"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life."
- Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for a federal anti-smoking campaign.
"It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago"
- Dan Quayle, former U.S. Vice-President
“This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know, that the soul exists, and that it is built entirely out of attention.” ~ Mary Oliver
Maybe I am reading this wrong. And even as I sit here and read it again I suppose now that she could be referring to ones attention to their own soul. But when read that it’s built out of attention of others, I disagree completely. Maybe a better way to say it would have been “entirely out of ones own attention.”
Thoughts?
I think it’s pretty clear here that I’ve decided for most of these topics that one quote isn’t even close to enough so here are SEVERAL quotes from some songs that I love currently that really have nothing to do with anything except for the fact that I find them catchy.'
If you don’t like it, write your own damn blog.
And yes, I know that 90% of these lyrics can be heard on this blog.
“Tomorrow I’ll wake up, do some P90X. Find a really nice girl, have some really nice sex. And she’s gonna scream out this is great.” ~Bruno Mars, Lazy Song
“Yeah I'm sorry, I can't afford a Ferrari,
But that don't mean i can't get you there.
I guess he's an xbox and I'm more atari,
But the way you play your game ain't fair.
I pity the fool that falls in love with you” ~Cee-Lo Green F*ck You
“you got designer shades,
just to hide your face and
you wear them around like
you're cooler than me.
and you never say hey,
or remember my name.
its probably cuz,
you think you're cooler than me” ~Mike Posner, Cooler Than Me
“Pretty pretty please, don’t you ever ever feel
like you’re less than f*ckin perfect
Pretty pretty please, if you ever ever feel like you’re nothing
You’re f*ckin perfect to me….
Exchange ourselves, and we do it all the time
Why do we do that? Why do I do that?” ~Pink, F*ckin Perfect
Sooo…. maybe I am a bit stuck on myself lately? :)
Well, that’s descriptive!… A short quote… Alright… Here you go! (That was easy)
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
And on that note, RIP Jordan Boyd Traylor, Dec 28, 2008 – the way I learned that life is entirely too short to stay mad at someone…
Have a great Wednesday.
Carleton College…
adduce \uh-duce\ (verb)
1. To offer as an example, reason or proof in discussion or analysis
Example sentence:
Having adduced to the scientific community numerous instances of her work having been plagiarized, Jan was appalled when her claims were dismissed as petty rivalry between lab mates.
Some of these will show my… interesting sense of humor, but hopefully some others will put a smile on your face!
I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three. ~Elayne Boosler
An expert is a man who tells you a simple thing in a confused way in such a fashion as to make you think the confusion is your own fault. ~William Castle
I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back. ~Fred Allen
Just because you're not paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you. ~Colin Sautar
“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.” ~Robert McCloskey
“I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.” ~Oscar Wilde
“Love is like a booger. You keep picking at it until you get it, then wonder what to do with it.’ ~Unknown
"Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." ~Douglas Adams
My favorite book to this day is still The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier. I still don’t know why. It does not by any means fit my standard type of book be it the romance, the inspirational or the “young adult” fiction (aka Twilight, Host, Harry Potter…) But I love it. This one may be a bit more for the men than the ladies but a good read nonetheless…
“You see, Carter, people are two things: greedy and cruel. So we have a perfect set up here. The greed part--a kid pays a buck for a chance to win a hundred. Plus fifty boxes of chocolates. The cruel part--watching two guys hitting each other, maybe hurting each other, while they're safe in the bleachers. That's why it works, Carter, because we're all bastards. ” - Archie, pg. 241. Robert Cormier, The Chocolate War
