March 14, 2014

Good Morning!

Today is the birthday of Arthur O’Shaughnessy (1844 – 1881) who wrote:

“We are the music-makers,

And we are the dreamers of dreams,

Wandering by lone sea-breakers,

And sitting by desolate streams.

World-losers and world-forsakers,

Upon whom the pale moon gleams;

Yet we are the movers and shakers,

Of the world forever, it seems.”

It is also the birthday of Paul Ehrlich (1854 – 1915) who said:

“Few problems are less recognized, but more important than, the accelerating disappearance of the earth's biological resources. In pushing other species to extinction, humanity is busy sawing off the limb on which it is perched.”

and

“Success in research needs four Gs: Glück, Geduld, Geschick und Geld. Luck, patience, skill and money.”

A relatively happy birthday to Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) who said:

“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.”

and

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

and

“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”

and

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”

and

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

and

“When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.”

and

“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?”

It is the birthday of Horton Foote (1916 – 2009) who said:

“I’ve known people that the world has thrown everything at to discourage them...to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and don’t ask quarters.”

It is also the birthday of Diane Arbus (1923 – 1971) who said:

“A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know.”

and

“Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.”

Finally, birthday greetings to Billy Crystal (1948 - ) who said:

“To be good, you need to believe in what you're doing.”

and

“Change is such hard work.”