April 5, 2014

Good Morning!

Today is the birthday of Thomas Hobbes (1588 – 1679) who said:

“Curiosity is the lust of the mind.”

and

“The condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone”

and

“Life is nasty, brutish, and short”

It is also the birthday of Booker T. Washington (1856 – 1915) who said:

“I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”

and

“Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.”

and

“There are two ways of exerting one's strength; one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.”

Happy Birthday to Robert Bloch (1917 – 1994) who said:

“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.”

Also to Bernard Bailey (1916 – 1996) who said:

“When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it.”