Quotation of the day for March 31, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for March 31, 2013 "It takes a cold dead hand to decide to pull the trigger. It takes a cold dead heart, and as near as I can figure, with your cold dead aim, you're trying to prove your dick is bigger." - Jim Carrey, Nick Corirossi, and Charles Ingram, from the lyrics to the Charlton Heston-mocking video, Cold Dead Hand. [http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/0433b30576/cold-dead-hand-with-jim-carrey] Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Mar. 27, 2013

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Quotation of the day for March 30, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for March 30, 2013 "You see two or three of them behind nearly every bar -- a fat, defeated tribe who lead a melancholy indoor life of gossip, mahjongg, drink and bridge.... Their clocks stopped in 1917. It had been tea-time ever since." - W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood, in Journey to a War, writing about the White Russians in Hankow, China, during the 1930s. Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Mar. 18, 2013

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Quotation of the day for March 29, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for March 29, 2013 "If I made any progress at all it was because of two people. Joe Weider and Bela Lugosi." - Eddie Guiliani, bodybuilder, giving credit to his inspirations. Joe Weider, bodybuilding icon, died at age 93 on March 23, 2013. Submitted by: Terry Labach Mar. 27, 2013

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Quotation of the day for March 28, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for March 28, 2013 "Text messaging is, in essence, an electronic conversation. Technical differences inherent in new technology should not determine the scope of protection afforded to private communications. The only practical difference between text messaging and traditional voice communications is the transmission process. This distinction should not take text messages outside the protection to which private communications are entitled under Part VI." - Rosalie Abella, Canadian Supreme Court Justice, in a decision declaring that police need a wiretap order to seize text messages. [http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/03/27/technology-telus-text-messages-scc-decision.html] [http://scc.lexum.org/decisia-scc-csc/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/12936/index.do] Submitted by: Terry Labach Mar. 27, 2013

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Quotation of the day for March 27, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for March 27, 2013 "When a writer is born into a family, the family is finished." - Czeslaw Milosz Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Mar. 19, 2013

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Quotation of the day for March 26, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for March 26, 2013 "The two per cent of the people (one person in each fifty) who own sixty per cent of the wealth of the United States are no different from the other people of the country,--they are no more selfish, greedy or ferocious.... "The plutocrats, or wealth lords, are not savages, ogres or devils. They are men and women whose economic and social position makes them feel the "cohesion of wealth." Engaged in a common enterprise--the maintenance of a social system that enables them to live upon the labor of the masses--they will do anything and everything that will safeguard and protect that system." - Scott Nearing, on the concentration of wealth in the U.S. at the start of the 20th century. [The submitter notes: what would Occupy Wall Street say about the two per cent?] Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Mar. 18, 2013

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Quotation of the day for March 25, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for March 25, 2013 "For an American film to downplay New Zealand's good-faith efforts to help the United States in its time of need could be perceived, rightly or wrongly, as a slap against the country. It could be seen as a reminder, in their view, that the United States doesn't take New Zealand seriously. And there might be something to that, although playing up the country's potential risk to lamb exports, however valuable, is probably not going to change many minds in America." - Max Fisher, in "Why New Zealand is officially, earnestly upset about 'Argo'." [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/02/27/why-new-zealand-is-officially-earnestly-upset-about-argo/] Submitted by: Duffy O'Craven Mar. 5, 2013

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Quotation of the day for March 24, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for March 24, 2013 "In order to understand my argument, it's useful to look at training's successes and failures. One area where it doesn't work very well is health. We are forever trying to train people to have healthier lifestyles: eat better, exercise more, whatever. And people are forever ignoring the lessons. One basic reason is psychological: We just aren't very good at trading off immediate gratification for long-term benefit. A healthier you is an abstract eventually; sitting in front of the television all afternoon with a McDonald's Super Monster Meal sounds really good right now. "Similarly, computer security is an abstract benefit that gets in the way of enjoying the Internet. Good practices might protect me from a theoretical attack at some time in the future, but they're a bother right now, and I have more fun things to think about. This is the same trick Facebook uses to get people to give away their privacy. No one reads through new privacy policies; it's much easier to just click "OK" and start chatting with your friends. In short: Security is never salient." - Bruce Schneier, computer security expert. [http://www.darkreading.com/blog/240151108/on-security-awareness-training.html] Submitted by: Terry Labach Mar. 20, 2013

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Quotation of the day for March 23, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for March 23, 2013 I run on the bridge and the children after me Jonathan Jonathan they call a little blood just a little blood to top off the honey - Yona Wallach, from the poem Jonathan. Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Mar. 19, 2013

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Quotation of the day for March 22, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for March 22, 2013 "Writing for me is the hardest thing in the world." - William Styron, writer. Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Mar. 19, 2013

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Quotation of the day for March 21, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for March 21, 2013 "What with history piling up so fast, almost every day is the anniversary of something awful." - Joe Brainard Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Mar. 19, 2013

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Quotation of the day for March 20, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for March 20, 2013 "Our nation enters this conflict reluctantly, yet our purpose is sure. The people of the United States and our friends and allies will not live at the mercy of an outlaw regime that threatens the peace with weapons of mass murder. "We will meet that threat now with our Army, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard and Marines, so that we do not have to meet it later with armies of firefighters and police and doctors on the streets of our cities. "Now that conflict has come, the only way to limit its duration is to apply decisive force. And I assure you, this will not be a campaign of half measures and we will accept no outcome but victory." - George W. Bush, U.S. President, announcing the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003. Submitted by: Terry Labach Mar. 19, 2013

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Quotation of the day for March 19, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for March 19, 2013 "Five core social instincts, I have argued, gave structure and strength to our primeval herds. They kept us safely codependent with our fellow clan members, assigned us a rank in the pecking order, made sure we all did our chores, discouraged us from offending others, and removed us from this social coil when we became a drag on shared resources. "Thus could our ancient forebears cooperate, prosper, multiply -- and pass along their DNA to later generations. "But then, these same lifesaving social instincts didn't readily lend themselves to exploration, artistic expression, romance, inventiveness and experimentation -- the other human drives that make for a vibrant civilization. "To free up those, we needed something that would suppress the rigid social codes that kept our clans safe and alive. We needed something that, on occasion, would let us break free from our biological herd imperative -- or at least let us suppress our angst when we did. "We needed beer." - Jeffrey P. Kahn, professor of psychiatry and author of Angst: Origins of Anxiety and Depression. [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/opinion/sunday/how-beer-gave-us-civilization.html?_r=0] Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Mar. 18, 2013

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Quotation of the day for March 19, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for March 19, 2013 "Five core social instincts, I have argued, gave structure and strength to our primeval herds. They kept us safely codependent with our fellow clan members, assigned us a rank in the pecking order, made sure we all did our chores, discouraged us from offending others, and removed us from this social coil when we became a drag on shared resources. "Thus could our ancient forebears cooperate, prosper, multiply -- and pass along their DNA to later generations. "But then, these same lifesaving social instincts didn't readily lend themselves to exploration, artistic expression, romance, inventiveness and experimentation -- the other human drives that make for a vibrant civilization. "To free up those, we needed something that would suppress the rigid social codes that kept our clans safe and alive. We needed something that, on occasion, would let us break free from our biological herd imperative -- or at least let us suppress our angst when we did. "We needed beer." - Jeffrey P. Kahn, professor of psychiatry and author of Angst: Origins of Anxiety and Depression. [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/opinion/sunday/how-beer-gave-us-civilization.html?_r=0] Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Mar. 18, 2013

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Quotation of the day for March 18, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for March 18, 2013 "Like a prairie-fire, the blaze of revolution was sweeping over every American institution of law and order a year ago. It was eating its way into the homes of the American workmen, its sharp tongues of revolutionary heat were licking the altars of the churches, leaping into the belfry of the school bell, crawling into the sacred corners of American homes, seeking to replace marriage vows with libertine laws, burning up the foundations of society." - A. Mitchell Palmer, U.S. Attorney General, writing on the red threat in 1920. Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Mar. 18, 2013

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Quotation of the day for March 16, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for March 16, 2013 "The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars." - Jack Kerouac, On the Road Submitted by: Terry Labach Mar. 12, 2013

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Quotation of the day for March 15, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for March 15, 2013 "Honestly, I think my internal organs are so confused, because half the time I'm binge drinking--the other half the time I'm like eating exclusively Brussels sprouts and drinking green tea. That's normal, right? That's balanced! "I'm sleepy." - Hannah Hart, popular Youtube host. [http://youtu.be/mMJ2AMVEiPM] Submitted by: Bob Bruhin Mar. 4, 2013

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