George Orwell Week
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
George Orwell
I never knew this was an Orwell quote. I assumed it was a Founding Father.
Category: Quote of the Day
Aphorisms, proverbs, wise sayings and other witty, pithy stuff
05JUN2018 – Quote of the Day
George Orwell Week
Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And that process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except the endless present in which the party is always right.
George Orwell
1984 is a terrible book to give a young person to read. But it should be required reading in our present age.
4JUN2018 – Quote of the Day
Mark Twain Week
“What you do today is important, because you are sacrificing a day of your life for it.”
Mark Twain
As you have a much smaller number of these left it becomes more salient.
3JUN2018 – Quote of the Day
Mark Twain Week
“So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys – to woo women – and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do. It also won’t do in your essays.”
Mark Twain
He was a pretty good writer.
2JUN2018 – Quote of the Day
Mark Twain Week
“The partitions of the houses were so thin we could hear the women occupants of adjoining rooms changing their minds.”
Mark Twain
Amen, brother.
1JUN2018 – Quote of the Day
Mark Twain Week
“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.”
Mark Twain
Smart.
31MAY2018 – Quote of the Day
Mark Twain Week
“In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.”
Mark Twain
This may be timely again.
30MAY2018 – Quote of the Day
Mark Twain Week
“When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn’t want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.”
Mark Twain
I’ve always loved this observation. And now in my dotage it’s practically my motto.
29MAY2018 – Quote of the Day
Mark Twain Week
“To be great, truly great, you have to be the kind of person who makes the others around you great.”
Mark Twain
Interesting.
28MAY2018 – Quote of the Day
“When there aren’t any smart decisions, I suppose you just have to pick the stupid decision you like best.”
Orson Scott Card
Sounds about right.