Quotes You Like

Politics is concerned with herds rather than with individuals, and the passions which are important in politics are, therefore, those in which the various members of a given herd can feel alike.

Bertrand Russell

Not a quote,
just a note.

Thinking back fondly,
of Grampy Bobby.

He filled RHP with joyful humor
And irked the trolls with grace

I've been a rare visitor
For more than a year

But back here now
I miss all this so dear

Speak softly and move gently. Take your time. Consider all your options. Make sacrifices. Give to get. Be gracious in triumph, and in defeat. Another game, another encounter, may follow.
- coquette


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@coquette

Welcome back.

May God bless and keep you always
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
And let others do for you
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young.

May you grow up to be righteous
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the light surrounding you
May you always be courageous
Stand upright and be strong
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young.

May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
May your heart always be joyful
And may your song always be sung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young.

~ Bob Dylan

A poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child.

~ H. L. Mencken
US editor (1880 - 1956)

i am naked and unashamed
cuz i got fifteen minutes of fame

We have to recognize that every breath of air we take, every mouthful of food we take, comes from the natural world. And if we damage the natural world, we damage ourselves. We are one coherent ecosystem. It's not just a question of beauty, or interest, or wonder - the essential ingredient of human life is a healthy planet.
- David Attenborough

Tell me and I forget.
Teach me and I remember.
Involve me and I learn.

~ Xunzi

“Means of Defense. -- To fight against stupidity in the long run makes even the fairest and gentlest men brutal. Perhaps this means they are on the right path to their own self-defense, for the just argument against a blockhead is a clenched fist. But because they are gentle and fair of character, they incur more suffering through this means of defense than they inflict on the other.”



Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human, #362

"The whole world is a series of miracles, but we're so used to them we call them ordinary things."
~ Hans Christian Andersen

"Everything will be all right in the end... if it is not all right then it is not yet the end."
(The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel)

“Das Land, das die Fremden nicht beschützt, geht bald unter.” Goethe

A country which does not protect foreigners will soon go under.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

Miguel de Cervantes

When Anne Bancroft came to read her lines for a Simpsons episode, they asked her whether she had brought her husband of 30 years' standing, Mel Brooks, with her. She leaned over, took a quick glance around, and whispered "I can't get rid of him!"
They had a famously happy marriage. Yet she says that when Mel Brooks told his (Jewish) mother that he was marrying a girl named Anna Maria Louisa Italiano, his mother said: "Fine! Bring her over. I'll be in the kitchen - with my head in the oven". 🙂

"I have aged, but my heart is still young, we are still the same age in our soul. I know this is the perfect age, every year is special and precious. Don't regret growing old, it's a privilege that not everyone has." Richard Gere, 74