Quote of the day - Page 16

Drax · 05-08-2008, 10:35 PM

"I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it." - Garrison Keillor

"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." - Philip K. Dick

classicman · 05-08-2008, 11:04 PM

“Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, only small changes for the better, I hope, in the lives of those I love.”

Shawnee123 · 05-09-2008, 09:25 AM

In honor of our graduation ceremony tonight:

"Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate, no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace and in society an ornament. It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man? A splendid slave, a reasoning savage."

-Joseph Addison

monster · 05-09-2008, 09:27 AM

on the education theme, I just read this in the school directory a few minutes ago and thought how true....

Too often we give our children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.

Roger Lewin, scientist

Shawnee123 · 05-09-2008, 09:33 AM

Then there is this quote from Milton Berle:

This is how it is today: The teachers are afraid of the principals. The principals are afraid of the superintendents. The superintendents are afraid of the board of education. The board is afraid of the parents. The parents are afraid of the children. The children are afraid of nothing!

Drax · 05-10-2008, 04:57 PM

Paul Sr: "Is there anything we need from upstairs?"
Mikey: "Yeah get me some vice grips, and a taco."
Paul Sr: "Don't push it Mikey, you're on thin ice already."
Mikey: "How 'bout a burrito? I'm hungry."

classicman · 05-12-2008, 01:38 PM

Uh, what link WB?

lumberjim · 05-12-2008, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman

Uh, what link WB?

this one

Shawnee123 · 05-12-2008, 02:39 PM

A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
--Aesop

Shawnee123 · 05-14-2008, 03:50 PM

"Save the planet. Kill a moron."

-Me

SteveDallas · 05-15-2008, 08:37 AM

"Going to our school is an education in itself, which is not to be confused with actually getting an education."
--Sally Brown, in Peanuts

skysidhe · 05-17-2008, 08:23 PM

The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self.

Whitney Young (1921 - 1971)

lumberjim · 05-17-2008, 09:49 PM

good one.

how often do we look askance
at our former selves?
There is nothing sadder than the feeling
that you used to be better.
I see it in sad men's eyes sometimes.
It makes me want to shake them.
And to cry out, "know yourself!"

Sundae · 06-12-2008, 02:52 PM

LJ that's wonderful, who is it by?
Well, except that there was a Big Brother quote the other year by a ghetto princess (white) saying to a spoiled princess, "You betta know yourself girlfriend!" and the only thing missing was her sucking her teeth. It has stuck in my head.

Welcome, Woodbutcher!

Urbane Guerrilla · 06-16-2008, 08:55 PM

There is no institution of God or Man that cannot be improved by laughing at it twice a week.

--me

05-08-2008, 11:04 PM	#2
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	“Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, only small changes for the better, I hope, in the lives of those I love.” __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

05-09-2008, 09:25 AM	#3
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	In honor of our graduation ceremony tonight: "Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate, no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace and in society an ornament. It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man? A splendid slave, a reasoning savage." -Joseph Addison __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

05-09-2008, 09:27 AM	#4
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	on the education theme, I just read this in the school directory a few minutes ago and thought how true.... Too often we give our children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. Roger Lewin, scientist __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-09-2008, 09:33 AM	#5
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Then there is this quote from Milton Berle: This is how it is today: The teachers are afraid of the principals. The principals are afraid of the superintendents. The superintendents are afraid of the board of education. The board is afraid of the parents. The parents are afraid of the children. The children are afraid of nothing! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

05-12-2008, 01:38 PM	#7
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Uh, what link WB? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

05-08-2008, 10:35 PM	#1
Drax Banned Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gallman, MS, USA Posts: 1,933	"I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it." - Garrison Keillor "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." - Philip K. Dick

05-10-2008, 04:57 PM	#6
Drax Banned Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gallman, MS, USA Posts: 1,933	Paul Sr: "Is there anything we need from upstairs?" Mikey: "Yeah get me some vice grips, and a taco." Paul Sr: "Don't push it Mikey, you're on thin ice already." Mikey: "How 'bout a burrito? I'm hungry."

05-12-2008, 02:39 PM	#9
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth. --Aesop __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

05-14-2008, 03:50 PM	#10
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	"Save the planet. Kill a moron." -Me __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

05-15-2008, 08:37 AM	#11
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	"Going to our school is an education in itself, which is not to be confused with actually getting an education." --Sally Brown, in Peanuts

05-17-2008, 08:23 PM	#12
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self. Whitney Young (1921 - 1971)

05-17-2008, 09:49 PM	#13
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	good one. how often do we look askance at our former selves? There is nothing sadder than the feeling that you used to be better. I see it in sad men's eyes sometimes. It makes me want to shake them. And to cry out, "know yourself!" __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-12-2008, 02:52 PM	#14
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	LJ that's wonderful, who is it by? Well, except that there was a Big Brother quote the other year by a ghetto princess (white) saying to a spoiled princess, "You betta know yourself girlfriend!" and the only thing missing was her sucking her teeth. It has stuck in my head. Welcome, Woodbutcher! __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-16-2008, 08:55 PM	#15
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	There is no institution of God or Man that cannot be improved by laughing at it twice a week. --me __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

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