Posts from the ‘Quotes’ Category

Jul 15

“If you like Piña Coladas, and getting caught in the rain…” ―Rupert Holmes

During the Cold War, a bartender at the Hilton Caribe Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, broke the ice for the world’s first Piña Colada, and a quartet of Puerto Rico’s pro-independence hot-heads opened fire on the U.S. Capital.

“The biggest gunfight in Secret Service History was over in 40 seconds. A total of twenty-seven shots had been fired.”

―Ronald Kessler

Jul 12

“I only hope that we don’t lose sight of one thing – that it was all started by a mouse.” ―Walt Disney

It’s magic, how wearing a mask lets people think they are invulnerable as cartoon characters in a fantasy world sponsored by cheese.

“When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it’s because he’s so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.”

―Walt Disney

Jul 11

“Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.” ―Robert A. Heinlein

If we were only as smart as our phone, we’d be slim as a supermodel’s thesis.

“There are so many different kinds of stupidity, and cleverness is one of the worst.“

―Thomas Mann

Jul 7

“If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.” ―John F. Kennedy

Without candlepower, night is colorless. Only in the light of a flame, flaring within from near or far, are colors striking.

“The whole point is to live life and be – to use all the colors in the crayon box.”

―RuPaul

Jul 2

“Being able to breathe underwater would be sweet.” ―Cameron Bright

Even without the Japanese sound effects, a 17th-century haiku named for an amphibian, makes a big splash.

Old pond! / a frog jumps in / water’s sound

―Frog haiku by Matsuo Bashō; English translation by Robert Aitken

Jun 28

“It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.” ―Arthur C. Clarke

Today’s lesson: The intellect is a classroom and wisdom a playroom.

“Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold.”

―Joseph Chilton Pearce

Jun 27

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“If there is one place in the world people will want to come back to when they can travel again I honestly believe it will be Venice.” ―Mauro Tochi, Gondolier

Unlocking the sea gate, we slide into the lagoon of a hundred islands.

“…to slip beneath the surface and soar along the silent bottom of the sea agile and shining in water honeycombed with light.”

―Ellen Meloy

Jun 24

“Sometimes I find I’m wearing a divided, split brain in terms of drama and humor.” ―Ridley Scott

A good laugh splits your sides and face. So your guts and brains fall out.

“Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.”

―Edward de Bono

Jun 23

Science Detectives Find Eden Where Adam and Eve Left It

Ages before scientists traced the biblical Garden to the dark continent, Michelangelo painted “The Creation of Adam,” as if the first anatomically modern person were as pale as Pope Julius II, who paid for the job.

“The old master painter from the faraway hills
Painted the violets and the daffodills”

―Haven Gillespie

Jun 18

Posts from the ‘Quotes’ Category

During the Cold War, a bartender at the Hilton Caribe Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, broke the ice for the world’s first Piña Colada, and a quartet of Puerto Rico’s pro-independence hot-heads opened fire on the U.S. Capital.

“The biggest gunfight in Secret Service History was over in 40 seconds. A total of twenty-seven shots had been fired.”

―Ronald Kessler

It’s magic, how wearing a mask lets people think they are invulnerable as cartoon characters in a fantasy world sponsored by cheese.

“When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it’s because he’s so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.”

―Walt Disney

If we were only as smart as our phone, we’d be slim as a supermodel’s thesis.

“There are so many different kinds of stupidity, and cleverness is one of the worst.“

―Thomas Mann

Without candlepower, night is colorless. Only in the light of a flame, flaring within from near or far, are colors striking.

“The whole point is to live life and be – to use all the colors in the crayon box.”

―RuPaul

Even without the Japanese sound effects, a 17th-century haiku named for an amphibian, makes a big splash.

Old pond! / a frog jumps in / water’s sound

―Frog haiku by Matsuo Bashō; English translation by Robert Aitken

Today’s lesson: The intellect is a classroom and wisdom a playroom.

“Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold.”

―Joseph Chilton Pearce

Unlocking the sea gate, we slide into the lagoon of a hundred islands.

“…to slip beneath the surface and soar along the silent bottom of the sea agile and shining in water honeycombed with light.”

―Ellen Meloy

A good laugh splits your sides and face. So your guts and brains fall out.

“Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.”

―Edward de Bono

Ages before scientists traced the biblical Garden to the dark continent, Michelangelo painted “The Creation of Adam,” as if the first anatomically modern person were as pale as Pope Julius II, who paid for the job.

“The old master painter from the faraway hills Painted the violets and the daffodills”

―Haven Gillespie

A Lamb in Chic Clothing

Branded on a range not on a grill / Cooler in a pen than a pan

“It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.” ―Tiberius

“The old master painter from the faraway hills
Painted the violets and the daffodills”