"Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things." Robert Louis Stevenson
"If you're going through hell, keep going." Winston Churchill
"Better the cottage where one is merry than the palace where one weeps." Chinese Proverb
"People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history." Dan Quayle
"No one ever went broke by saying no too often." Harvey MacKay
"It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative." John Burroughs
"Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him." James Allen
"Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success - yours or his." Franklin P. Jones
"The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity." Francis Maitland Balfour
"The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced." Frank Zappa
"I have only one superstition. I touch all the bases when I hit a home run." Babe Ruth
"It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart." Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
"We are here and it is now. Further than that all human knowledge is moonshine." H. L. Mencken
"Laws are like sausages. It's better not to see them being made." Otto von Bismarck
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." Aristotle
"I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat." Will Rogers
"Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem." Henry Kissinger
"Life is just one damned thing after another." Elbert Hubbard
"I wanna hang a map of the world in my house. Then I'm gonna put pins into all the locations that I've traveled to. But first, I'm gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map so it won't fall down." Mitch Hedberg
"Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity." Edwin Hubbel Chapin
"Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four." Katharine Hepburn
"It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously." Peter Ustinov
"Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less." Rabbi Julius Gordon
"No one grows old by living, only by losing interest in living." Marie Beynon Ray
"As a rule, adversity reveals genius and prosperity hides it." Horace
"Do every act of your life as if it were your last." Marcus Aurelius
"Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art." Tom Stoppard
"It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power." David Brin
"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." Aldous Huxley
"An optimist stays up to see the New Year in. A pessimist waits to make sure the old one leaves." Bill Vaughan
"A word of appreciation often can accomplish what nothing else could accomplish." B.C. Forbes
"I'm just a person trapped inside a woman's body." Elayne Boosler
"The National Rifle Association says, 'Gun's don't kill people. People do'. But I think the gun helps." Eddie Izzard
"Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise." Bertrand Russell
"These days an income is something you can't live without--or within." Tom Wilson
"Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either." Gore Vidal
"To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable." Oscar Wilde
"We do what we must, and call it by the best names." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Be not deceived with the first appearance of things, for show is not substance." English Proverb
"Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance." Saadi
"Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind." Robert Green Ingersoll
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Friday, January 19, 2007
I <3 Jack Kingston
Georgia congressman opposes pro-Gators resolution
ESPN.com
Congressman Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) rarely goes against GOP opinion in key votes on Capitol Hill. But on Tuesday, the eight-term Congressman really found himself in the minority.
Kingston, who has represented District 1 in southeast Georgia since 1993, was the only member of Congress to oppose House Resolution 39, which commended "the University of Florida Gators for their victory in the 2006 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) and for winning the national college football championship."
His reason? Kingston grew up in Athens, Ga., home of the University of Georgia, his alma mater and one of the Gators' fiercest rivals. Kingston still lives in Savannah, Ga., and flies to Washington weekly.
"Any time you can see Ohio State lose, it's a good day," said Kingston, who also attended Michigan State for two years. "However, there's just so far you can go. The Bulldog tendency in me hit and I had to vote no in a good, friendly rivalry."
The House resolution passed by a vote of 414-1. Eight other congressmen from Georgia voted yes, two voted present and two others didn't vote at all. The resolution was sponsored by Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) and 19 other representatives from Florida.
The Gators defeated unbeaten and then-No. 1 Ohio State 41-14 in the BCS title game Jan. 8 in Glendale, Ariz., to win the school's second national championship in football. The Gators also won a national championship in men's basketball last season, becoming the first Division I-A school to hold both titles concurrently.
"I supported Florida in the game and wanted them to win and win big," Kingston told ESPN.com Thursday. "I'm obviously going to be partial to the SEC."
Such resolutions typically pass unanimously in Congress. For example, House Resolution 43, which commended "the Boise State University Broncos football team for winning the 2007 Fiesta Bowl and completing an undefeated season," passed by a vote of 415-0 on Tuesday.
ESPN.com
Congressman Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) rarely goes against GOP opinion in key votes on Capitol Hill. But on Tuesday, the eight-term Congressman really found himself in the minority.
Kingston, who has represented District 1 in southeast Georgia since 1993, was the only member of Congress to oppose House Resolution 39, which commended "the University of Florida Gators for their victory in the 2006 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) and for winning the national college football championship."
His reason? Kingston grew up in Athens, Ga., home of the University of Georgia, his alma mater and one of the Gators' fiercest rivals. Kingston still lives in Savannah, Ga., and flies to Washington weekly.
"Any time you can see Ohio State lose, it's a good day," said Kingston, who also attended Michigan State for two years. "However, there's just so far you can go. The Bulldog tendency in me hit and I had to vote no in a good, friendly rivalry."
The House resolution passed by a vote of 414-1. Eight other congressmen from Georgia voted yes, two voted present and two others didn't vote at all. The resolution was sponsored by Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) and 19 other representatives from Florida.
The Gators defeated unbeaten and then-No. 1 Ohio State 41-14 in the BCS title game Jan. 8 in Glendale, Ariz., to win the school's second national championship in football. The Gators also won a national championship in men's basketball last season, becoming the first Division I-A school to hold both titles concurrently.
"I supported Florida in the game and wanted them to win and win big," Kingston told ESPN.com Thursday. "I'm obviously going to be partial to the SEC."
Such resolutions typically pass unanimously in Congress. For example, House Resolution 43, which commended "the Boise State University Broncos football team for winning the 2007 Fiesta Bowl and completing an undefeated season," passed by a vote of 415-0 on Tuesday.
Saturday, January 06, 2007
Quotes for December
"If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask!" W. Clement Stone
" If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges." Pat Riley
"The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention." Richard Moss
"Shared joy is double joy and shared sorrow is half-sorrow." Swedish Proverb
"The human mind can bear plenty of reality, but not too much of intermittent gloom." Margaret Drabble
"Sometimes I found that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had ever been miserable." Joanna Field
"Not what we have, but what we use, not what we see, but what we choose -- these are the things that mar or bless human happiness." Joseph Fort Newton
"The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping." Claudius Claudianus
"Naturalness is the easiest thing in the world to acquire, if you will forget yourself -- forget about the impression you are trying to make." Dale Carnegie
"Appreciate life instead of resisting it." Judy Tatelbaum
"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." Sherlock Holmes
"Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score." Bobby Hull
"Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent." Spanish Proverb
"If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer." St. John Chrysostom
"A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality." Pindar
"It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them." George Eliot
"Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset." St. Francis De Sales
"A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind." John Neal
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." Albert Einstein
"The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted." Samuel Smiles
"We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open." Jawaharlal Nehru
"A stumble may prevent a fall." English Proverb
"As soon as we attract enough attention in the world to play a part in it, we are set rolling like a ball which will never again be at rest." Charles Joseph
"Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else." Ivern Ball
"Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application -- practice. What you practice is what you manifest." Grace Speare
"Don't be afraid of showing affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by sympathy than by service. Love is more than money, and a kind word will give more pleasure than a present." Sir John Lubbock
"I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves." Bruce Grocott
"Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment." Marcus Annaeus Seneca
"When facing impossible conditions, sometimes it is in your best interests to retreat." Confucius
"Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public." Edgar Watson Howe
"There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity." Robertson Davies
"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools." Herbert Spencer
"He may be mad, but there's method in his madness. There nearly always is method in madness. It's what drives men mad, being methodical." G. K. Chesterton
"Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about." Sam Ewing
"It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them." Dame Rose Macaulay
"Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority." Thomas H. Huxley
"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out." John Wooden
"With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another."Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
"Never go out to meet trouble. If you will just sit still, nine cases out of ten someone will intercept it before it reaches you." Calvin Coolidge
"When it comes time to do your own life, you either perpetuate your childhood or you stand on it and finally kick it out from under." Rosellen Brown
" If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges." Pat Riley
"The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention." Richard Moss
"Shared joy is double joy and shared sorrow is half-sorrow." Swedish Proverb
"The human mind can bear plenty of reality, but not too much of intermittent gloom." Margaret Drabble
"Sometimes I found that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had ever been miserable." Joanna Field
"Not what we have, but what we use, not what we see, but what we choose -- these are the things that mar or bless human happiness." Joseph Fort Newton
"The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping." Claudius Claudianus
"Naturalness is the easiest thing in the world to acquire, if you will forget yourself -- forget about the impression you are trying to make." Dale Carnegie
"Appreciate life instead of resisting it." Judy Tatelbaum
"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." Sherlock Holmes
"Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score." Bobby Hull
"Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent." Spanish Proverb
"If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer." St. John Chrysostom
"A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality." Pindar
"It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them." George Eliot
"Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset." St. Francis De Sales
"A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind." John Neal
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." Albert Einstein
"The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted." Samuel Smiles
"We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open." Jawaharlal Nehru
"A stumble may prevent a fall." English Proverb
"As soon as we attract enough attention in the world to play a part in it, we are set rolling like a ball which will never again be at rest." Charles Joseph
"Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else." Ivern Ball
"Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application -- practice. What you practice is what you manifest." Grace Speare
"Don't be afraid of showing affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by sympathy than by service. Love is more than money, and a kind word will give more pleasure than a present." Sir John Lubbock
"I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves." Bruce Grocott
"Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment." Marcus Annaeus Seneca
"When facing impossible conditions, sometimes it is in your best interests to retreat." Confucius
"Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public." Edgar Watson Howe
"There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity." Robertson Davies
"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools." Herbert Spencer
"He may be mad, but there's method in his madness. There nearly always is method in madness. It's what drives men mad, being methodical." G. K. Chesterton
"Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about." Sam Ewing
"It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them." Dame Rose Macaulay
"Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority." Thomas H. Huxley
"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out." John Wooden
"With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another."Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
"Never go out to meet trouble. If you will just sit still, nine cases out of ten someone will intercept it before it reaches you." Calvin Coolidge
"When it comes time to do your own life, you either perpetuate your childhood or you stand on it and finally kick it out from under." Rosellen Brown
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