Today's Words of Wisdom - October 12, 2015

Today is the birthday of the following people:

Robert Fitzgerald (1910 - 1985):

"Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation."

Art Clokey (1921 - 2010):

"Clay is embedded in our subconscious. It has been there for at least 50,000 years."

Jane Siberry (1955 - ):

"It won’t rain all the time

The sky won’t fall forever"

Today is also Freethought Day. Here are some quotations to commemorate it:

“Nature is what we know. We do not know about the gods of religions. And nature is not kind, or merciful, or loving. If God made me – the fabled God of the three qualities of which I spoke – mercy, kindness, love – He also made me the fish I catch and eat. And where do His mercy, kindness, love for that fish come in? No; nature made us – nature did it all – not the gods of the religions.” – Thomas Edison

“The idea of an ordered and elegant universe is a lovely one. One worth clinging to. But you don’t need religion to appreciate the ordered existence. It’s not just an idea. It’s reality. We’re discovering the hidden orders of the universe every day. The inverse square law of gravitation is amazing. Fractals, the theory of relativity, the genome; these are magnificently beautiful constructs.” – Adam Savage

“There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths. Moreover, since he is aware, however dimly, that his opinions are not rational, he becomes furious when they are disputed.” – Bertrand Russell

May 18, 2015

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

Omar Khayyam (1048 – 1131):

“Drink wine. This is life eternal. This is all that youth will give you. It is the season for wine, roses and drunken friends. Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”

Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970):

“Many people would sooner die thank think. In fact, they do.”

and

“The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”

and

“Man is a rational animal – so at least I have been told. Throughout a long life, I have looked diligently for evidence in favor of this statement, but so far I have not had the good fortune to come across it.”

and

“There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”

and

“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”

Frank Capra (1897 – 1991):

“Friend, you are a divine mingle-mangle of guts and stardust. So hang in there! If doors opened for me, they can open for anyone.”

Irene Hunt (1907 – 2001):

“I wondered why so much had been written about love's pain and so little about the glorious relief of being delivered from love's pain.”

and

“We mustn’t give trouble a shape before it throws its shadow.”

W.G. Sebald (1944 – 2001):

“It is thanks to my evening reading alone that I am still more or less sane.”

and

“How I wished during those sleepless hours that I belonged to a different nation, or better still, to none at all.”

Diane Duane (1952 - ):

“Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.”

Tina Fey (1970 - ):

“Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles.”

and

“THERE ARE NO MISTAKES, only opportunities.”

May 18, 2014

Good Morning! Here are your daily quotations...

Omar Khayyam (1048 – 1131):

“Drink wine. This is life eternal. This is all that youth will give you. It is the season for wine, roses and drunken friends. Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”

Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970):

“Many people would sooner die than think. In fact, they do.”

and

“The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”

and

“Man is a rational animal – so at least I have been told. Throughout a long life, I have looked diligently for evidence in favor of this statement, but so far I have not had the good fortune to come across it.”

and

“There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”

and

“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”

Frank Capra (1897 – 1991):

“Friend, you are a divine mingle-mangle of guts and stardust. So hang in there! If doors opened for me, they can open for anyone.”

Irene Hunt (1907 – 2001):

“I wondered why so much had been written about love's pain and so little about the glorious relief of being delivered from love's pain.”

and

“We mustn’t give trouble a shape before it throws its shadow.”

W.G. Sebald (1944 – 2001):

“It is thanks to my evening reading alone that I am still more or less sane.”

and

“How I wished during those sleepless hours that I belonged to a different nation, or better still, to none at all.”

Diane Duane (1952 - ):

“Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.”

Tina Fey (1970 - ):

“Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles.”

and

“THERE ARE NO MISTAKES, only opportunities.”