Thanks smog . I was remiss in not including the link
Fantastic avatar, by the way, Piffka...
Appropriately for todays festivities:
"Memento mori." - traditionally and ceremonially whispered by a servant into the ear of a Roman general during his triumphal procession through the city.
("Remember to die.")
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Thanks, Ossobuco.
Panzade, that cat looks just like my daughter's newly adopted feline.
Smog -- Cool link.
"EARTH IS AN INSANE ASYLUM,
TO WHICH THE OTHER PLANETS DEPORT THEIR LUNATICS."
--Voltaire (Memnon the Philosopher).
"Vice President Cheney, Mr. Chief Justice, President Carter, President Bush, President Clinton, members of the United States Congress, reverend clergy, distinguished guests, fellow citizens:
"
freedom
freedom
liberty
liberty
freedom
Freedom,
freedom,
freedom
freedom,
freedom,
liberty
liberty
freedom
freedom
Liberty
liberty,
freedom
freedom
freedom
freedom
freedom
liberty,
liberty
freedom,
liberty
freedom
freedom,
freedom
Liberty
freedom
freedom?
freedom
freedom
freedom
freedom
liberty;
Freedom
liberty
Liberty
Liberty
liberty
freedom.
"May God bless you, and may He watch over the United States of America."
- George W. Bush (1946- ), 1/20/05, Second Inaugural
(Ed. Note: Freedom 27, Liberty 15.)
"Freedom" and "Liberty" are the two high school--and the two arch rivals--in Bethlehem, PA (aka The Christmas City).
I see... so there are many times that Freedom bests Liberty as well as times that Liberty beats Freedom? I'll bet there are some great sports headlines in the local newspaper. Thanks, Noddy. I will pass that on to Mr.P. He will appreciate it.
"The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug."
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
"Seldom do we realize that this Now is unique in all it holds and that once it retreats along the time line it becomes as inaccessible as a pebble over the side of the boat. Now it is here, round, smooth, beautiful with its colors glinting in the light. I hold it lightly in my hand. I shall look at it more later - but later never comes. Something in the new and fresh Now sets aside the pebble. It falls unnoticed over into the depths."
Frederic Green Kennedy (1879-1970)
The Mark Twain was Saturday's, this is today's.
Piffka wrote:"Seldom do we realize that this Now is unique in all it holds and that once it retreats along the time line it becomes as inaccessible as a pebble over the side of the boat. Now it is here, round, smooth, beautiful with its colors glinting in the light. I hold it lightly in my hand. I shall look at it more later - but later never comes. Something in the new and fresh Now sets aside the pebble. It falls unnoticed over into the depths."
Frederic Green Kennedy (1879-1970)
So true. <sigh> Beautifully expressed, too.
Thanks, Olga. F.G. "Ted" Kennedy was an educator, a fisherman and an avid gardener, the son of a long line of newspapermen and Methodist ministers. He wrote some great stuff including a love letter to his wife describing the baby diapers hanging out to dry as "the flag of our union, flying in the breeze."
"If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe."
Carl Sagan (1934-1996)
Piffka wrote:... "Ted" Kennedy was an educator, a fisherman and an avid gardener, the son of a long line of newspapermen and Methodist ministers. He wrote some great stuff including a love letter to his wife describing the baby diapers hanging out to dry as "the flag of our union, flying in the breeze."
Oh, I love that! "The flag of our union"! You have to smile!
"Mississippi was a terrorist state. I've had a lot of time to think about it. The state of Mississippi gave me a lot of time to think about it."
- Rita Bender (1942- ), Seattle Times 1/9/2005, commenting on the recent indictment of Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen, 79, for the murder of her husband Michael Schwerner on June 21, 1964.
"When armies are mobilized and issues are joined, the man who is sorry over the fact will win."
Lao Tzu (c600BCE)
If only, Piffka, if only .....
Quote:When you speak, be sure you are improving on the silence.
somebody said that once, I think.
"The world wants to be deceived."
Sebastian Brant (1457-1521)
The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none."
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)
"That's the problem with religion: you beat your way past the clerics, fight your way through the demons, stand before the holy of holies, and when you rip away the veil, there's nothing there but a mirror."
Owen Rowley
