Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. | |
— Albert Einstein | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Taking The Chance To Improvise |
2021 | A Bit Like Politics |
How About Tonight? | |
2020 | Independent Isolation |
2019 | This Pilgrim Has Had A (Mostly) Happy Road |
2018 | And Men, Too |
2017 | Damned If You Do |
2016 | A Storm Over The Horizon |
2015 | What About Today? |
2014 | Idiot, n. |
2013 | Temporary Reality |
2012 | The Great Objective |
2011 | Read A Book |
Posts Tagged ‘Quotes’
15 Speeds With Big Knobby Tires
Posted in Quotes, Philosophy, tagged Philosophy, Quotes, Albert Einstein, Life, Balance, Moving, Bicycle on June 7, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Blogging To Find Shape
Posted in Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Letter to Thomas Ferril, Letters Of Note, Malcolm Cowley, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, The Long Voyage on June 6, 2023| 2 Comments »
I think one of the noblest projects for anyone in age is to find a shape in his life. It was a drama in how many acts. How can he make the last act worthy of the earlier ones? He is the author, the protagonist, the audience and the critic. He has to work under handicaps while the stage hands fidget and the audience is eager to go home. But perhaps he can succeed in acting out “I was” or even “I was this.” | |
— Malcolm Cowley | |
Letter to Thomas Ferril, 30th Aug 1978 | |
From: “The Long Voyage“ | |
[Found at one of the blogs I follow: https://news.lettersofnote.com/ | |
The specific post is: https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/i-think-one-of-the-noblest-projects | |
Please visit the original site and support it if you are able. — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | My Conservative View |
2021 | Are We Getting Close To Uncertainty? |
How It Could Be | |
2020 | Two Loves |
A Short Count | |
2019 | Don’t Forget: Fire Burns |
2018 | Especially In The Middle East |
2017 | A Good Local |
2016 | Life Unlimited |
2015 | Still Trying |
2014 | Destiny, n. |
2013 | No Apologies |
2012 | Utterly Convinced |
2011 | A Key To Effectiveness |
A Journey And A Story
Posted in Quotes, Philosophy, Other Blogs, tagged A Pondering Mind, Discovery, https://aponderingmind.org, Kathryn Schulz, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, Wandering on June 5, 2023| Leave a Comment »
To err is to wander, and wandering is the way we discover the world; and, lost in thought, it is also the way we discover ourselves. Being right might be gratifying, but in the end it is static, a mere statement. Being wrong is hard and humbling, and sometimes even dangerous, but in the end it is a journey, and a story. | |
— Kathryn Schulz | |
[This quote was found at one of the blogs I follow: https://aponderingmind.org/ | |
The specific post was located at: https://aponderingmind.org/2023/05/18/todays-quote-8/ | |
Please check out the original site if you have a few spare minutes… — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | I Want His Job |
2021 | I Better |
The Way I Will | |
2020 | Necessary Events |
2019 | I May Have Started Too Soon |
2018 | But Me |
2017 | A Little More, Please |
2016 | In Full Vigor |
2015 | A Good Lad |
2014 | Who Dare Not Speak |
2013 | I Love Beer |
2012 | Trial By Jury |
2011 | First Class |
Got Knowledge? | |
A Clear Prescription
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Carl Sagan, Disaster, Education, Philosophy, Quotes, Science, Society, Technology on June 4, 2023| 2 Comments »
We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. That’s a clear prescription for disaster. | |
— Carl Sagan | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Appearances Can Be Deceiving… |
2021 | Here’s To… |
Tweet, Tweet | |
2020 | Why My Dentist Loves Me |
Live, Learn And Teach Goodness | |
The Lesson Of Trump’s Life | |
2019 | You Really Don’t |
No One Can Imagine | |
2018 | Until Integrity, Decency, Wisdom, And Humility Return |
Just Tell (And Re-tell) The Big Lie Often Enough On Fox News | |
2017 | To Laws, Not Office Or Individuals |
Beast / General / Civil | |
2016 | Patronage |
2015 | For Blogs, Too! |
2014 | Righteous Anger |
2013 | An Irish Blessing |
2012 | But Is It Worth It? |
2011 | Let Us Start |
I Can’t Recall Either
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Carl Sagan, Changing your mind, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Religion, Science on June 3, 2023| Leave a Comment »
In science it often happens that scientists say, “You know that’s a really good argument; my position is mistaken,” and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn’t happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion. | |
— Carl Sagan | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Just Smart Enough |
2021 | For Some Of Us Anyway |
Sh-Boom | |
Glarry Green | |
2020 | Role Reversal |
Time To Defend The Constitution (Part I) | |
Time To Defend The Constitution (Part II) | |
2019 | Right Or Wrong |
2018 | Open Doors |
2017 | When It Deserves It |
2016 | Expiation For Rest |
2015 | You’ll Get Through It |
2014 | A Special Kind Of Fall |
2013 | Very Rewarding |
2012 | MIB3 – The Team Is Closer Than Ever |
Yet | |
2011 | Little By Little |
Laughing At #45:DonTheClown
Posted in Quotes, Philosophy, tagged #45DonTheClown, American Politics, Bozo The Clown, Carl Sagan, Genius, John Bolton, Laughter, National Security Advisor, Philosophy, Quotes on June 2, 2023| 2 Comments »
I have been in those rooms with [Trump] when he met with those [world] leaders, I believe they think he’s a laughing fool. | |
— John Bolton | |
Former National Security Advisor to President Trump | |
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown. | |
— Carl Sagan | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Sowing The Future |
2021 | Unmistakable Progress |
Dom-De-Doo-Be Dom | |
Reviewing Austen | |
2020 | A Better Synthesis |
2019 | It’s Only Funny If You’re Old Enough To Know What “Film” Was |
2018 | Bourne Wicked Blonde |
First Things First | |
2017 | This Explains A Lot |
2016 | Me Too |
2015 | A Proper Price |
2014 | Well Hard |
2013 | Because I Can |
Eloquence, n. | |
2012 | Why Bother? |
2011 | Peculiar Notions |
I (Too) Hope My Curiosity Endures
Posted in History, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Carl Sagan, Discovery, History, Learning, On Life After Death, Philosophy, Quotes on June 1, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out. | |
— Carl Sagan | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Traveling Faster Than ‘c’ |
2021 | Maybe “Creation” Wasn’t That Difficult After All |
C’est Chic | |
2020 | #45: Time Is Ticking Away |
#45 Claims COVID-19 Defeated To Open The Economy | |
2019 | Belief Buffet |
2018 | Change Is Law |
2017 | A Dog Day Of Summer |
2016 | Chances Are |
2015 | Truer Spoken |
2014 | Not Quite There Yet (Either) |
Many Colors | |
2013 | Distance, n. |
Less Can Be More | |
2012 | Rise Up! |
The Gift | |
2011 | Artful Courage |
2010 | A Handful of Lessons… |
Two Brown Miracles
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Giving Up, H. Jackson Brown Jr., Miracles, Philosophy, Quotes on May 31, 2023| 2 Comments »
Believe in miracles but don’t depend on them. | |
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr. | |
Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen everyday. | |
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | I Learn The Hard Way |
2021 | I Ask For Two Minutes… |
Always | |
2020 | At Least A Lot More Gray |
2019 | Walking The Lonely Path |
2018 | The Ultimate Trial |
2017 | Vain Expectations |
2016 | Or Of One Thought |
2015 | What’s In Your Future? |
2014 | Light In Darkness |
2013 | How ‘Bout Just Obeying The Law? |
2012 | Or Maybe Not |
2011 | My Interval Is Too Short! |
Or You Practice Guitar (It Works For Me)
Posted in Guitar, Humor, Music, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Art, George Bernard Shaw, Guitar, Humor, Mirrors, Music, Philosophy, Quotes, Soul on May 30, 2023| Leave a Comment »
You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul. | |
― George Bernard Shaw | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Three Treasures |
Memorial Day 2022 | |
2021 | How Trump Won The Fringe Right |
Hold My Hand | |
2020 | I’d Include Health Care |
2019 | Accustomed To It |
2018 | Booking My Trip Into The Expanding Universe |
2017 | Fear Instead Of Convictions |
2016 | Memorial Day – 2016 |
2015 | A Handful Of Reviews |
And You Can Quote Me | |
2014 | Get Wisdom |
2013 | Enjoying The View? |
2012 | Adam’s Rib |
2011 | I’m Sure I Remember That… |
Memorial Day, 2011 | |
Still Trying To Learn The Syntax
Posted in Music, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Music, Philosophy, Quotes, Victor Hugo on May 29, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. | |
— Victor Hugo | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Stumbled On This Memory (Of High Notes) |
2021 | A Chance Meeting Finds A Way |
Over 50 Years Ago! | |
2020 | The Magnitude Of The Challenge |
2019 | Still Tearing, Still Being Rewarded |
2018 | Nothing More, Nothing Less |
2017 | Memorial Day – 2017 |
No Wonder I’m Smiling | |
2016 | Thinking Science Fictional |
2015 | Dawn Is Coming |
2014 | Back When I Was A Firebrand |
2013 | Pen In Hand |
Word Up! | |
2012 | Disturbing |
Trying To Keep Up | |
2011 | Unreliable And Selective |
2010 | Adult-Onset Athlete |
But Try To Finish Some Thing (At Least One)
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Accomplishment, Awareness, Fully Alive, Philosophy, Quotes, Tragedy on May 28, 2023| 2 Comments »
The important thing is not to accomplish but to be in the process of accomplishing, to live, to feel, to love, to labor, to be fully alive in the awareness of the beauty and the tragedy of life. | |
— Gustav Mahler | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Smoldering Or Burning? |
I’m Not Okay Either | |
2021 | Make A Difference |
What’s That Sound? | |
2020 | Promise Her In Music |
2019 | But I’m Well Past 100 By Now |
2018 | Learn |
Land Of The Free, Because Of The Brave | |
4 Appearances In A Row, 4 Wins To Go | |
2017 | And Yet I’m Still Having Fun |
2016 | I See Coincidence Everywhere |
CA3: Civil War | |
2015 | I Resemble That Remark… (5!) |
2014 | The Writer’s Dilemma |
2013 | Just Paying The Rent |
2012 | Remembering… |
2011 | A Little Farther |
Some Things
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Fear, H. Jackson Brown Jr., Loss, Love, Philosophy, Quotes on May 27, 2023| 2 Comments »
Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something. | |
― H. Jackson Brown, Jr. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Vision Test |
2021 | Or These Days, On The Internet |
There Goes My Heart | |
2020 | Find An Antidote |
2019 | Take A Few Minutes To Remember |
Start By Doubting | |
2018 | You Cannot Pretend |
2017 | A Long Shadow |
2016 | Learning, Experience, Chances or Money |
2015 | The Critical State |
2014 | Dawn, n. |
2013 | Ouch! |
2012 | Just Lookin’ Around |
Still Growing | |
2011 | But Do You Want To? |
Images Are Everywhere
Posted in Faith, Faith Family and Friends, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Change, God, Images, Octavia E. Butler, Parable Of The Sower, Philosophy, Quotes, Universe on May 26, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Create no images of God. Accept the images that God has provided. They are everywhere, in everything. God is Change — Seed to tree, tree to forest; Rain to river, river to sea; Grubs to bees, bees to swarm. From one, many; from many, one; Forever uniting, growing, dissolving — forever Changing. The universe is God’s self-portrait. | |
― Octavia E. Butler | |
From her book: “Parable of the Sower“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | An Honorable Preference |
2021 | Very Young Or Very New |
Feelin’ It | |
2020 | Or To Destroy Democracy |
2019 | A Defense Of Liberty |
2018 | And Blog To Word Up To The Universe |
The Irony Of Greed | |
2017 | Or Revisiting A Blog Site |
2016 | Alas, Too Often The Latter |
2015 | Either / Or |
2014 | Memorial Day – 2014 |
Perfection | |
2013 | Memorial Day Video |
Equal = Equal | |
2012 | Congrats, Nephew!! |
Doggie Vision Networks | |
The Flash: Omnibus | |
JLI: vol 1 | |
Flash: Rebirth | |
Burning Images | |
What Do You Believe? | |
2011 | Are We Still At War With The Poor? |
Everybody Has One…
Posted in Guitar Stuff, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Character, Confession, Opinion, Philosophy, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson on May 25, 2023| Leave a Comment »
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character. | |
― Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Dozing In The Backyard Hammock |
10 (40) | |
2021 | Still Learning (And Practicing) Guitar |
Still Ain’t Quite Right | |
More Changes… | |
2020 | Remembering… |
You KNEW That Man Was Trippin’ | |
2019 | Kingslanding |
2018 | I’d Bet On Taxes |
Ooops! I Spoke Too Soon | |
2017 | A Cautionary Wish |
2016 | Slogging |
It’s About… | |
Man / Man | |
2015 | Memorial Day – 2015 |
Content People Love To Share | |
2014 | I Resemble That Remark |
2013 | Long Range Exploration |
2012 | UBI |
2011 | Opportunity |
You Choose To Be One
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged A Few Rules For Predicting The Future, Essence Magazine, No Magic Bullet, Octavia E. Butler, Philosophy, Quotes on May 24, 2023| 2 Comments »
“I didn’t make up the problems,” I pointed out. ‘All I did was look around at the problems we’re neglecting now and give them about 30 years to grow into full-fledged disasters.’ | ||
“Okay,” the young man challenged. “So what’s the answer?” | ||
“There isn’t one,” I told him. | ||
“No answer? You mean we’re just doomed?” He smiled as though he thought this might be a joke. | ||
“No,” I said. “I mean there’s no single answer that will solve all of our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers – at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.” | ||
— Octavia E. Butler | ||
From her essay for Essence Magazine titled: “A Few Rules For Predicting The Future“ | ||
[This quote can be found at multiple locations on the web. The original source is not always cited. I have not read the full magazine article / essay. — kmab] | ||
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On This Day In: | ||
2022 | Strumming And Changing Chords | |
2021 | B U | |
Blueprint Blue | ||
2019 | I Struggle With One At A Time | |
2018 | An Infectious Political Cancer | |
Site Update / Poems Page Evolution | ||
2017 | Our Thirst | |
2016 | History Favors The Victor | |
2015 | This We’ll Leave Them | |
2014 | Sounds Like Faux News To Me | |
2013 | Reasons | |
2012 | American Libertarianism | |
2011 | The Goal | |