May 12, 2014

Good Morning!

Today is the birthday of Florence Nightingale (1820 – 1910) who said:

“I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.”

and

“Patriotism is not enough, there must be no hatred or bitterness for anyone.”

It is also the birthday of Dante Gabriel Rosetti (1828 – 1882) who said:

“Places that are empty of you are empty of life.”

and

“Beauty without the beloved is a like a sword through the heart.”

Happy Birthday to Farley Mowat (1921 - ) who said:

“We have doomed the wolf not for what it is, but for what we deliberately and mistakenly perceive it to be –the mythologized epitome of a savage ruthless killer – which is, in reality, no more than a reflected image of ourself.”

and

“Whenever and wherever men have engaged in the mindless slaughter of animals (including other men), they have often attempted to justify their acts by attributing the most vicious or revolting qualities to those they would destroy; and the less reason there is for the slaughter, the greater the campaign for vilification.”

Today is the birthday of Burt Bacharach (1928 - ) who said:

“A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.”

and

“What the world needs now,

Is love, sweet love,

It's the only thing that there's just too little of.

What the world needs now,

Is love, sweet love,

No, not just for some but for everyone.”

Finally, it is the birthday of George Carlin (1937 – 2008) who said:

“Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of them are even stupider.”

and

“The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.”

and

“Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.”