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Quote of the Day – Dolly Parton

Quote of the Day… not actually daily, but whenever I encounter one I think worth sharing and there are not too many in sequence.  I like quotes as they frequently distill a piece of wisdom into a brief passage, or make other points very succinctly – such as the witticisms of Oscar Wilde.

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“Find out who you are and do it on purpose. And do it with purpose. Don’t ever sacrifice who you are, your principles and your morals and your values to just try to get ahead in business. It ain’t worth it.” ~~ Dolly Parton

Dolly was famously loved by the LGBTQ community and was supportive of their right to be who they are.

“… [I do not] believe that we should criticize and judge other people. I think we should be accepting and loving. We are all God’s children. We are who we are, and we should be allowed to be who we are…. I just think that we should be more loving, more caring. We are who we are. If you’re gay, you’re gay. If you’re straight, you’re straight, and you should be allowed to be, you know, how you are, and who you are.” ~~ Dolly Parton

She has frequently stated:

“We’re all God’s children and God should be the one to judge, not other people.” ~~ Dolly Parton

For a great summation of the life and career of Dolly Parton here is a link to Richard Cox Richardson’s news letter, Letters from an American: August 26, 2026

She was a special soul.

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Quote of the Day – Ray Bradbury

Quote of the Day… not actually daily, but whenever I encounter one I think worth sharing and there are not too many in sequence.  I like quotes as they frequently distill a piece of wisdom into a brief passage, or make other points very succinctly – such as the witticisms of Oscar Wilde.

“I don’t think the robots are taking over. I think the men who play with toys have taken over. And if we don’t take the toys out of their hands, we’re fools.”  — Ray Bradbury

I am more and more convinced that if we did not open Pandora’s Box with computers, we are doing so with AI (Artificial Intelligence).

I would make Kurt Vonnegut‘s debut novel, Player Piano, required reading.  It is not his best work, but it has an important message. Given that the novel was published in 1952, Vonnegut was amazingly prescient about our current world.

But then again, I would also make George Orwell’s novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, required reading also. I have read this novel three times for various reasons.

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Quote of the Day – William Shakespeare

Quote of the Day… not actually daily, but whenever I encounter one I think worth sharing and there are not too many in sequence.  I like quotes as they frequently distill a piece of wisdom into a brief passage, or make other points very succinctly – such as the witticisms of Oscar Wilde.

Out, out, brief candle!
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing. ~~ Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5 by William Shakespeare

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Quote of the Day – Frank Herbert

Quote of the Day… not actually daily, but whenever I encounter one I think worth sharing and there are not too many in sequence.  I like quotes as they frequently distill a piece of wisdom into a brief passage, or make other points very succinctly – such as the witticisms of Oscar Wilde.

“All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.”  ~~ Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune 

I agree with the first part of the quote, and even the statement that it is a magnet to the corruptible.  However, I believe that political power in and of itself can corrupt all but the strongest of personalities.  Even if they start out with good intentions, what it does to lesser souls… well Katy bar the door.

Unfortunately, we have way too many of those lesser souls in government at all levels.  But it seems to have always been that way.

As an aside, the first two books in the Dune series, Dune and Dune Messiah,  are among my favorite novels, science fiction or otherwise. The novels later in the series were good, but at one level he was just churning more out as they were so popular.

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Quote of the Day – Christopher Hitchens

Quote of the Day… not actually daily, but whenever I encounter one I think worth sharing and there are not too many in sequence.  I like quotes as they frequently distill a piece of wisdom into a brief passage, or make other points very succinctly – such as the witticisms of Oscar Wilde.

“Since it is obviously inconceivable that all religions can be right, the most reasonable conclusion is that they are all wrong.” — Christopher Hitchens

There seems to be a logical fallacy in there somewhere, and if I were better at such things I could name it.  However, I do not disagree his statement.

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Quote of the Day – Martin Luther King Jr.

Quote of the Day… not actually daily, but whenever I encounter one I think worth sharing and there are not too many in sequence.  I like quotes as they frequently distill a piece of wisdom into a brief passage, or make other points very succinctly – such as the witticisms of Oscar Wilde.

“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” ~~ Martin Luther King Jr.

The quote reminds of something my black buddy who lives in Mississippi says from time to time about racists and racist’s attitudes.  He refers to the first as ignorant and the second as willful ignorance. They have never allowed themselves to meet a person of color as a fellow human being.  I will have to admit he is kinder than me, and he has been dealing with discrimination for nearly 80 years at this point.

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Quote of the Day –Tom Hardy

Quote of the Day… not actually daily, but whenever I encounter one I think worth sharing and there are not too many in sequence.  I like quotes as they frequently distill a piece of wisdom into a brief passage, or make other points very succinctly – such as the witticisms of Oscar Wilde.

“Being alone for a while is dangerous. It’s addicting. Once you see how peaceful it is, you don’t want to deal with people anymore.”  ~~ — Tom Hardy

I encountered the quote while reading the article: If You Have Few or No Friends, You Probably Have These 6 Rare Traits

Two or three of the bullet points I could really relate to,  especially number 3.

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Quote of the Day – Elon Musk

Quote of the Day… not actually daily, but whenever I encounter one I think worth sharing and there are not too many in sequence.  I like quotes as they frequently distill a piece of wisdom into a brief passage, or make other points very succinctly – such as the witticisms of Oscar Wilde.

 “I just fed USAID to the wood chipper and I could have gone to some great parties instead.” “ ~~ Elon Musk

To give the quote some context it is from Krugman’s Substack posting today: On Holding Elon Musk Accountable

The paragraph read:

“It’s not just that Musk more or less personally set out to destroy this aid agency set out to cut off healthcare, nutritional assistance, just basic necessities of life for millions and millions of extremely desperate people. But he did so callously, carelessly, he even actually tweeted out, oh, ‘I just fed USAID to the wood chipper and I could have gone to some great parties instead.’”

To give it even more context some very reputable agencies and people have estimated that it has cost MILLIONS of LIVES in these vulnerable populations.  And to set some more context US foreign aid was around 1.2% of the US budget, a minuscule amount in the scheme of things. The Republican tax breaks to the super rich and corporations are several magnitudes more harmful to the US bottom line than the charity we were giving to the poorest people on the planet. Apparently it is alright with the MAGA crowd for the rich to get richer and the poor to die.

Are we really a nation of living Christian values?  I think not.

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Gotta love spellcheck… instead of vulnerable it had corrected me venerable!!! Now corrected.

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Quote of the Day – Mark Twain

Quote of the Day… not actually daily, but whenever I encounter one I think worth sharing and there are not too many in sequence.  I like quotes as they frequently distill a piece of wisdom into a brief passage, or make other points very succinctly – such as the witticisms of Oscar Wilde.

“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.” ~~ Mark Twain

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Quote of the Day – Franz Kafka

Quote of the Day… not actually daily, but whenever I encounter one I think worth sharing and there are not too many in sequence.  I like quotes as they frequently distill a piece of wisdom into a brief passage, or make other points very succinctly – such as the witticisms of Oscar Wilde.

“What if I slept a little more and forgot about all this nonsense.” ~~ Franz Kafka

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