“My personal external animations play only a minor role in my thoughts and my emotions.” “You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you… Read more »
Posts Categorized: quotations
A Great Shot
“A great shot is when you pull it off. A smart shot is when you don’t have the guts to try it.” — Phil Mickelson from the April 19, 2010 Sports Illustrated
Spenser: For Hire
“Sometimes I get distracted by food; but mostly all I think about is women and baseball.” – Robert B. Parker’s Spenser My favorite author died on Monday, January 18, and he took with him my favorite fictional character. I was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. My dad, though — who lives in Rhode Island now… Read more »
Goodnight, Coco
“All I ask of you is one thing: Please, do not be cynical. I hate cynicism — it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard, and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.” — Conan… Read more »
Hunter S. Thompson Quote
“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side.” Twice in the last week I’ve heard references to this Hunter S. Thompson quote on the radio. (Both times an ESPNRadio host was using… Read more »
Friday Five: John Lennon Quotes
“When I was about 12 I used to think I must be a genius, but nobody’s noticed. If there is such a thing as a genius, I am one. And if there isn’t, I don’t really care.” “I like the idea of saying everything in three minutes.” “Love is like a precious plant. You can’t… Read more »
Problems
“You can’t tell people about your problems. Ninety percent don’t care; and the other ten percent are glad you got ‘em.” –Lou Holtz
American Idiot
Although I don’t agree completely with the essay, there was a brilliant quote in the NYT this morning: “I’ve always believed that America’s government was a unique political system — one designed by geniuses so that it could be run by idiots. I was wrong. No system can be smart enough to survive this level… Read more »
Uncle Cave Man
“I guess of all my uncles, I liked Uncle Cave Man the best. We called him Uncle Cave Man because he lived in a cave and because sometimes he’d eat one of us. Later on we found out he was a bear.” — from Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey
100 Movies, 100 Quotes, 100 Numbers
100 Movies, 100 Quotes, 100 Numbers — This is a really, really terrific example of YouTubery.
Latin for Everyone
I think I’m going to have to add some of these to my email sig. Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam! Because, you know, interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europe vincendarum.
Banana Care
File this under “Things I Can’t Remember How I Learned but Have Often Been Handy to Know”: Bananas like the weather At the tropical equator So never ever put one In the refrigerator.