Words Of Wisdom
Recently, I bought a book at a temporary stall set up in the
entrance to a
Salvation Army
hospital. It cost $11.99, and in retrospect I should have bought
more of their books. It is called "8000 Things You Should Know",
and thanks to
plagiarism,
it could supply blog material for as long as I live.
I suppose not all 8000 will be "words of wisdom", but undoubtedly
some of them will. In the spirit of that book, here are
a few other insightful (and pithy) remarks. These are taken
from an old clipping of unknown origin, and I hereby borrow them
for "my" column.
- Mark Twain: Golf is a good walk spoiled.
- Lily Tomlin: The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you are still a rat.
- Groucho Marx: Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.
- Voltaire: The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
- Gioacchino Rossini: How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers.
- John Ciardi: There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.
- Woody Allen: I took a speed reading course and read "War and Peace" in 20 minutes. It involves Russia.
- Dorothy Parker: Brevity is the soul of lingerie.
- G.K. Chesterton: To be clever enough to get a great deal of money, one must be stupid enough to want it.
posted by Donald Crowdis @ 9:16 PM
15 comments
15 Comments:
Thank you John Ciardi for giving me Christmas drink justification this festive season ;)
I love that Voltaire is as amusing and as valid today as he was back then - timeless!
"Wherever you go - there you are" - don't know who said it.
“Weinberg’s Second Law: If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.”
“When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.” — Seneca (4 B.C - 65 A.D.)
“We must continue to open in the face of tremendous opposition. No one is encouraging us to open and still we must peel away the layers of the heart.” –Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche
“Everyone knows what to do except me.” –Fred
“If you don’t like the news, go make some.” –A radio news anouncer in Berkley during the ’60’s
“The reason I and, I think, everyone else who went over there and studied came back here is that the U.S. is the best place to be a Muslim.” –Abdule; caller on Talk of the Nation: NPR
“Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.” —Jacques Yves Cousteau
"A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking." —Steven Wright
“What in this situation justifies my withholding my love.” –Robert
“‘You know, it’s at times like this when I’m trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space that I really wish I’d listened to what my mother told me when I was young!’
“‘Why, what did she tell you?’
“‘I don’t know, I didn’t listen!’” — Douglas Adams, “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”
“A blossom is the final fleeting detail on a miraculous and arduous course of survival oriented events we call a flower.” --moi
Would you rather loose your values for money or your money for values? There isn’t much area between. --moi
Both Optimists and Pessimists contribute to our world!
Optimists invented the plane.
Pessimists the parachute!
Snake, now THAT was brilliant! lol
Don, keep them coming. We won't allow you to die before you have given us all 8000, PLUS your own.....
and we can only handle maybe five a post......
and no more than three posts a week......
Don-
I have enjoyed reading these quoted words of wisdom, but I am more excited about, and eagerly anticipating, reading some of your own.
I find that my respect for, and enjoyment of, your writing somehow grows with each new post. I consider myself lucky to have the chance to learn from you, and I cannot imagine the right words to properly thank you for that.
Much love from San Francisco,
-Forest (aka beefhaze)
Woody Allen: I took a speed reading course and read "War and Peace" in 20 minutes. It involves Russia.
This is terrific!
A great hug from Rome, Italy ;-)
[Ste]
Don - The holidays are right around the corner and it would be great if you shared your list of 'Donisms'; it would be a great way to wrap up the year!
Warm regards from Boston.
p.s. how is your wife doing?
my favorite from an ancient greek philosopher:
all I know is that I know nothing.
I tell people, "Evil always aims to please."
Losing a friendship is like losing a child.
ROFL. U R TEH n00b. U R NOT TEH 1337
I just came across your site and I love it ! I hope your able to keep inspiring us! Perhaps, we fan's can put our great minds together and plan a huge surprise to congratulate you on your 100th birthday!! I would love to call you Dr.Don,the wisest owl !
Don, et al...
Here's something I've come up with that seems appropriate for you and your situation...
"Dying hasn't killed anybody yet." -me
I hail from Dalhousie, NB. Cheers to a fellow maritimer.
-nevin
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