uncle phil

Thomas Nast - September 27, 1840

"Another such victory and I am done."

Regarding the cover of Harper's Weekly March 24, 1877:

"It was 1877 and President-Elect Rutherford B. Hayes was being Inaugurated as 19th President after a Closely Contended Battle -- the Results of which were Contested ~ The Nation was Scandalized as Hayes was Chosen President by the Electoral College

Great Political Cartoon Art by Thomas Nast Lampooning the Results of Audacious Political Scallywaggery!

Nast's Iconic Republican Elephant finally Established as the Symbol of the Republican Party..."

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

warrrreagl

"Beauty, to me, is about being comfortable in your own skin. That, or a kick-ass red lipstick."

Gwyneth Paltrow (September 27, 1972)

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Living is easy with eyes closed.

warrrreagl

"There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife."

Stephen Spender (September 28, 1909 - 1995)

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Living is easy with eyes closed.

uncle phil

Confucius - September 28, 551 B.C.

"Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves."

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

mixedmedia

John Sayles, filmmaker (born September 28, 1950)

I've always felt like I was on the margins. Once upon a time that's what independent used to mean.

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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

thirdsun

"Success is following the pattern of life one enjoys most."
Al Capp - (September 28, 1909 – November 5, 1979)

uncle phil

Miguel de Cervantes - September 29, 1547

“Once a woman parts with her virtue, she loses the esteem even of the man whose vows and tears won her to abandon it.”

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

mixedmedia

Michelangelo Antonioni, filmmaker (29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007)

Scientific man is already on the moon, and yet we are still living with the moral concepts of Homer.

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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

thirdsun

"The Cowboy Code:

1. never shoot first, hit a smaller man, or take unfair advantage.
2. never go back on your word, or a trust confided in you.
3. always tell the truth.
4. be gentle with children, the elderly and animals.
5. not advocate or possess racially or religiously intolerant ideas.
6. help people in distress.
7. be a good worker.
8. keep yourself clean in thought, speech, action and personal habits.
9. respect women, parents and your nation's laws.
10. be a patriot."

Gene Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998)

uncle phil

Truman Capote - September 30, 1924

“A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.”

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

thirdsun

"Poetry is like making a joke. If you get one word wrong at the end of a joke, you've lost the whole thing."

W. S. Merwin - ( b. September 30, 1927)

Grancey

Julie Andrews (Oct. 1, 1935)

"Sometimes I`m so sweet even I can`t stand it."

"Singing has never been particularly easy for me. "



It's apparent that I have difficulty picking just one, of anything.

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Quiet, mild-mannered souls might just turn out to be roaring lions of two-fisted cool.

warrrreagl

"Sometimes there is a greater lack of communication in facile talking than in silence."

Faith Baldwin (October 1, 1893 - 1978)

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Living is easy with eyes closed.

uncle phil

Jimmy Carter - October 1, 1924

“If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.”

__________________
"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

thirdsun

"A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman."

Wallace Stevens (October 2, 1879 – August 2, 1955)

uncle phil

Groucho Marx - October 2, 1890

“Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men, the other 999 follow women.”

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

thirdsun

"We clearly live in a world of secular artists, intellectuals and major media, but interestingly we find religion alive in several significant composers today including Arvo Pärt, Gorecki, Philip Glass, Michael Gordon, Giya Kancheli among others not to mention Igor Stravinsky (or J.S. Bach). Music and religion seem to be intimately tied together. Every society has always had religious music. I am merely part of a long tradition that is still alive."

Steve Reich - (born October 3, 1936)

warrrreagl

"Cats are connoisseurs of comfort."

James Herriot (October 3, 1915 - 1995)




PENALTY FLAG on ThirdSun for posting a birthday quote before the birthday.

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Living is easy with eyes closed.

uncle phil

Thomas Wolfe - October 3, 1900

“If a man has talent and can't use it, he's failed. If he uses only half of it, he has partly failed. If he uses the whole of it, he has succeeded, and won a satisfaction and triumph few men ever know.”

__________________
"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

uncle phil

Alvin Toffler - October 4, 1928

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

thirdsun

“I can teach you to be a lawyer, because there are certain rules. There are certain rules in being a doctor or in building houses. But, in making a picture, there are no rules. It's just your particular instinctual feeling for what it is.”

George Sidney (October 4, 1916 - May 5, 2002)

thirdsun

"Be regular and orderly in your life, that you may be violent and original in your work.”

Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952)

Grancey

"You're only as good as the people you hire."

"We take the hamburger business more seriously than anyone else."

"The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it."


Ray Kroc (Oct. 5 1902 - Jan. 14, 1984)

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Quiet, mild-mannered souls might just turn out to be roaring lions of two-fisted cool.

uncle phil

Bill Dana - October 5, 1924

“Studies have shown that regulatory burden and compliance is one of the most significant costs to a small bank, substantially more than anything other than your payroll.”

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

mixedmedia

Flann O'Brien, nom de plume of Brian O'Nolan, writer (5 October 1911 – 1 April 1966)

The gross and net result of it is that people who spent most of their natural lives riding iron bicycles over the rocky roadsteads of this parish get their personalities mixed up with the personalities of their bicycle as a result of the interchanging of the atoms of each of them and you would be surprised at the number of people in these parts who are nearly half people and half bicycles...when a man lets things go so far that he is more than half a bicycle, you will not see him so much because he spends a lot of his time leaning with one elbow on walls or standing propped by one foot at kerbstones. - from The Third Policeman

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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

uncle phil

Since my gentle penalty flag had no effect, can you please send a reminder to thirdsun that the intent of the Daily Quote thread is to post a quote by a famous person on their actual birthday, and not the day before? Thanks.

done...

phil

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

thirdsun

Sorry. They are all date-time stamped on the right day. Isn't that what matters? I've kept +6 hours time (London) since I signed up for TFP.

mixedmedia

sheesh...what are there now, two people contributing to this thread?

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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

warrrreagl

"A house is a machine for living in."

Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887 - 1965)

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Living is easy with eyes closed.

uncle phil

Alfred Tennyson - October 6, 1809

“Their's not to make reply, Their's not to reason why, Their's but to do and die.”

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

warrrreagl

"Life is a sexually transmitted disease."

R. D. Laing (October 7, 1927 - 1989)

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Living is easy with eyes closed.

uncle phil

Andy Devine - October 7, 1905

When asked if he had strange nodes on his vocal cords, Devine replied, "I've got the same nodes as Bing Crosby, but his are in tune."

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

warrrreagl

"If you come back from the dead, you don't have the same value system, I think."

Sigourney Weaver (October 8, 1949)

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Living is easy with eyes closed.

uncle phil

Paul Hogan - October 8, 1939

“The secret to my success is that I bit off more than I could chew and chewed as fast as I could.”

__________________
"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

warrrreagl

A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.

All we are saying is give peace a chance.

All you need is love.

As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.

Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground.

Everything is clearer when you're in love.

God is a concept by which we measure our pain.

Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn't enough and you have to go and get shot or something.

Happiness is a warm gun.

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.

If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal.

Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.

Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow.

Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it.

Part of me suspects that I'm a loser, and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty.

Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

The more I see the less I know for sure.

The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.

There's nothing you can know that isn't known.

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.

We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.

When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.

Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.

You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!

You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.

You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate.

John Lennon (October 9, 1940 - 1980)

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Living is easy with eyes closed.

uncle phil

Rube Marquard - October 9, 1889

"Any hitter can hit a fast one," he said, "but not many can hit slow ones."

__________________
"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

uncle phil

John Prine - October 10, 1946

“Have you ever noticed / When you're feeling really good / There's always a pigeon / That'll come shit on your hood / Or you're feeling your freedom / And the world's off your back / Some cowboy from Texas / Starts his own war in Iraq.”

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

warrrreagl

"I don't know what other people are doing - I just know about me."

Thelonious Monk (October 10, 1917 - 1982)

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Living is easy with eyes closed.

Strange Famous

Harold Pinter

"God looked into his secret heart
to find a word
To bless the living throng below.

But look and look as he might do
And begging ghosts to live again
But hearing no song in that room
He found with harshly burning pain
He had no blessing to bestow."

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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."

The Gospel of Thomas

warrrreagl

One of my favorite playwrights. Good one, SF.

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Living is easy with eyes closed.