Category Archives: The Thought for the Day/2018
The Thought for the Day – George Carlin
This species could have been so great, and now everybody just wants a new Salad Shooter or sneakers with lights in them. This is what we’ve settled for. – George Carlin George Carlin (1937-2008) was an American comedian, usually ranked … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Will Durant
He had the courage to defy his enemies because he did not have the intellect to doubt his truth. He was what he had to be to do what he had to do. – Will Durant, The Story of Civilization: … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Gore Vidal
How not to be forgotten? How to retain the floor for life? That was the question ambition asked but did not answer. – Gore Vidal, Washington, DC Gore Vidal (1925-2012) needs no introduction to regular readers of this feature. If … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – John Wooden
I will get ready, and then, perhaps, my time will come. – John Wooden John Wooden (1910-2010) was an American college basketball coach, primarily known for his tenure with the UCLA Bruins, where he won ten national titles, a record … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Paul Harvey
In times like these, it helps to remember there have always been times like these. – Paul Harvey Paul Harvey was an American radio announcer, fondly remembered for, among other things, his news commentaries. His father was a police officer … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Dr David J Peck
For Lewis and Clark there would only be a little bit of practical knowledge, some theoretical nonsense, and a small supply of mostly worthless medications. – Dr David J Peck, Or Perish in the Attempt: Wilderness Medicine in the Lewis … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Gore Vidal
I was startled to find how often this traditionalist sage was at odds with received opinion. – Gore Vidal, Creation Longtime readers of mine know the reverence we have for both Gore Vidal and Creation. For our money, Vidal is unsurpassed … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Cervantes
Fortune is guiding our affairs better than we ourselves could have wished. – Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) was a Spanish writer, with Don Quixote universally acclaimed as a landmark of human letters. It is the … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Jackie Kashian
None of us wanted to be the first to die, so we all died. – Jackie Kashian Jackie Kashian is an American comedienne. Originally from Milwaukee, she now lives in Los Angeles and has been a practicing comedienne since 1986, … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Henry David Thoreau
We only need travel enough to give our intellect an airing. – Henry David Thoreau, diary entry, 11/20/1857 Thoreau, one of the few of our species who only needs one name, might well be, along with Gore Vidal, the most … Continue reading