Andy DP Daily Download of Diatribic Detritus

[andydp]

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

[andydp]

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.

[andydp]

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

[andydp]

The mob is the mother of tyrants.

Diogenes

[goldenvalley]

Nov 30, 2021 12:54:16 GMT andydp said:

The mob is the mother of tyrants.

Diogenes

The mothers always get the blame!

[andydp]

Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.**

Plato

** Fox News guiding philosophy

[andydp]

Be smart, drink your wine.


Why harass with eternal purposes a mind too weak to grasp them?

Horace

[andydp]

If you see the teeth of the lion, do not think that the lion is smiling at you.

Al-Mutanabbi

[andydp]

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

[andydp]

Men remain in ignorance as long as they hate, and they hate unjustly as long as they remain in ignorance.

Tertullian

[andydp]

Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.

Maya Angelou

[andydp]

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

[andydp]

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

[andydp]

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.

[andydp]

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

[andydp]

A reminder:

If they [Plato and Aristotle] wrote about politics it was as if to lay down rules for a madhouse.

Blaise Pascal

[andydp]

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

Aesop

[andydp]

Some people come in your life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons.

Mother Teresa

[andydp]

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.

Horace

[andydp]

A little bit of beer is divine medicine.

Whether wine is a nourishment, medicine or poison is a matter of dosage

Paracelsus

[andydp]

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.

Horace

[andydp]

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."

[andydp]

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.

[andydp]

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

[andydp]

If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

Oscar Wilde