December 16, 2014

Good Morning! Here are your daily birthday quotations...

Jane Austen (1775 – 1817):

“There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.”

and

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”

and

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”

Todd Glass (1964 - ):

“We're going to live to see where they're embarrassed about what they're saying. It's not going to happen in 50 years. In 10 years, they're going to have to show their grandchildren that, and look like fools. It's going to be mortifying!"

Bill Hicks (1961 – 1994):

“I was in Nashville, Tennessee last year. After the show I went to a Waffle House. I'm not proud of it, I was hungry. And I'm alone, I'm eating and I'm reading a book, right? Waitress walks over to me: 'Hey, whatcha readin' for?' Isn't that the weirdest question you've ever heard? Not what am I reading, but what am I reading FOR? Well, ya stumped me! Why do I read? Well . . . hmmm...I dunno...I guess I read for a lot of reasons and the main one is so I don't end up being a waffle waitress.”

and

“I ascribe to Mark Twain's theory that the last person who should be President is the one who wants it the most. The one who should be picked is the one who should be dragged kicking and screaming into the White House.”

Philip K. Dick (1928 – 1982):

“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”

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“The true measure of a man is not his intelligence or how high he rises in this freak establishment. No, the true measure of a man is this: how quickly can he respond to the needs of others and how much of himself he can give.”

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“There will come a time when it isn't 'They're spying on me through my phone' anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me'.”

Arthur C. Clarke (1917 – 2008):

“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”

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“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.”

and

“It must be wonderful to be seventeen, and to know everything.”

Margaret Mead (1901 – 1978):

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

and

“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”

and

“There is no greater insight into the future than recognizing...when we save our children, we save ourselves”

and

“Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.”