From my favorite AWAD:
It is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all.
-James Thurber, writer and cartoonist (1894-1961)
And from the illustrious Huffington Post:
And The Biggest Procrastinators Are…usually the most sophisticated, sensitive, creative and intelligent people.
Nailed you, did I? Well, I assume you’re in the sophisticated, creative and intelligent category. (I’m [...]
May 13, 2008
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“The marvelous thing about the theory of relativity is that the math is simple and each logical step is simple. You can follow each logical step, but eventually you find you have been led to conclusions that are totally preposterous, like Alice falling down the rabbit hole.”
-Alan Lightman, Adjunct Professor of Humanities, Creative Writing, and [...]
November 2, 2007
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Dreary
1. Dismal; bleak.2. Boring; dull: dreary tasks.3. Dark and depressing: black, bleak, blue, cheerless, dark, desolate, dismal, gloomy, glum, joyless, somber, tenebrific. 4. Arousing no interest or curiosity: boring, drear, dry, dull, humdrum, irksome, monotonous, stuffy, tedious, tiresome, uninteresting, weariful, wearisome, weary.
Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and [...]
October 15, 2007
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No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we’re looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn’t test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
-P.J. O’Rourke
September 19, 2007
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Mike Rowe: “On a scale of 1 to 10, how do you think I’m doing?”
Supervisor: “I don’t think suck is on that scale.”
Mike Rowe: “So you’re saying suck isn’t a number?”
September 7, 2007
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If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.
-Socrates (469?-399 B.C.)
August 14, 2007
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There are two things to aim at in life; first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.
-Logan Pearsall Smith, essayist (1865-1946)
April 19, 2007
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In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.
- Douglas Adams
April 3, 2007
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My sweetie, sending me flowers on Valentine’s Day. (He sent the whole plant so that I could keep enjoying the flowers all year long!)
The world is a skirt I want to lift up. -Hanif Kureishi, author
February 15, 2007
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Takeoffs are optional. Landings are mandatory.
February 7, 2007
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