Thursday, February 12, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
Wind
I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind.
Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the color of the wind.
A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind.
The higher you climb on the mountain, the harder the wind blows.
For what is it to die, But to stand in the sun and melt into the wind?
Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!
Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the color of the wind.
A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind.
The higher you climb on the mountain, the harder the wind blows.
For what is it to die, But to stand in the sun and melt into the wind?
Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Stupidity
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe.
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.
The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.
Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it.
It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.
Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.
If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
I've done a fair share of stupid things in my life, a couple of which should have put me in the grave. But here I am, typing away as if I had a brain.
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.
The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.
Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it.
It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.
Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.
If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
I've done a fair share of stupid things in my life, a couple of which should have put me in the grave. But here I am, typing away as if I had a brain.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Confusion
Sometimes I'm confused by what I think is really obvious. But what I think is really obvious obviously isn't obvious...
Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not yet understood.
Confusion is the welcome mat at the door of creativity.
The attempt and not the deed confounds us.
Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer, some distant day.
Everything in the universe goes by indirection. There are no straight lines.
Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.
If you're not confused, you're not paying attention.
You always admire what you really don't understand.
Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity.
I'm not confused, I'm just well mixed.
Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not yet understood.
Confusion is the welcome mat at the door of creativity.
The attempt and not the deed confounds us.
Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer, some distant day.
Everything in the universe goes by indirection. There are no straight lines.
Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.
If you're not confused, you're not paying attention.
You always admire what you really don't understand.
Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity.
I'm not confused, I'm just well mixed.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Advice
The art of advice is to make the recipient believe he thought the thought of it himself.
The best advice is this: Don't take advice and don't give advice.
When we ask advice we are usually looking for an accomplice.
We hate to have some people give us advice because we know how badly they need it themselves.
To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.
The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.
The best advice one can offer to both press and public is the suggestion Ronald Reagan himself gave to students in Chicago ... "Don't let me get away with it. Check me out. Don't be the sucker generation."
The best advice is this: Don't take advice and don't give advice.
When we ask advice we are usually looking for an accomplice.
We hate to have some people give us advice because we know how badly they need it themselves.
To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.
The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.
The best advice one can offer to both press and public is the suggestion Ronald Reagan himself gave to students in Chicago ... "Don't let me get away with it. Check me out. Don't be the sucker generation."
Friday, January 23, 2009
Fashion
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
What a deformed thief this fashion is.
I’m not that interested in fashion… When someone says that lime-green is the new black for this season, you just want to tell them to get a life.
Fashion, as we knew it, is over; people wear now exactly what they feel like wearing.
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Fashion is very important. It is life enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.
The fear of becoming a ‘has-been’ keeps some people from becoming anything.
Who can live without some black clothes.
The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural.
Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.
Know first who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
Fashion is never in crisis because clothes are always necessary.
The fashion wears out more apparel than the man.
The difference between style and fashion is quality.
Fashion is treated too much as news rather than what it is, what it does and how it performs.
Style is a reflection of your attitude and your personality.
History is the key to everything: politics, religion, even fashion.
What a deformed thief this fashion is.
I’m not that interested in fashion… When someone says that lime-green is the new black for this season, you just want to tell them to get a life.
Fashion, as we knew it, is over; people wear now exactly what they feel like wearing.
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Fashion is very important. It is life enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.
The fear of becoming a ‘has-been’ keeps some people from becoming anything.
Who can live without some black clothes.
The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural.
Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.
Know first who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
Fashion is never in crisis because clothes are always necessary.
The fashion wears out more apparel than the man.
The difference between style and fashion is quality.
Fashion is treated too much as news rather than what it is, what it does and how it performs.
Style is a reflection of your attitude and your personality.
History is the key to everything: politics, religion, even fashion.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Pizza
We live in an age when pizza gets to your home before the police.
Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is Pepsi. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.
The perfect lover is one who turns into a pizza at 4:00 a.m.
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore.
I love vegging out in front of the TV, eating pizza!
My idea of feng shui is to have them arrange the pepperoni in a circle on my pizza.
You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.
Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is Pepsi. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.
The perfect lover is one who turns into a pizza at 4:00 a.m.
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore.
I love vegging out in front of the TV, eating pizza!
My idea of feng shui is to have them arrange the pepperoni in a circle on my pizza.
You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.
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