. | |
— William Shakespeare | |
From: “Twelfth Night“, Act 11, Sc. 5 | |
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See Greatness
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Edmund Lee, Greatness, Philosophy, Quotes, Thinkers on February 23, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Surround yourself with the dreamers and the doers, the believers and thinkers, but most of all, surround yourself with those who see the greatness within you, even when you don’t see it yourself. | |
— Edmund Lee | |
[And maybe we should ALL try looking a little harder… — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Suggestions (The Order Of Precedence Is Optional)… |
2021 | But That’s Certainly Irrational |
Just Goin’ To My Room | |
2020 | The Butterflies Are In Trouble |
2019 | The Deep Center |
2018 | Oh, Heaven (Too) |
2017 | Now Pausing Makes Sense |
2016 | Just Spicy |
Only One Part | |
2015 | Positive Acts Of Creation |
2014 | One Thing Is Clear |
2013 | Corrections |
See Greatness | |
2012 | Gemutlichkeit |
2011 | Back On The Asphalt |
Lift
Posted in Leadership, My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Greatness, Leadership, My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, Sydney Smith on May 15, 2012| Leave a Comment »
The criterion of a man’s greatness is his ability to lift up all who live in his time. | |
— Sydney Smith | |
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