Endless River
(1) Two quotes from Sir Winston Churchill: “…whatever the worries of the hour or the threats of the future once the picture has begun to flow along…they pass out into Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Quotes
Blaring Orchestria
“The man with the miniature orchestra” by Dave Algonquin. “There were phrases of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony that still made Coe cry. He always thought it had to do with the Continue Reading →
Weekend 372.1
“So the little prince, in spite of all the good will that was inseparable from his love, had soon come to doubt her. He had taken seriously words which were Continue Reading →
Weekend 370.1
The apple tree in my backyard has rust. The good folks at the local nursery assure me it will survive, but I’m still devatsted nonetheless (no apples in the fall). Continue Reading →
Weekend 367.0 (…why bounce around to the same d*** song)
(1) Brexit vote: It’s more American than you think (Washington Examiner) (2) Glenn Reynolds: Why politicians love cities (USA Today) (3) A quote from “The Lion and the Unicorn” by Continue Reading →
Weekend 362.0 (contemplatives before YOLO)
“As a torrent gathers together from the rains, and overflows, roars, runs, and by running hastens down until it finally finishes its course, so is it with our mortal life. Continue Reading →
Weekend 361.1 (…my green, my fluent mundo)
(1) A quote from Before Tomorrowland by Jeff Jensen, Jonathan Case, Damon Lindelof, and Brad Bird: “The cloaked Plus Ultra zeppelin, still visible in his alternate spectrums, hovered over the Continue Reading →
Weekend 356.0 (…the moon belongs to everyone -or- the man with the mini orchestra)
“cuius regio, eius religio” (1) Garry Kasparov: Hey, Bernie, Don’t Lecture Me About Socialism. I Lived Through It. (The Daily Beast) “A society that relies too heavily on redistributing wealth Continue Reading →
Weekend 355.0
“And you’ve got to indicate to the people who run it, the people who own it, that unless you’re free, the machine will be prevented from working at all.” — Continue Reading →
Weekend 353.0 (The Delight of Friendship)
“All kinds of things rejoiced my soul in their company–to talk and laugh, and to do other kindnesses; to read pleasant books together; to pass from lightest jesting to talk Continue Reading →