Quotation of the day for November 30, 2010

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Quotation of the Day for November 30, 2010 Q: Have you ever had sock puppets as pets and what were their names? A: Strangely, I've never seen socks that way, what's strange is that I love puppets, not in a strange way mind you, I just think they're fun and socks are fun but socks as puppets has never struck me as fun and it sure didn't do pets.com any good. - Niqkita, founder of on-line sock retailer Sock Dreams, from an interview. [http://www.facebook.com/sockdreams] Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Nov. 25, 2010

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Quotation of the day for November 29, 2010

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Quotation of the Day for November 29, 2010 "I still believe that the mildest and most obscure of Americans can be rescued from oblivion by good luck, sudden changes in fortune, sudden encounters with heroes. I believe it because I lived it." - Theodore Sorensen, counselor and speechwriter to John F. Kennedy, in his memoir Counselor. Quoted by the New York Times in their obituary for Sorensen, 31 October 2010. Submitted by: Jeff Copeland Nov. 1, 2010

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Quotation of the day for November 28, 2010

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Quotation of the Day for November 28, 2010 "It's a roomful of people standing and drinking - it's Canada's biggest basement party." - Bruce Keltie, chairman of Spirit of Edmonton, the oldest and largest of the Grey Cup weekend hospitality suites, in an interview with CBC television. For foreign readers, the Grey Cup football championship is the single biggest sporting and party day in Canada, and will be held on Nov. 28 in 2010. [http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/teams+will+host+party+venues+friends+fans/3883302/story.html] Submitted by: Terry Labach Nov. 27, 2010

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Quotation of the day for November 27, 2010

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Quotation of the Day for November 27, 2010 "I've found through the years that revenge or redemption is a very poor motivator. It's based on emotion and it's not based on intellect. Revenge is shallow intellectually. It's better to hold a positive frame of mind than a negative thought." - Ken Miller, head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The Roughriders are facing the Montreal Alouettes in the 2010 Grey Cup game on Nov. 28 for the Canadian Football League championship. The Roughriders lost to the Alouettes on the last play in last year's Grey Cup game. [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/stephen-brunt/grey-cup-coaches-leave-drama-for-the-game/article1812668/] Submitted by: Terry Labach Nov. 25, 2010

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Quotation of the day for November 26, 2010

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Quotation of the Day for November 26, 2010 "Well, it's not really the right word, but freedom is kind of a hobby with me, and I have disposable income that I'll spend to find out how to get people more of it." - Penn Jillette, magician. [http://www.pennandteller.com/03/coolstuff/penniphile/roadpennfederalvip.html] Submitted by: Terry Labach Nov. 22, 2010

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Quotation of the day for November 25, 2010

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Quotation of the Day for November 25, 2010 "We had to destroy them to make them safe." - Shah Muhammed Ahmadi, Arghandab District Governor, describing the destruction of six Afghan villages, part of the current US policy of destroying houses containing, or believed to be containing, booby-traps and I.E.D.s. Quoted in "NATO Is Razing Booby-Trapped Afghan Homes", New York Times, 2010-11-17. [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/world/asia/17afghan.html] [The submitter notes: ...those of us old enough to remember the Vietnam War are immediately reminded of the notorious 1968 remark by briefing officer Major Booris: "We had to destroy Ben Tre in order to save it."] Submitted by: Chas Simmons Nov. 21, 2010

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Quotation of the day administrivia for November 24, 2010

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Quotation of the Day administrivia for November 24, 2010 It is hard to believe that this little list has been bringing quotations to the Internet for 20 years! As you do your holiday shopping this year, we would like to ask you to consider doing some of your Amazon shopping through our Amazon affiliate stores and links. Purchases you make this way provide a commission to us, at absolutely no cost to you. Thank you for your support over the years - we do appreciate it. Links to our stores and blog can be found at the bottom of this message. Your support in referring us to your friends is also appreciated. Nothing brightens our day like an email from a new subscriber who has been inspired to subscribe after being forwarded one of our messages. We hope that you enjoy Quotation of the Day now as much as you did in 1990 :-). Please join us for the next 20 years. Your Quotation of the Day editors Submitted by: Terry Labach Nov. 24, 2010

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Quotation of the day for November 24, 2010

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Quotation of the Day for November 24, 2010 'Not long after returning, Reynolds was hired by Lucasfilm to lead a production team around Tunisia, guiding them to sites they needed again to shoot the upcoming trilogy of Star Wars prequels. He was later asked to collaborate on a series of Star Wars reference books called Incredible Cross-Sections, which painstakingly devise mechanical explanations for the visible parts and armaments of every Star Wars vehicle. A UCLA professor writing about the books noted, "People who would never read the instruction book that came with an appliance they use in their kitchen every day devour the inner workings of a device that does not and cannot exist except in the imagination."' - Jon Mooallem, in the article Raiders of the lost R2: Excavating a galaxy far, far away, about Star Wars fan David West Reynolds, who has searched out many of the locations used for filming the movie series. [Do any readers know who the UCLA professor quoted is? -eds.] [http://www.harpers.org/archive/2009/03/0082429] Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Nov. 23, 2010

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Quotation of the day for November 23, 2010

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Quotation of the Day for November 23, 2010 'You should never have to explain to your children, "Remember that no stranger can touch or see your private area, unless it's a government employee, then it's OK."' - Brian Sodegren, who has declared Wednesday, November 24, 2010 National Opt-Out Day. Sodegren is encouraging flyers in the U.S. to refuse to go through what he describes as "the naked body scanner machines (AIT, or Advance Imaging Technology, as the government calls it)." [http://www.optoutday.com/] Submitted by: Terry Labach Nov. 15, 2010

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Quotation of the day for November 22, 2010

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Quotation of the Day for November 22, 2010 "Last summer, out of pleasure and obsession, not for work, I reread the novel in four more English translations,... frequently checking passages in the French text, as best I could, on a Kindle. (The Kindle was later given away, because this exercise in flicking back and forth between pages finally proved to me the vast technological superiority of the printed book over the electronic gadget.)" - Jonathan Raban, reviewing the novel Madame Bovary and its translations. Submitted by: Terry Labach Nov. 16, 2010

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Quotation of the day for November 21, 2010

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Quotation of the Day for November 21, 2010 "People seem to take exception to being assaulted when they cross their legs in their own sitting rooms." - J.R. Ackerley, explaining why he wasn't welcome in his friends' homes when accompanied by his dog Queenie (aka Tulip). Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Oct. 29, 2010

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Quotation of the day for November 20, 2010

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Quotation of the Day for November 20, 2010 "The essential problem is this. An elderly person's real needs are fundamentally different from the needs of all the rest of us. The critical-care system is designed for prevention and rescue. Its carefully developed, standardized, science-based procedures work well for the middle-aged. But no two fragile elderly people are alike. Their diseases are beyond fixing. Their real issues are comfort and function, not rescue and repair, and where they really want to be is in their home. Yet, we still try to cure them. Rather than attending to their comfort, we overmedicate them in a well-intentioned effort to improve their futures." - Margaret Wente, Little old ladies are crashing the system, Globe and Mail. [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/healthcare/little-old-ladies-are-crashing-the-system/article1794232/] Submitted by: Lynn Kisilenko Nov. 11, 2010

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Quotation of the day for November 19, 2010

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Quotation of the Day for November 19, 2010 "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill Submitted by: Reddy, Michael Nov. 3, 2010

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Quotation of the day for November 18, 2010

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Quotation of the Day for November 18, 2010 "Throw your dream into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, or a new country." - Anais Nin Submitted by: Reddy, Michael Nov. 9, 2010

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Quotation of the day for November 17, 2010

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Quotation of the Day for November 17, 2010 "Tout ce qui est impossible reste a accomplir." ["All that is impossible remains to be accomplished."] - Jules Verne Submitted by: Terry Labach Oct. 22, 2010

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Quotation of the day for November 16, 2010

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Quotation of the Day for November 16, 2010 "Nothing matters but the weekend From a Tuesday point of view" - David Diamond and Mister Zero of the band The Kings, from their 1980 hit song "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide". Submitted by: Terry Labach Nov. 12, 2010

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Quotation of the day for November 15, 2010

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Quotation of the Day for November 15, 2010 "It is easy for me to imagine that the next great division of the world will be between people who wish to live as creatures and people who wish to live as machines." - Wendell Berry, in 1999. Submitted by: Terry Labach Oct. 29, 2010

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Quotation of the day for November 14, 2010

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Quotation of the Day for November 14, 2010 "The key to survival was that I paced myself. I never really overdid it. Well, I shouldn't say never; sometimes I was absolutely comatose." - Keith Richards, rock star, in his 2010 autobiography _Life_. Submitted by: Terry Labach Oct. 28, 2010

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Quotation of the day for November 13, 2010

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Quotation of the Day for November 13, 2010 "There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall." - Cyril Connolly Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Oct. 26, 2010

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Quotation of the day for November 12, 2010

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Quotation of the Day for November 12, 2010 "I can't put my finger on it because I don't have enough fingers." - Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys football team, on what's wrong with the 1-7 team. Submitted by: Reddy, Michael Nov. 8, 2010

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Quotation of the day for November 11, 2010

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Quotation of the Day for November 11, 2010 "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US President (1882-1945). Submitted by: Reddy, Michael Oct. 20, 2010

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Quotation of the day for November 10, 2010

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Quotation of the Day for November 10, 2010 "It does not follow that, because a mountain appears to take on different shapes from angles of vision, it has objectively no shape at all or an infinity of shapes." - E.H. Carr, historian. Submitted by: Terry Labach Oct. 29, 2010

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Quotation of the day for November 9, 2010

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Quotation of the Day for November 9, 2010 "What works good is better than what looks good. Because what works good lasts." - Ray Eames Submitted by: Sid Sidner Oct. 21, 2010

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Quotation of the day for November 8, 2010

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Quotation of the Day for November 8, 2010 "The idea of light somehow bending didn't make any sense, until Dad reminded me that when you held up a glass of water, your fingers on the far side of the glass looked like they'd been chopped off and moved. That was because the water was bending the light. . . . "All of a sudden what Dad was saying did make sense and the knowledge of it truly lit me up. "Dad, who was watching me, said, "Eureka!" He started telling me about this ancient Greek fellow named Archimedes who ran naked through the streets shouting, "Eureka!" after he figured out a way to calculate volume while sitting in his bathtub. "I could see why Archimedes got all excited. There was nothing finer than the feeling that came rushing through you when it clicked and you suddenly understood something that had puzzled you. It made you think it just might be possible to get a handle on this old world after all." - Jeannette Walls, Half Broke Horses Submitted by: Kathleen Magone Oct. 18, 2010

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Quotation of the day for November 7, 2010

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Quotation of the Day for November 7, 2010 "I remain of the view that the correct legal interpretation of resolution 1441 is that it does not authorise the use of force without a further determination by the security council." - Lord Goldsmith, British Attorney General, in a January 30, 2003 memo to Tony Blair, British Prime Minister, on the use of force against Iraq. "I just don't understand this." - Tony Blair, in a note handwritten in the margin of the above memo. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/30/chilcot-inquiry-lord-goldsmith-blair] Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Oct. 29, 2010

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