Rev. Joe Dirt, Author at Curmudgeon Alley

1999/12/172016/12/22

Quote for the Day – Voltaire

“Well, my dear Pangloss,” said Candide to him, “when you had been hanged, dissected, whipped, and were tugging at the oar, did you always think that everything happens for the best?”

“I am still of my first opinion,” answered Pangloss, “for I am a philosopher and I cannot retract, especially as Leibnitz could never be wrong; and besides, the pre-established harmony is the finest thing in the world, and so is his plenum and materia subtilis.” Candide, Chapter XXVIII, by Voltaire

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1999/12/152019/12/21

Quote of the Day – Galileo

“You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.” — Galileo

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1999/12/142016/12/17

Vanity Plate for the Day – OIL CHG

OIL CHG

This was on the back of a black Lexus sedan being driven by a female. I am going to go out on a limb and bet she or somebody involved with her owns an oil change franchise.

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1999/12/132018/01/05

Quote for the Day – Max Born

“Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless.” ~~ Max Born

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1999/12/122023/03/04

Vanity Plate for the Day – ITCH-B

ITCH-B

This was on an Audi SUV with a Cardinals’ specialty plate. I’m guessing itching for baseball. Of course, another interpretation might be a deliberate rearrangement of letters to get past the DMV censors.

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1999/12/122016/12/14

Quote for the Day – Sinclair Lewis

“Thus Carol hit upon the tragedy of old age, which is not that it is less vigorous than youth, but that it is not needed by youth; that its love and prosy sageness, so important a few years ago, so gladly offered now, are rejected with laughter.” from Main Street by Sinclair Lewis

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1999/12/112018/12/30

Quote of the Day – Steven Wright

“Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7 of your life.” – Steven Wright

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1999/12/102019/12/15

Quote for the Day – Harvey Milk

“It takes no compromise to give people their rights…it takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give people freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression.” — Harvey Milk

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1999/12/102016/12/12

Quote for the Day – Voltaire

Indeed, the law of nature teaches us to kill our neighbour, and such is the practice all over the world. If we do not accustom ourselves to eating them, it is because we have better fare. ~~ Candide by Voltaire