Quote of the Day

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 14th February:

"For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse
are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal."


Carl Bernstein
(02/14/1944 – )
US journalist

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For a moment there, I thought he was talking about Elvis forums...

[Bob]

Quote of the Day - 12th February:

"Be grateful for luck.
Pay the thunder no mind -
listen to the birds.
And don't hate nobody."



Eubie Blake
(02/07/1883 – 02/12/1983)
US songwriter

I take the words of someone who lived to be 100 years old very serious!
As of today I will start listening to the birds.

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 15th February:

"As to the evil which results from censorship,
it is impossible to measure it,
because it is impossible to tell where it ends."


Jeremy Bentham
(02/15/1748 – 06/06/1832)
English philosopher

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A framed copy of this quote hangs in the Phoenix Admin messroom...

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 16th February:

"Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding
arguments for going on believing as we already do."


James Harvey Robinson
(06/29/1863 – 02/16/1936)
US historian

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Wise words.

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 17th February:

"One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age
is that it's such a nice change from being young."



Dorothy Canfield Fisher
(02/17/1879 – 11/09/1958)
US writer

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In the same way that being old is a nice change from being middle aged........

[Bob]

Those February 15th and 16th quotes are very much alive today.

[Colin B]

Those February 15th and 16th quotes are very much alive today.

Yes !

The secret of a good 'quote' is that it is equally relevant no matter how many years later...

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 18th February:

"When the flower blooms,
the bees come uninvited."



Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
(02/18/1836 – 08/16/1886)
Indian philosopher

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Not on Phoenix, they don't !

[John]

Quote of the Day - 18th February:

"When the flower blooms,
the bees come uninvited."



Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
(02/18/1836 – 08/16/1886)
Indian philosopher

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Not on Phoenix, they don't !

It's still blooming....

[Colin B]

Not on Phoenix they don't !

It's still blooming....

Yes, it is !

Up to 66 members now !

Our 'bees' needed a little nudge, that's all !

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 19th February:

"Language must resound with all the harmonies of music.
The writer must always, at all times, find the tremulous
word which captures the thing and is able to draw a sob
from my soul by its very rightness.
A word can be transformed into a colour, light, a smell.
It is the writer's task to use it in such a way that it serves,
never fails, can never be ignored.
The writer must be able to revel and roll in the abundance of words.
He must know not only the direct but also the secret power of a word.
There are overtones and undertones to a word, and lateral echoes, too."


Knut Hamsun
(08/04/1859 – 02/19/1952)
Norwegian writer

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I could have said all that...................... but nobody asked.

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 20th February:

"Lux and I have always been reckless and sought out thrills,
taken risks, probably blown our minds in certain pursuits.
It's only from living this way that we come up with this stuff."



Poison Ivy Rorschach
(02/20/1953 – )
US guitarist (Cramps)

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That girl gives me an itch I can't resist scratching...

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 21st February:

"If there are any of you at the back who do not hear me,
please don't raise your hands because I am also nearsighted."



W. H. Auden
(02/21/1907 – 09/29/1973)
English-US writer

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Err....................... yes.

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 22nd February:

"The next best thing to being witty one's self,
is to be able to quote another's wit."


Christian Nestell Bovee
(02/22/1820 – 01/18/1904)
US writer

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And moving swiftly on............

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 23rd February:

"A rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing."



Jessamyn West
(07/18/1902 – 02/23/1984)
US writer

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Whereas the lesson you learn from one that does, might be your final one...........