Mirth is God's medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it. Grime, care,
moroseness, anxiety--all this rust of life ought to be scoured off by the
oil of mirth. Every man ought to rub himself with it. -- Henry
Ward Beecher
Friday, May 31, 2019
Thursday, May 30, 2019
Fortune Quote #2493
Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when He did not want to
sign. -- Anatole France
sign. -- Anatole France
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Fortune Quote #2492
While earthly objects are exhausted by familiarity the thought of God
becomes to the devout man continually brighter, richer, vaster; derives
fresh luster from all that he observes of nature and Providence, and
attracts to itself all the glories of the universe. -- William
Ellery Channing
becomes to the devout man continually brighter, richer, vaster; derives
fresh luster from all that he observes of nature and Providence, and
attracts to itself all the glories of the universe. -- William
Ellery Channing
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Fortune Quote #2491
As the hand held before the eye conceals the greatest mountain, so the
little earthly life hides from the glance the enormous lights and mysteries
of which the world is full, and he who can draw it away from before his
eyes, as one draws away a hand, beholds the great shining of the inner
worlds. -- Rabbi Nachman
little earthly life hides from the glance the enormous lights and mysteries
of which the world is full, and he who can draw it away from before his
eyes, as one draws away a hand, beholds the great shining of the inner
worlds. -- Rabbi Nachman
Monday, May 27, 2019
Fortune Quote #2490
I am satisfied that when the Almighty wants me to do or not to do a
particular thing, he finds a way of letting me know it. -- Abraham
Lincoln
particular thing, he finds a way of letting me know it. -- Abraham
Lincoln
Sunday, May 26, 2019
Saturday, May 25, 2019
Fortune Quote #2488
It's easier to get a house than to get rid of it... It's never clear if
the man owns the house, or the house owns the man. -- Henry David
Thoreau
the man owns the house, or the house owns the man. -- Henry David
Thoreau
Friday, May 24, 2019
Fortune Quote #2487
Every person is for me the only person in the world at that
moment. -- Mother Theresa
moment. -- Mother Theresa
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Fortune Quote #2486
You don't know scientists. If they already believe a thing is impossible,
they'll refuse to even look at the evidence... As if any phenomenon that
could be duplicated by hoax must therefore always be a hoax... The problem
with unbelievers is that they are believers, too. -- Michael F.
Flynn, "Mammy Morgan Played the Organ..."
they'll refuse to even look at the evidence... As if any phenomenon that
could be duplicated by hoax must therefore always be a hoax... The problem
with unbelievers is that they are believers, too. -- Michael F.
Flynn, "Mammy Morgan Played the Organ..."
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Fortune Quote #2485
Nothing is more irritating to a person who has witnessed an unexplained
phenomenon than being told that it was all in your imagination by someone
who was not there. -- Brian Goodwin
phenomenon than being told that it was all in your imagination by someone
who was not there. -- Brian Goodwin
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Monday, May 20, 2019
Fortune Quote #2483
L'ESPRIT D'ESCALIER ("the spirit of the staircase"): Words that come to
you after the opportunity to say them is past.
you after the opportunity to say them is past.
Sunday, May 19, 2019
Fortune Quote #2482
In America, every day is a new beginning, every sunset is merely the
latest milestone on a voyage that never ends. For this is the land that
has never become, but is always in the act of becoming. -- Ronald
Reagan
latest milestone on a voyage that never ends. For this is the land that
has never become, but is always in the act of becoming. -- Ronald
Reagan
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Fortune Quote #2481
What I cannot create I do not understand. -- found on the
blackboard of Richard Feynman after his death
blackboard of Richard Feynman after his death
Friday, May 17, 2019
Fortune Quote #2480
I sometimes get overexcited at ending a sentence and put two
periods. -- Jenny Fisher
periods. -- Jenny Fisher
Thursday, May 16, 2019
Fortune Quote #2479
A man who has nothing which he cares more about than he does about his
personal safety is a miserable creature who has no chance at being free,
unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than
himself. -- John Stuart Mill
personal safety is a miserable creature who has no chance at being free,
unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than
himself. -- John Stuart Mill
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Fortune Quote #2478
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and
degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a
war, is worse. -- John Stuart Mill
degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a
war, is worse. -- John Stuart Mill
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Fortune Quote #2477
A false hypothesis is better than none at all. The fact that it is false
does not matter so much. However, if it takes root, if it is generally
assumed, if it becomes a kind of credo admitting no doubt or scrutiny--that
is the real evil, one which has endured through the centuries. --
Goethe
does not matter so much. However, if it takes root, if it is generally
assumed, if it becomes a kind of credo admitting no doubt or scrutiny--that
is the real evil, one which has endured through the centuries. --
Goethe
Monday, May 13, 2019
Fortune Quote #2476
Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the
impossible. -- Miguel de Unamuno
impossible. -- Miguel de Unamuno
Sunday, May 12, 2019
Fortune Quote #2475
Though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and
heaven, that which we are, we are; one equal temper of heroic hearts made
weak by time and fate but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and
not to yield. -- Alfred Lord Tennyson
heaven, that which we are, we are; one equal temper of heroic hearts made
weak by time and fate but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and
not to yield. -- Alfred Lord Tennyson
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Fortune Quote #2474
History is more or less bunk. -- Henry Ford So Henry Ford said
history is bunk. I wonder if he'd say that had he thunk That just a few
years down the pipeline he Himself would be considered history. --
Jef Millet, "Frazz"
history is bunk. I wonder if he'd say that had he thunk That just a few
years down the pipeline he Himself would be considered history. --
Jef Millet, "Frazz"
Friday, May 10, 2019
Fortune Quote #2473
Whatever happened to me in my life, happened to me AS a writer of
plays.... I watched my life as if it were happening to someone else. My son
died, and I was hurt, but I watched my hurt, and even relished it, a
little, for now I could write a real death, a true loss. My heart was
broken by my dark lady and I wept, in my room, alone; but while I wept,
somewhere inside I smiled. For I knew I could take my broken heart and
place it on the stage of the globe, and make the pit cry tears of their
own. -- "Sandman: The Wake" by Neil Gaiman (Will Shakespeare)
plays.... I watched my life as if it were happening to someone else. My son
died, and I was hurt, but I watched my hurt, and even relished it, a
little, for now I could write a real death, a true loss. My heart was
broken by my dark lady and I wept, in my room, alone; but while I wept,
somewhere inside I smiled. For I knew I could take my broken heart and
place it on the stage of the globe, and make the pit cry tears of their
own. -- "Sandman: The Wake" by Neil Gaiman (Will Shakespeare)
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Fortune Quote #2472
...life is no play. We meet people once, and never see them again. There
is no shape to events, no pount at which we turn to the audience for their
praise. No time at which we step behind the stage, to see the actors
changing their wigs, and painting their faces, and muttering their
lines. -- "Sandman: The Wake" by Neil Gaiman (Will Shakespeare)
is no shape to events, no pount at which we turn to the audience for their
praise. No time at which we step behind the stage, to see the actors
changing their wigs, and painting their faces, and muttering their
lines. -- "Sandman: The Wake" by Neil Gaiman (Will Shakespeare)
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Fortune Quote #2471
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change
the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. -- Margaret
Mead
the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. -- Margaret
Mead
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Monday, May 6, 2019
Sunday, May 5, 2019
Fortune Quote #2468
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that
we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that
most frightens us. -- Nelson Mandela
we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that
most frightens us. -- Nelson Mandela
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Fortune Quote #2467
Just because you have four good tires doesn't mean you poke a hole in your
spare. -- Tim Elling
spare. -- Tim Elling
Friday, May 3, 2019
Fortune Quote #2466
You must be an intellectual. Only an intellectual could say something so
stupid. -- George Orwell
stupid. -- George Orwell
Thursday, May 2, 2019
Fortune Quote #2465
Proportional representation may perhaps be the stupidest political idea
ever to occur to the human race, though I do acknowledge that this is a
very crowded field. -- John Derbyshire, NRO Columnist
ever to occur to the human race, though I do acknowledge that this is a
very crowded field. -- John Derbyshire, NRO Columnist
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Fortune Quote #2464
I would have thought that all one needs to understand people is to be a
person. And I have that honor. -- "Sandman: The Wake" by Neil
Gaiman (Will Shakespeare)
person. And I have that honor. -- "Sandman: The Wake" by Neil
Gaiman (Will Shakespeare)
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