Thursday, February 26, 2009

Mathematical Wisdom

Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality. - Nikola Tesla

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Quip Writer Widsom

There's always somebody who is paid too much, and taxed too little - and it's always somebody else. - Cullen Hightower

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Comedic Wisdom

With a stop light, green means 'go' and yellow means 'slow down'. With a banana, however, it is quite the opposite. Yellow means 'go', green means 'whoa, slow down', and red means 'where the heck did you get that banana?'- Mitch Hedberg

Monday, February 23, 2009

Movie Star Wisdom

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues. - Elizabeth Taylor

Friday, February 20, 2009

Psychologist Wisdom

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. - Dr. Joyce Brothers

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Life is an unbroken succession of false situations. - Thornton Wilder

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Novelist Wisdom

Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today. - Herman Wouk

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Newspaper Columnist Wisdom

There are 350 varieties of shark, not counting loan and pool. - L. M. Boyd

Monday, February 16, 2009

Journalistic Wisdom

Think of life as a terminal illness, because, if you do, you will live it with joy and passion, as it ought to be lived. - Anna Quindlen

Friday, February 13, 2009

Blogging Wisdom

I write because I'm afraid to say some things out loud. - Real Live Preacher

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Columnist Wisdom

If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur. - Doug Larson

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Author Wisdom

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. - Ernest Hemingway

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Philanthropic Wisdom

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents. - Andrew Carnegie

Monday, February 09, 2009

Writer Producer Wisdom

I am going to concentrate on what's important in life. I'm going to strive everyday to be a kind and generous and loving person. I'm going to keep death right here, so that anytime I even think about getting angry at you or anybody else, I'll see death and I'll remember. - Diane Frolov

Sunday, February 08, 2009

Psychoanalytical Wisdom

Society expects man to be a passive social animal who believes like the People of the Field in "Jurgen" that "to do what you always have done" and "what is expected of you" are the twin rules of life. This, of course, is not true. The wanton crucifixion of impulses, the unnecessary blocking and frustration of the drives and urges, are an evil that reflects itself in sophistication, ennui and boredom, dissatisfaction, melancholy, fatigue, anxiety and neurosis. - Abraham Myerson

Thursday, February 05, 2009

Personal Enrichment Wisdom

Every time you don't follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness. - Shakti Gawain

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Sprituality Wisdom

Religion is for those who don't want to go to Hell. Spirituality is for those of us who have already been through it. - Anonymous

Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Spiritual Wisdom

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. - Martin Luther King Jr.

Monday, February 02, 2009

Academic Wisdom

If the human mind was simple enough to understand, we'd be too simple to understand it. - Emerson Pugh