April 30, 2014

Good Morning!

Today is the birthday of Willie Nelson (1930 - ) who said:

“The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.”

and

“Ninety-nine percent of the world's lovers are not with their first choice. That's what makes the jukebox play.”

and

“Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there.”

It is also the birthday of Larry Niven (1938 - ) who said:

“The Product of Freedom and Security is a constant (F X S = k). Giving up freedom for security is beginning to look naive.”

and

“There is a technical, literary term for those who mistake the opinions and beliefs of characters in a novel for those of the author. The term is 'idiot'.”

Happy Birthday to Jane Campion (1954 - ) who said:

“Poetry soothes and emboldens the soul to mystery."

April 29, 2014

Good Morning!

Today is the birthday of Duke Ellington (1899 – 1974) who said:

“A problem is a chance for you to do your best.”

and

“Love is supreme and unconditional. Like is nice, but limited.”

and

“By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn’t want your daughter to associate with.”

It is also the birthday of Rod McKuen (1933 - ) who wrote:

“You have to make the good times yourself

take the little times and make them into big times

and save the times that are all right

for the ones that aren't so good.”

Finally, happy birthday to Jerry Seinfeld (1954 - ) who said:

“A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.”

April 28, 2014

Good Morning!

Today is the birthday of Karl Kraus (1874 – 1936) who said:

“The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.”

It is also the birthday of Oskar Schindler (1908 – 1974) who said:

“What is there to say? They are my friends. I would do it again, over and over — for I hate cruelty and intolerance.”

Happy Birthday to Harper Lee (1926 - ) who said:

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”

and

“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”

and

“They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions... but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.”

Today is the birthday of Terry Pratchett (1948 - ) who said:

“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”

Finally it is the birthday of Roberto Bolaño (1953 – 2003) who said:

“Reading is like thinking, like praying, like talking to a friend, like expressing your ideas, like listening to other people's ideas, like listening to music, like looking at the view, like taking a walk on the beach.”

and

“Nothing good ever comes of love. What comes of love is always something better.”

April 27, 2014

Good Morning!

Today is the birthday of Edward Gibbon (1737 – 1794) who said:

“My early and invincible love of reading--I would not exchange for the treasures of India.”

and

“Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.”

It is also the birthday of Mary Wollstonecraft (1759 – 1797) who said:

“The beginning is always today.”

Happy Birthday to Ulysses S. Grant (1822 – 1885) who said:

“Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.”

Today is the birthday of playwright August Wilson (1945 – 2005) who said:

“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.”

and

“You got to be right with yourself before you can be right with anybody else.”

and

“Have a belief in yourself that is bigger than anyone's disbelief.”

Finally, it is the birthday of Cory Booker (1969 - ) who said:

“Before you speak to me about your religion, first show it to me in how you treat other people; before you tell me how much you love your God, show me in how much you love all His children; before you preach to me of your passion for your faith, teach me about it through your compassion for your neighbors. In the end, I'm not as interested in what you have to tell or sell as in how you choose to live and give.”