Friday, December 31, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Nothing can add more power to your life than
Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets - Nido Qubein
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Thursday, December 23, 2010
And that's it
"You will be beaten upside the head with a truncheon. And that's it."
—Vladimir Putin, Russian Prime Minister, threatening antigovernment dissidents who continued to hold unauthorized rallies in Moscow despite the Kremlin's routine denial of permission for them to assemble legally (AP)
—Vladimir Putin, Russian Prime Minister, threatening antigovernment dissidents who continued to hold unauthorized rallies in Moscow despite the Kremlin's routine denial of permission for them to assemble legally (AP)
Play, don't play
"Play, don't play. Goddamn, people are getting sick of it. I'm getting sick of it!"
—Bus Cook, agent for NFL football player Brett Favre, after learning that Favre, 41, was once again dragging out his decision on whether to return to the game; Favre did return to play for a second season with the Minnesota Vikings (Men's Journal)
—Bus Cook, agent for NFL football player Brett Favre, after learning that Favre, 41, was once again dragging out his decision on whether to return to the game; Favre did return to play for a second season with the Minnesota Vikings (Men's Journal)
Spontaneous creation is the reason
"Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the Universe exists, why we exist. It is not necessary to invoke God to ... set the Universe going."
—Stephen Hawking, renowned physicist, in his book The Grand Design. Hawking told TIME in November, "God is the name people give to the reason we are here. But I think that reason is the laws of physics rather than someone with whom one can have a personal relationship. An impersonal God." (The Grand Design)
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—Stephen Hawking, renowned physicist, in his book The Grand Design. Hawking told TIME in November, "God is the name people give to the reason we are here. But I think that reason is the laws of physics rather than someone with whom one can have a personal relationship. An impersonal God." (The Grand Design)
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"If you touch my junk, I'll have you arrested."
"If you touch my junk, I'll have you arrested."
—John Tyner, a software engineer, during a videotaped argument with a TSA agent over the necessity of a physical pat-down at the San Diego airport; the footage, which went viral, sparked a debate over new screening methods (AP)
—John Tyner, a software engineer, during a videotaped argument with a TSA agent over the necessity of a physical pat-down at the San Diego airport; the footage, which went viral, sparked a debate over new screening methods (AP)
"I can't spend all my time with my birth certificate plastered on my forehead."
"I can't spend all my time with my birth certificate plastered on my forehead."
—Barack Obama, addressing rumors that he was not born in the U.S. An August TIME poll showed that, despite evidence to the contrary, nearly one-quarter of Americans believe the President is a Muslim (NBC)
—Barack Obama, addressing rumors that he was not born in the U.S. An August TIME poll showed that, despite evidence to the contrary, nearly one-quarter of Americans believe the President is a Muslim (NBC)
The greatest persecution of the church doesn't come from enemies
"The greatest persecution of the church doesn't come from enemies on the outside but is born from the sin within the church."
—Pope Benedict XVI, offering one of the Catholic Church's strongest statements of fault in its widespread child-sex-abuse scandal (The Christian Post)
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—Pope Benedict XVI, offering one of the Catholic Church's strongest statements of fault in its widespread child-sex-abuse scandal (The Christian Post)
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"It was one of the most disgusting moments in my presidency."
"It was one of the most disgusting moments in my presidency."
—George W. Bush, recalling how rapper Kanye West — disappointed with the government's handling of the Hurricane Katrina disaster — said during a national telethon that "George Bush doesn't care about black people" (NBC)
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—George W. Bush, recalling how rapper Kanye West — disappointed with the government's handling of the Hurricane Katrina disaster — said during a national telethon that "George Bush doesn't care about black people" (NBC)
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"I'd like my life back."
"I'd like my life back." —Tony Hayward, then BP CEO, apologizing for this summer's oil spill, the worst in American history, while also infamously saying that "no one wants this over more than I do" (Think Progress)
"This is a big f___ing deal."
"This is a big f___ing deal."
—Joe Biden, Vice President, accidentally expressing to President Obama excessive enthusiasm for passage of the health care bill, in front of a hot mike at the White House's signing ceremony (CNN)
—Joe Biden, Vice President, accidentally expressing to President Obama excessive enthusiasm for passage of the health care bill, in front of a hot mike at the White House's signing ceremony (CNN)
I never considered myself a maverick
"I never considered myself a maverick." —John McCain, rejecting the label on which he campaigned for the presidency in 2008 (Newsweek)
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
commitment to excellence
Norway
The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavour.
-- Vince Lombardi
The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavour.
-- Vince Lombardi
Monday, December 20, 2010
civilisation is the progress of society towards privacy
hammerfest_norway
Ayn Rand may not be popular with some people, but she was correct when she said that civilisation is the progress of society towards privacy; the savage’s whole existence is public.
Ayn Rand may not be popular with some people, but she was correct when she said that civilisation is the progress of society towards privacy; the savage’s whole existence is public.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Friday, December 17, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
Monday, December 6, 2010
To speak gratitude is courteous
To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch heaven.”
- Johannes A Gaertner
- Johannes A Gaertner
Friday, December 3, 2010
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