Quotation of the day for November 30, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for November 30, 2013 Though getting loaded by three was me and Ronnie's explicit intent The perfect buzz was partly strategy and partly accident Acid gets me heady, and coke makes Ronnie mean So we were playing safe with THC, alcohol, caffeine - Kris Demeanor, from his song The Perfect Buzz. [http://www.krisdemeanor.com/lyrics/theperfectbuzz.html] Submitted by: Rob Wood Nov. 21, 2013

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Quotation of the day for November 29, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for November 29, 2013 "The silliness of it all is that the original price from which the discount is computed is often specious to begin with, because items hardly ever sell at that price, which makes the discount less legitimate." - Mark Cohen, a professor at the Columbia Business School who has held senior retail positions, on how retailer discounts may not be the deal consumers think they are. Quoted in the wall Street Journal article "The Dirty Secret of Black Friday 'Discounts'." [http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304281004579217863262940166] [Don't forget to shop at Quotation of the Day's Amazon stores this Black Friday. -eds.] Submitted by: Terry Labach Nov. 28, 2013

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Quotation of the day for November 28, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for November 28, 2013 "It is a little hard to explain. Like, God loves everybody, and he loves every team. But like I have said, and you see in that picture, God wears green." - Sister Rosetta Reiniger, on cheering for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. The Roughriders, who wear green and white, became league champions for the fourth time on November 24, 2013 by winning the 101st Grey Cup championship. [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/nuns-keep-rider-pride-in-the-faith-1.2436815] [http://www.cbc.ca/polopoly_fs/1.2436835.1385143303!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_300/rider-jesus.JPG] Submitted by: Terry Labach Nov. 27, 2013

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Quotation of the day for November 27, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for November 27, 2013 "Walmart is setting up bins because its employees don't make enough to feed themselves and their families." - Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of labor education research at Cornell University's labor school, on Thanksgiving food donation drives run at Walmart stores to help employees in need. [http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/11/is_walmarts_request_of_associa.html#incart_river] Submitted by: Rob Wood Nov. 20, 2013

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Quotation of the day for November 26, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for November 26, 2013 "This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer." - Will Rogers Submitted by: Reddy, Michael Nov. 4, 2013

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Quotation of the day for November 25, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for November 25, 2013 "We are all bathing in ignorance. It is an integral part of life. Guess what, that is not a bad thing at all. It is the unknown that has driven humankind for eons to explore and discover our environs. Most Americans, actually many across the globe, have no clue who Sikhs are. And, believe me, there are many people and things I have no clue about either. Ignorance is not the problem. It is what we do with ignorance, our ensuing actions, that create real moments in life. Would I love to see everyone on this planet know who Sikhs are, not make us targets of hate, leave us alone and do a better job of targeting someone else? Hell no. I want a world where we can embrace each other despite our ignorance, in celebration of our differences." - Vishavjit Singh, a Sikh cartoonist, who spent a day in New York City dressed as Captain America in a turban. [http://www.salon.com/2013/11/18/what_i_learned_as_captain_america_in_a_turban/] Submitted by: Bob Bruhin Nov. 18, 2013

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Quotation of the day for November 24, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for November 24, 2013 "The moral of this story here is really clear. We've got to make face-to-face time sacred, and we have to bring back the saying we used to hear all the time, and now never hear, 'Look at me when I talk to you.'" - Clifford Nass, Stanford professor and researcher into how humans interact with technology, in a talk at Stanford this year. Nass died Nov. 2, 2013 at the age of 55. Submitted by: Terry Labach Nov. 8, 2013

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Quotation of the day for November 23, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for November 23, 2013 "They don't teach people to think in MBA schools. And the top MBA schools are the worst. Because they actually teach people that you must be special, and it causes people to close down their feedback loop and not rigorously examine when they are wrong." - Elon Musk, the founder of PayPal, Space X and Tesla Motors. Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Nov. 21, 2013

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Quotation of the day for November 22, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for November 22, 2013 "In whatever arena of life one may meet the challenge of courage, whatever may be the sacrifices he faces if he follows his conscience - the loss of his friends, his fortune, his contentment, even the esteem of his fellow men - each man must decide for himself the course he will follow. The stories of past courage can define that ingredient - they can teach, they can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul." - John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), U.S. President, from his book Profiles in Courage. Submitted by: Terry Labach Nov. 20, 2013

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Quotation of the day for November 21, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for November 21, 2013 "The sexual morality of our society tells a story which goes something like this: "Most men would like to make love to most women, most of the time." The one thing that prevents all of this indiscriminate coupling from taking place is the female power to resist. Women are therefore more discriminating, more self-controlled and in general the keepers of the keys to the sexual experience. If it is such a bother to be so attractive to men, I don't quite understand the need for all the dieting, the make-up, the various sprays, the perfumes, the clothing, etc. The name of the game seems to be, "He shall want me, but he shall not have me." If he doesn't want, perhaps a different hair-do, a new dress, a more exotic perfume will do the trick. This can be a very demanding, tiring, expensive and frustrating process. I'm sure it is degrading." - Leonard Nimoy, "I Am Not Spock" (1975). Submitted by: Sean Gugler Nov. 8, 2013

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Quotation of the day for November 20, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for November 20, 2013 "Put that in your pipe you left-wing kooks." - Don Cherry, hockey commentator, speaking in 2010 at Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's inaugural meeting. It turned out that it is the right-wing Mayor Ford who has been putting things in pipes. [http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2010/12/07/don_cherry_rips_leftwing_pinkos_at_council_inaugural.html] [http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/11/13/rob_ford_staff_told_police_about_fords_bier_markt_garrison_ball_outings.html] Submitted by: Terry Labach Nov. 14, 2013

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Quotation of the day for November 19, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for November 19, 2013 Grey, dear friend, is all theory, And green the golden tree of life. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, from Faust. Submitted by: Terry Labach Nov. 15, 2013

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Quotation of the day for November 18, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for November 18, 2013 "We were absolutely shocked. We all lost our bets. It turns out multitaskers are terrible at every aspect of multitasking. They're terrible at ignoring irrelevant information; they're terrible at keeping information in their head nicely and neatly organized; and they're terrible at switching from one task to another." - Clifford Nass, Stanford professor, on his research on how people multitask. Nass died Nov. 2, 2013 at the age of 55. Submitted by: Terry Labach Nov. 8, 2013

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Quotation of the day for November 17, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for November 17, 2013 "Ideology has always been about consumption, not politics. Most people are pretty happy to consume and obey, even under alien overlords--why wouldn't they be, when it's the best possible way to tell who's winning?" - Mark Kingwell, philosophy professor at the University of Toronto. Submitted by: Terry Labach Nov. 5, 2013

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Quotation of the day for November 16, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for November 16, 2013 This OCD both a gift and a curse, there's no denying it comes in handy when I'm scripting a verse. But on the other hand, when I'm making my bed, it takes me half an hour, make a mistake, start again. Until I get it looking perfect, then and only then can I start writing these verses. Otherwise, man I just can't focus, knowing that these sheets are in hopeless disarray, leaving my mind in a similar state no relief until I get em straightened out to my exact specifications. And don't ask if I've been on medication, 'cuz I have, and it didn't do jack, I have OCD, I just live with the fact. - Andy Bernstein, aka MC Abdominal, from his song Sock Hop, recorded on the album Sitting Music by Abdominal and The Obliques. [http://abdominal.bandcamp.com/track/sock-hop] Submitted by: Terry Labach Nov. 13, 2013

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Quotation of the day for November 15, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for November 15, 2013 "Listen: The farts of our internal combustion engines have wrecked the atmosphere as a protective shield, and as anything a mother would want her child to breathe." - Kurt Vonnegut, from We Are What We Pretend to Be. Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Nov. 12, 2013

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Quotation of the day for November 14, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for November 14, 2013 "I'm all for people to learning to code - I wrote a piece arguing we should teach it in prisons earlier this year - but I think we need to be aware of its limitations. Coding is a niche, mechanical skill, a bit like plumbing or car repair. "As a subject, it only appeals to a limited set of people - the aforementioned dull weirdos. There's a reason most startup co-founders are "the charming ideas guy" paired with "the tech genius". It's because if you leave the tech genius on his own he'll start muttering to himself." - Willard Foxton, on why not all children need to learn how to program computers. [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/willardfoxton2/100011290/the-government-wants-to-teach-all-children-how-to-code-heres-why-its-a-stupid-idea/] Submitted by: Terry Labach Oct. 29, 2013

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