“One of history’s few iron laws is that luxuries tend to become necessities and to spawn new obligations.” ~~ In the book Sapiens – A Brief History of Mankind by Yuval Noah Harai.
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Quote of the Day – Billie Holiday
“Nobody’s perfect. Which is another way of saying there’s no escape from this world.” — Billie Holiday in Crazy They Call Me
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Quote of the Day – Lois Griffin
“The secret to happiness is burying all your true feelings and living a life of bland compromise.” ~~ Lois Griffin
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Quote of the Day – Leonardo da Vinci
“There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.” ~~ Leonardo da Vinci
My for what’s it worth ruminations: I feel like most of the time I am solidly in class 2. I have had rare epiphanies that boosted me to class 1… briefly. While I have more than a few blind spots, hopefully I am not too firmly anchored in class 3 by those. But I am reminded of a philosophy that more than a few folks have espoused to me, “it is better to go through life with blinders on.” Perhaps.
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Quote of the Day – Mark Twain
“When the rich rob the poor it’s called business. When the poor fight back it’s called violence.” ~~ Mark Twain
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Quote of the Day – Frank Zappa
“The more you can escape from how horrible things really are, the less it’s going to bother you…and then, the worse things get.” ~~ Frank Zappa
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Quote of the Day – Søren Kierkegaard
“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” ~~ Søren Kierkegaard
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Quote of the Day – P.J. O’Rourk
“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’Rourk
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Quote of the Day – J. B. Pritzker
“Here is where the Republican game plan is the most audacious: They want to distract you into believing that gay marriage, black history, Disney World and library books are more of a threat to our children than AR-15s… Don’t tell us that a 10-year-old is too young to learn about the history of slavery but not too young to run active-shooter drills when she learns how to play dead.” ~~ J. B. Pritzker, Governor of Illinois
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Quote of the Day – Abraham Lincoln
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” ~~ Abraham Lincoln
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