Quote for Today: July 31, 2007

A weed is a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote for Today: July 30, 2007

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

-- Albert Einstein

Quote for Today: July 29, 2007

When I'm hungry, I eat. When I'm thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it.

-- Madonna

Quote for Today: July 28, 2007

I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.

 

from: The Godfather(1972)

-- Don Corleone

Quote for Today: July 27, 2007

The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.

-- Socrates

Quote for Today: July 26, 2007

Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything.

-- Paris Hilton

Quote for Today: July 25, 2007

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.

-- Buddha

Quote for Today: July 24, 2007

Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.

-- Mark Twain

Quote for Today: July 23, 2007

The doer alone learneth.

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

Siesta Time

I want to share one of the many interesting sights you see while walking down the streets of Chicago. Here's a guy taking a siesta while his friends ponder on the day's events.

Quote for Today: July 22, 2007

People don't start wars, governments do.

-- Ronald Reagan

Quote for Today: July 21, 2007

We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior.

-- Bill Gates

Quote for Today: July 20, 2007

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

-- Benjamin Franklin

Quote for Today: July 19, 2007

There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.

-- Thomas Edison

Quote for Today: July 18, 2007

It's time to get real.

-- Doctor Phil

Quote for Today: July 17, 2006

Cogito ergo sum. (I think; therefore I am.)

-- Rene Descartes

Quote for Today: July 16, 2007

If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.

-- Charles Lindbergh

Quote for Today: July 15, 2007

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

-- Richard Nixon

Quote for Today: July 14, 2007

If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank.

-- Woody Allen

Quote for Today: Friday July 13, 2007

You see, Jason was my son and today is his birthday.

from: Friday the 13th(1980)

-- Pamela Voorhees

Quote for Today: July 12, 2007

Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

-- Joseph Stalin

Quote for Today: July 11, 2007

A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.

-- W C Fields

Quote for Today: July 10, 2007

Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.

-- Al Capone

Quote for Today: July 9, 2007

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

from: Gone With The Wind (1939)

-- Rhett Butler

Quote for Today: July 8, 2007

Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

-- Dalai Lama

Quote for Today: July 7, 2007

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined.

-- Henry David Thoreau

Read my article about how our fast-paced world conflicts with Thoreau's views.   Read article.   Article opens new window.

Quote for Today: July 6, 2007

We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.

-- Angelina Jolie

Quote for Today: July 5, 2007

If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.

-- Jay Leno

Happy Fourth of July

I thought fireworks were illegal in Chicago. I guess anything goes when it comes to celebrating. I hope its rains to help cut down on the number of fires caused by all the illegal fireworks.

Anyway, have a happy and safe fourth.

Quote for Today: July 4, 2007

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

-- George Washington

Quote for Today: July 3, 2007

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

-- Abraham Lincoln

Quote for Today: July 2, 2007

Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
-- Mae West

Welcome to my new Blog

I decided that my Corporate Alien Blog was too specific, focusing mainly on social commentary. I needed a blog to express myself in a variety of other ways. If I find an interesting product or book, no matter what its category, I can use this blog to honestly review it. If I come across some interesting sights and take some unusual photos, I can use this blog to share them with the world.

I want this blog to be a daily blog. On some days there's just nothing to say. On the days I become blog-blocked, I've collected numerous quotes from the world's greatest minds and promise to, at the very least, post a different quote daily.

I'll try to keep it interesting. I hope you enjoy my latest attempt at net literature.

Quote for Today: July 1, 2007

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
-- George Orwell