[Voters] make a terrible mistake, believing that we have to find something wrong with the people we can’t vote for.
-Bill Clinton
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political quotes
Monday, September 22nd, 2008 0
Posted in Politics, wisdom and folly |
the more things change…
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008There is the difference that in geometry everyone is of a mind that usually nothing is put down in writing without there being a sound demonstration for it; thus the inexperienced more frequently err on the side of assenting to what is false, wanting as they do to give the appearance of understanding it, than on the side of denying what is true. But it is the reverse in philosophy: since it is believed that there is no issue that cannot be defended from either side, few look for the truth, and many more prowl about for a reputation for profundity by arrogantly challenging whichever arguments are the best.
-Descartes, Letter of Dedication, Meditations on First Philosophy
…the more things stay the same.
Posted in Philosophy, wisdom and folly |
Whistles of the Wind
Saturday, August 9th, 2008Whistles the wind Well it breaks my heart to see you this way My isolation Well it breaks my heart to see you this way So you drank with the lost souls Now there’s an ocean between Well it breaks my heart to see you this way Well it breaks my heart to see you this way
Blowin’ my way
Sweepin’ me back, back here to stay
Can winners be losers?
Runnin’ on the same track
While some head for glory, others we crash
The beauty in life where’s it gone
And somebody told me you were doin’ okay
But somehow I guess they were wrong
Now there’s a sobering thought
A minute alone, a lifetime too long
See the face in this mirror
So pale it could crack
Desperately wantin’ the color it lacks
The beauty in life where’s it gone
And somebody told me you were doin’ okay
But somehow I guess they were wrong
For too many years
Tied to their ankles now crippled with fear
Never been righteous though seldom were wrong
Life’s only life with you in this song
Where I am and where I want to be
So you prayers in doubt
Doubt not for me
The beauty in life where’s it gone
And somebody told me you were doin’ okay
But somehow I guess they were wrong
The beauty in life where’s it gone
And somebody told me you were doin’ okay
But somehow I guess they were wrong
-Flogging Molly
Sigh. Sometimes, not being able to fix things for other people really sucks. And I am not very good, when it matters, of thinking of the right words to say under pressure (even if that pressure is my own).
Which doesn’t mean those in the know should worry – things are still fine. Just, baggage handling issues.
Posted in life and living, wisdom and folly |
on my mind
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 Posted in ...and everything else, wisdom and folly |