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Quotation of the Day for March 31, 2010"We're not going back. This country is moving forward." - Barack Obama, U.S. President, speaking in Iowa City about his plan for health care reform, March 25, 2010. Submitted by: Reddy, Michael Mar. 25, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for March 30, 2010`You're considerably older than I am, Boris,' said Kitteridge defensively. `In spite of your memories - or because of them - don't you find old age a terrible let-down?' `Not one scrap!' boomed Boris. `Old age is stuffed with unsuspected consolations. I could mention scores. F'rinstance, as one gets older, one's friends and enemies begin to die off. If, as in my case, one has no friends and many enemies, the daily obituary column has all the anticipatory charms of a first love-letter. Oh, yes, the declining years bring countless unconsidered bonuses.' - Michael Butterworth, from his novel The Man in the Sopwith Camel. Submitted by: Terry Labach Mar. 23, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for March 29, 2010"I don't think people should be finding excuses for inappropriate behavior. There is no racial component to stupid behavior, and parents should not be looking to the government to provide entertainment for their children." - Michael Nutter, mayor of Philadelphia, discussing a recent outbreak of violent flash mobs composed mostly of poor, idle, underage African-Americans. [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/us/25mobs.html?hp] Submitted by: Bob Bruhin Mar. 25, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for March 28, 2010"As a culture, we embrace people for no reason other than the fact that they have a job that puts them in a position of recognizability," Watterson aggressively opined. "People who have no other virtues necessarily are somehow made into these things that we devour...There's something very strange about our fascination with other people's lives that I don't think is entirely healthy." - Bill Watterson, from Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and His Revolutionary Comic Strip, by Nevin Martell. Watterson's comments are from an interview published in the Plain Dealer magazine of August 30, 1987. Submitted by: Terry Labach Mar. 26, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for March 27, 2010"I felt my hands and feet getting warm almost right away. That was kind of like the lottery prize. My hands are warmer than they were. My feet are warmer. It's just amazing. It's what we hoped. It's more than we hoped." - Evan Thornton, after undergoing experimental surgery in Poland this week to alleviate his multiple sclerosis. [http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/25/mb-ott-brothers-ms-poland-surgery.html] Submitted by: Terry Labach Mar. 26, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for March 26, 2010"We followed the most radical voices in the party and the movement, and they led us to abject and irreversible defeat. "There were leaders who knew better, who would have liked to deal. But they were trapped. Conservative talkers on Fox and talk radio had whipped the Republican voting base into such a frenzy that deal-making was rendered impossible. How do you negotiate with somebody who wants to murder your grandmother? Or - more exactly - with somebody whom your voters have been persuaded to believe wants to murder their grandmother?" - David Frum, commenting on the passage of the U.S. health care legislation on 24 March 2010. [http://www.frumforum.com/waterloo] Submitted by: Sid Sidner Mar. 25, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for March 25, 2010"I fancied myself a goth for about a fortnight before Dad sat me down and reminded me that it was about as far away from rebellion as possible." - Holly Gaiman, daughter of author Neil Gaiman. Submitted by: Bob Bruhin Mar. 22, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for March 24, 2010"But what experience and history teach is this - that peoples and governments never have learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it." - Georg W. F. Hegel, from The Philosophy of History. Submitted by: Terry Labach Mar. 16, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for March 23, 2010"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is Music." - Aldous Huxley Submitted by: Reddy, Michael Mar. 19, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for March 22, 2010"I don't know how to choose work that illuminates what my life is about. I don't know what my life is abut and don't examine it. My life will define itself as I live it. The movies will define themselves as I make them. As long as the theme is something I care about at that moment, it's enough for me to start work. Maybe work itself is what my life is about." - Sidney Lumet, from his book, Making Movies. Submitted by: Brian K. Read Mar. 20, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for March 21, 2010"The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true." - H. L. Mencken Submitted by: Reddy, Michael Mar. 16, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for March 20, 2010"The very notion that on any given story all you have to do is report what both sides say and you've done a fine job of objective journalism debilitates the press. There is no such thing as objectivity, and the truth, that slippery little bugger, has the oddest habit of being way to hell off on one side or the other: it seldom nestles neatly halfway between any two opposing points of view. The smug complacency of much of the press--I have heard many an editor say, 'Well, we're being attacked by both sides so we must be right'--stems from the curious notion that if you get a quote from both sides, preferably in an official position, you've done the job. In the first place, most stories aren't two-sided, they're 17-sided at least. In the second place, it's of no help to either the readers or the truth to quote one side saying, 'Cat,' and the other side saying 'Dog,' while the truth is there's an elephant crashing around out there in the bushes." - Molly Ivins, columnist. Submitted by: Kathleen Magone Mar. 10, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day administrivia for March 19, 201020 years ago, when email was still a novelty, writer Duncan Thornton sent messages occasionally with the subject "Quotation of the day" to a group of friends. The messages weren't sent daily, but it wasn't long before messages were sent more frequently, and the list membership grew as friends-of-friends joined. As manual management of the list became more onerous, Duncan passed the editorship on to me, as I had the computer skills and facilities to manage the growing list. Older subscribers will certainly recognize Duncan's name, while newer members of the list will have seen his submissions over recent years. For several years, Duncan has struggled against multiple sclerosis. Last year, an experimental surgical technique for this condition, called CCSVI, was announced. While there seems to be some promise in the new technique, the costs of undergoing the procedure are not covered by health insurance. Duncan has decided that taking the risk to improve his life outweighs a lengthy wait for the procedure to become available and funded in Canada. He will be travelling to Poland this spring for treatment. His expenses will be considerable. I am asking Quotation of the day subscribers to consider helping our list's founder in his time of need. If you wish to contribute financially to offset the costs of his treatment, you can get details and find Paypal links at http://www.thornton-poland-fund.ca/Poland_Fund/Home.html. For news coverage of Duncan's trip, browse http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/18/ott-ms-surgery.html and http://sites.google.com/site/quotationoftheday/links/duncan-thornton---globe-and-mail To find out about Duncan's writing, see http://www.kalifax.com. A description of Multiple Sclerosis and CCSVI is at http://www.mssociety.ca/en/research/medmmo_20091021_faq.htm. Thank you for considering my appeal. Terry Labach qotd editor-in-chief Submitted by: Terry Labach Mar. 19, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for March 19, 2010"The reason drugs are illegal is because they are bad." - Stephen Harper, Canadian Prime Minister, from a question and answer session posted on YouTube. Harper's office had 1,800 written and video question submissions for the on-line political experiment. Submitted by: Terry Labach Mar. 17, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for March 18, 2010We're all line dancing in a furnace of sex and misfortune Fires are scorching But if we keep dancing we will survive We're all romancing just as much as is romantically possible As much as it costs it will all be worth it At the end of the night, when we're still alive - The Burning Hell, from the band's song Dancer Romancer. [http://www.wearetheburninghell.com/] [http://radio3.cbc.ca/bands/The-Burning-Hell] Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Mar. 16, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for March 17, 2010I once asked advertising legend Carl Ally what makes the creative person tick. Ally responded, "The creative person wants to be a know-it-all. He wants to know about all kinds of things: ancient history, nineteenth century mathematics, current manufacturing techniques, flower arranging, and hog futures. Because he (or she) never knows when these ideas might come together to form a new idea. It may happen six minutes later or six years down the road. But he has faith that it will happen." - Roger von Oech, A Whack on the Side of the Head. Submitted by: Kathleen Magone Mar. 11, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for March 16, 2010"The time has come." - Barbara Streisand announcing that a female director - Kathryn Bigelow - had won the Best Director Oscar for the first time. [http://screencrave.com/2010-03-07/oscar-winner-2010-best-director-kathryn-bigelow/] Submitted by: Bubba Yarfkowitz Mar. 7, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for March 15, 2010"You can sue me, and you`ll win. But you`ll never collect." - Jack Lawrence, hedge fund manager and bond trader, to P.C. Newman, investor, after the fund lost 90% of its value. Quoted in Macleans, February 15th, 2010. Submitted by: Z.D. Hora Mar. 3, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for March 14, 2010"We can now digitally turn off regions of the brain. We can alter the information in the brain in a strategically useful way." - Ed Boyden, a neuroscientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on his technique for shutting down parts of a brain by shining light on them. Quoted by Jonathan Fahey in A Light Switch For The Brain. [http://www.forbes.com/2010/01/06/brain-neurons-control-technology-breakthroughs-light.html] Submitted by: Lynn Kisilenko Jan. 12, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for March 13, 2010"Men who know themselves are no longer fools; they stand on the threshold of the Door of Wisdom." - Havelock Ellis Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Mar. 11, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for March 12, 2010"When you write for a living and you can't do anything else, you know that sooner or later that the deadline is going to come screaming down on you like a goddamn banshee. There's no avoiding it...So one day you just don't appear at the El Adobe bar anymore; you shut the door, paint the windows black, rent an electric typewriter and become the monster you always were - the writer." - Hunter S. Thompson Submitted by: Reddy, Michael Mar. 11, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for March 11, 2010"And why should any man who writes, even if he write things immortal, nurse anger at the world's neglect? Who asked him to publish? Who promised him a hearing? Who has broken faith with him? If my shoemaker turn me out an excellent pair of boots, and I, in somemood of cantankerous unreason, throw them back upon his hands, the man has just cause of complaint. But your poem, your novel, who bargained with you for it? If it is honest journeywork, yet lacks purchasers, at most you may call yourself a hapless tradesman. If it come from on high, with what decency do you fret and fume because it is not paid for in heavy cash? For the work of man's mind there is one test, and one alone, the judgment of generations yet unborn. If you have written a great book, the world to come will know of it. But you don't care for posthumous glory. You want to enjoy fame in a comfortable armchair. Ah, that is quite another thing. Have the courage of your desire. Admit yourself a merchant, and protest to gods and men that the merchandise you offer is of better quality than much which sells for a high price. You may be right, and indeed it is hard upon you that Fashion does not turn to your stall." - George Gissing, in The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft. Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Mar. 2, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for March 10, 2010"Die Pressefreiheit ist konstituierend für die Demokratie, aber nachts steht sie im dünnen Kleidchen an einer Laterne und blinzelt den Anzeigenkunden zu." ("Press freedom is a constituent element of democracy; but at night she stands in a thin little dress under a street lamp and winks at passing advertising customers.") - Gabriele Bärtels, freelance writer and journalist, from a discussion on WDR5 radio in Cologne, Germany on February 14, 2010. [http://www.wdr5.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Sendungen/Dok5_das_Feature/2010/Februar/Manuskripte/02_14_Operation%20am%20offenen%20Herzen%20NEU.pdf] Submitted by: Kanthan Pillay Feb. 27, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for March 9, 2010"As it now stands, if it's any more watered down, Obamacare will be homeopathic." - Roger Ebert, in "The gathering storm". [http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/02/the_gathering_storm.html] Submitted by: Jeffrey L. Copeland Mar. 2, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for March 8, 2010"This is regulation by placebo. We're hopeful the pill, although lacking potency, will convince the patient that everything is alright." - Kathleen Casey, a Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, while denouncing as "pure conjecture" the suggestion that restricting short sales would bolster investor confidence. [http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sec-votes-3-2-for-alternative-uptick-rule-2010-02-24?dist=countdown] Submitted by: Duffy O'Craven Feb. 25, 2010 |
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