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Post by andydp on Nov 25, 2021 14:31:29 GMT
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Post by andydp on Nov 26, 2021 14:46:18 GMT
Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles.
Alex Karras
When I played pro football, I never set out to hurt anyone deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something.
Dick Butkus
SInce the weekend will be a footballl OD weekend, I thought quotes from some of the more articulate NFL Players would be well accepted.
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Post by andydp on Nov 29, 2021 12:49:38 GMT
Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.
Antisthenes
States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad.
Antisthenes
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Post by andydp on Nov 30, 2021 12:54:16 GMT
The mob is the mother of tyrants.
Diogenes
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Post by goldenvalley on Nov 30, 2021 17:53:47 GMT
The mob is the mother of tyrants.
Diogenes The mothers always get the blame! |
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Post by andydp on Dec 1, 2021 13:47:52 GMT
Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.**
Plato
** Fox News guiding philosophy
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Post by andydp on Dec 2, 2021 12:39:53 GMT
Be smart, drink your wine.
Why harass with eternal purposes a mind too weak to grasp them?
Horace
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Post by andydp on Dec 3, 2021 13:30:38 GMT
If you see the teeth of the lion, do not think that the lion is smiling at you.
Al-Mutanabbi
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Post by andydp on Dec 4, 2021 13:16:58 GMT
This being the weekend, I thought some levity may be in order.
You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think.
Money can't buy you happiness. It just helps you look for it in more places.
Milton Berle
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Post by andydp on Dec 5, 2021 16:24:43 GMT
Men remain in ignorance as long as they hate, and they hate unjustly as long as they remain in ignorance.
Tertullian
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Post by andydp on Dec 6, 2021 12:18:45 GMT
Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.
Maya Angelou
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Post by andydp on Dec 7, 2021 12:46:02 GMT
It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Post by andydp on Dec 9, 2021 13:54:00 GMT
I was busy yesterday so here's two from a giant of American philosophy:
You can fool some of the people some of the time -- and that's enough to make a decent living.
I don't have to attend every argument I'm invited to.
W. C. Fields
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Post by andydp on Dec 10, 2021 13:21:29 GMT
In case you aren't aware, the game** will be held tomorrow at 1500 on CBS. In deference to football, I'm quoting Knute Rockne today:
I've found that prayers work best when you have big players.
** Army-Navy game.
Side note: #21 Seton Hall beat #7 Texas last night 64-60 in a hard fought and very tight game all the way to the end. Next Pirates game is the "Battle of the Boards" against intra state rival Rutgers on Sunday Dec 12 1930 on Fox sports. This is one of the longest sports rivalries in the US.
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Post by andydp on Dec 12, 2021 19:41:01 GMT
Since its the weekend I've been going nuts making cakes for our friends. Just spent about four-five hours baking and wrapping. Now I get to relax. We only have one football game on at 1300. KC is destroying Las Vegas. So we have beer. I leave you with the words of Frank Zappa:
You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.
Frank Zappa
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Post by andydp on Dec 13, 2021 13:37:44 GMT
A reminder:
If they [Plato and Aristotle] wrote about politics it was as if to lay down rules for a madhouse.
Blaise Pascal
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Post by andydp on Dec 14, 2021 14:54:51 GMT
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
Aesop
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Post by andydp on Dec 15, 2021 15:57:12 GMT
Some people come in your life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons.
Mother Teresa
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Post by andydp on Dec 16, 2021 14:54:02 GMT
Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.
Horace
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Post by andydp on Dec 17, 2021 15:29:05 GMT
A little bit of beer is divine medicine.
Whether wine is a nourishment, medicine or poison is a matter of dosage
Paracelsus
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Post by andydp on Dec 18, 2021 20:23:03 GMT
Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
Horace
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Post by andydp on Dec 19, 2021 15:14:14 GMT
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Mae West
Another Mae West quote I've always liked:
Maid: "Goodness what beatiful diamonds Miss West !!"
Mae: "Gooodness had nothing to do with it dearie."
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Post by andydp on Dec 20, 2021 12:28:49 GMT
I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God.
Rumi
I’m taking the PC in for service, I won’t be able to do my fancy graphics for a while.
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Post by andydp on Dec 26, 2021 18:18:46 GMT
Got tied up for the Holidays but I am now "PC Enabled" with my new HP Pavillion. A little Post Christmas advice:
Keep your friends close, your enemies closer, and receipts for all major purchases.
Bridger Winegar
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Post by andydp on Dec 27, 2021 14:05:25 GMT
If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.
Oscar Wilde
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