May 21, 2015

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

Alexander Pope (1688 – 1744):

“To err is human, to forgive, divine.”

and

“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”

and

“A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying in other words that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.”

Robert Creeley (1926 – 2005):

“Still, no one finally knows what a poet is supposed either to be or to do. Especially in this country, one takes on the job—because all that one does in America is considered a "job"—with no clear sense as to what is required or where one will ultimately be led. In that respect, it is as particular an instance of a "calling" as one might point to. For years I've kept in mind, "Many are called but few are chosen." Even so "called," there were no assurances that one would be answered.”

and

“Thought is a process of work,

joy is an issue of work”

Al Franken (1951 - ):

“If you control the flow of information, you can control the conversation around important issues. If you can control the conversation, you can change this country.”

and

“Our laws need to reflect the evolution of technology and the changing expectations of American society. This is why the Constitution is often called a “living” document. But we have a long way to go to get our modern privacy laws in line with modern technology.”