"Don't be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetime, is certain for those who are friends." -Richard Bach.
Nice "going away dinner" last night!
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Sunday, November 21, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
On the Move
"I always tell my kids if you lay down, people will step over you. But if you keep scrambling, if you keep going, someone will always, always give you a hand. Always. But you gotta keep dancing, you gotta keep your feet moving." -Morgan Freeman
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Friday, November 19, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Me me me me
"He argued that all people are selfish, but that the combined selfishness of many people benefits everyone. He wrote, '[We are] led by an invisible hand ... without knowing it, without intending it, [to] advance the interest of the society.'" -thoughts about Adam Smith's 1759 The Theory of Moral Sentiments.
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
People thoughts
"You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do." -Eleanor Roosevelt.
True, although there are certainly exceptions, I think...
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Monday, November 15, 2010
Monkey Food
"When you eat a piece of fruit as a snack, instead of a package of Oreos, you feel good about yourself, almost like you’ve built a well in one of those African villages which needed a well, or like you’ve run a half-marathon." -a New Yorker article about bananas. I actually disagree with the author's dislike of bananas, but I found his writing quite humorous (even though his use of "which" in the quote above should be "that" according to AP style. Likely not a Mizzou grad.).
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