Quotation of the Day: June 2016

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Quotation of the day for June 30, 2016

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Quotation of the Day for June 30, 2016

"I don't give a rat's ass what platform brings it in...I don't care if the thing was carried in by carrier pigeons."

- General Mark Milley, U.S. Army Chief of Staff, speaking about air support for ground troops and US Air Force plans to replace the A-10, as quoted in Foreign Policy.

Submitted by: Gene Spafford
Jun. 24, 2016

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Quotation of the day for June 21, 2016

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"We lead frantic lives. Filled with needs and responsibilities, but completely devoid of any actual purpose. I say let's try to enjoy the simple things. Life should be like a basket of chicken wings: salty, full of fat and vinegar, and surrounded by celery you'll never actually eat, even when you're greedily sopping up the last viscous streaks of buffalo sauce from the wax paper with your spit-stained index finger."

- Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, from the episode "The Lights in Radon Canyon", from their podcast Welcome to Night Vale.

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpC7qMZogDY]

Submitted by: Terry Labach
Jun. 20, 2016

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Thursday, June 16, 2016

Quotation of the day for June 16, 2016

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Quotation of the Day for June 16, 2016

"The last 10 years or so have felt depressing because avenues are shutting down. Little shrines to music lovers -- record shops -- are disappearing... And every time there's a new innovation, the musician is the one that didn't have a voice at the table about how it's presented. I thought, if I could make a place where there could be more opportunities, and it comes with more fertile ground, and music is treated with a bit more with respect, that interests me. It's not, "Oh, I hope I get on that taco commercial.""

- Trent Reznor, musician, on the changing music industry.

[http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/7407889/apples-brain-trust-iovine-reznor-cue-and-kondrk-on]

Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk
Jun. 15, 2016

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Thursday, June 2, 2016

Quotation of the day for June 2, 2016

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Quotation of the Day for June 2, 2016

"First, emotions organize -- rather than disrupt -- rational thinking. Traditionally, in the history of Western thought, the prevailing view has been that emotions are enemies of rationality and disruptive of cooperative social relations.

"But the truth is that emotions guide our perceptions of the world, our memories of the past and even our moral judgments of right and wrong, most typically in ways that enable effective responses to the current situation. For example, studies find that when we are angry we are acutely attuned to what is unfair, which helps animate actions that remedy injustice."

- Paul Ekman, from The Science of "Inside Out".

[http://www.paulekman.com/facial-expressions/the-science-of-inside-out/]

Submitted by: Sid Sidner
May 27, 2016

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