“I am not an angel,’ I asserted; ‘and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me – for you will not get it, any… Read More ›
Month: July 2019
I’LL GLADLY PAY YOU TOMORROW FOR A HAMBURGER TODAY
“…it is not the big events that hurt the most but rather the smallest questionable shift in tone at the end of a spoken word that can plow most deeply into the heart.” ― Steve Martin, Shopgirl “A person hears… Read More ›
READING THE SIGNS
“I may not know much, but I know chicken shit from chicken salad.” ― Lyndon B. Johnson “But it is the knowledge of how contingent my unease is, how dependent on a baby that wails beneath my window one day… Read More ›
A DELICATE DANCE
“Every conflict plagues the peace that follows it.” ― Stephen L. Carter, The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln “You say you love rain, but you use an umbrella to walk under it. You say you love sun, but you seek shelter… Read More ›
TEACHERS CAST A VOTE
“Investigations, meditations, careers, relationships were much the same, he mused. They failed because no one thought to ask the right question.” ― Eliot Pattison, The Skull Mantra “Do not be so quick to accept as truth what is only conjecture.”… Read More ›
A DOLLOP OF EVERYTHING
“The great challenge of adulthood is holding on to your idealism after you lose your innocence.” ― Bruce Springsteen “I want to disabuse people of the idea that knowledge is power. Knowing how to get to Detroit is not the… Read More ›
YOU GOT TO TELL YOUR STORY
“A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.” ― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of… Read More ›
IT’S ALL ABOUT ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS
“Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that.” ― George Carlin “We’re going… Read More ›
NO POINTS FOR STYLE, BUT A WIN IS STILL A WIN
“I am often asked the question How can the masses permit themselves to be exploited by the few. The answer is By being persuaded to identify with them.” ― E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime “Once we understand how they think, we can… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 