Tag: quote

On being a wall

[Tony Woodlief](a href=”http://www.tonywoodlief.com/archives/001260.html), author of the great Raising Wild Boys Into Men:

Sometimes as a parent you feel like a wall. One side of you is hard chipped stone. The side facing these little ones is smoothed, its cracks spackled as best you can manage. Sometimes your child will run a finger along one of those cracks, and when he does this you know you can go on standing, no matter the weight, until he is strong and ready to beat back the world with his own muscle and bone and faith.

Yet another reason I love Twitter

(And why you should be following my Twitter feed, if you’re not already.)
Daniel Jalkut:

The best thing about using Twitter for chat is you’re never online, and you’re always online. As far as the world is concerned.

Victims of tyranny?

John Farnam had this quote in a recent post on his mailing list, and I thought it significant.

In a state of tranquillity, wealth, and luxury, our descendants will forget the Art of War and the noble zeal which made their ancestors invincible. Every corruption will be employed to loosen the bond of union which renders our resistance formidable. When the spirit of liberty, which now animates our hearts and gives success to our arms, is extinct, our numbers will accelerate our ruin and render us easy victims to tyranny. –Sam Adams

Today’s head-smacker

Overheard by Jeff Harrell earlier today:

Wouldn’t it be great if the people who made the iPhone also made a computer?
Really? Really?!?

“Steve Jobs officially owns June 29.”

So sayeth Jeff Harrell, upon the realization that Ratatouille opens nationwide today as well.

On innovation

“I wish developing great products was as easy as writing a check. If so, then Microsoft would have great products.” —Steve Jobs, Apple, Inc. shareholders meeting, 2007

The more things change…

“Quemadmoeum gladuis neminem occidit, occidentis telum est.” –Lucius Annaeus Seneca, circa 45 AD
Translation: “A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer’s hands.”
Just thought this might be somewhat relevant to political and cultural debates we’re having two thousand years later.

Quote of the day

Stef: In fact, if the weather gets better, Jeff and I were thinking of breaking in our new picnic basket tomorrow.
Jeff: Yeah. We have a secret spot, so if you come with us, we’ll have to blindfold you.
Eddie: Yeeeeaaah, well, unless that’s followed by a gunshot, I wouldn’t count on it.
That is why you should be watching ‘Til Death.

Quote of the day

“I’ve got the attention span of a 2 year old on crack today.” —Eric Blair

Quote of the day

From Amy Gruber, on Twitter:

What’s worse than going to a bachelorette party at a male strip club? Going with your mom.