Showing posts with label quote of the day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quote of the day. Show all posts

Monday, February 7, 2011

i reject your reality and substitute my own

That is the quote of the day (or week).

Been watching a lot of MythBusters lately.

Friday, January 2, 2009

quote of the day

"Jag är ingen maskin! Jag är kvinna!"

Yrrol: An Enormously Well Thought Out Movie

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

quote of the day

I like the motto of the Mythbusters shop:

"With enough lubrication you can do anything."

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

overheard in new york

Little boy looking on ground while holding toy: Have you seen the golden screw?
Nanny: Oh honey, we're all looking for that.

--Central Park

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

quote of the day

When economists do it they are definitely elastic.

Monday, May 5, 2008

quote of the day

"Our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, but only empties today of its strength"

Charles H. Spurgeon


"Fear is a habit; so is self-pity, defeat, anxiety, despair, hopelessness and resignation. You can eliminate all of these negative habits with two simple resolves: I can!! and I will!!"

Monday, April 14, 2008

quote of the day

"Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same."

- Francesca Reigler

Sunday, February 17, 2008

"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use."

Søren Kierkegaard

Monday, February 4, 2008

"You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future"

Thursday, January 24, 2008

no sleep yet

My plan is already failing. I'm up late although my intention was to get up early and start with the research. Why did I have to start unravel all my thoughts today?

"Restless thoughts, like a deadly swarm of hornets arm'd, no sooner found alone, but rush upon me thronging."
John Milton

Thursday, August 16, 2007

quote of the day

"The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't."

Douglas Adams

(One of my favorite quotes from 'The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy'.)

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

quote of the day

"Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you."

Marsha Norman

Monday, August 13, 2007

quote of the day

"We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours."

Dag Hammarskjöld


"Dreams are like stars...you may never touch them, but if you follow them they will lead you to your destiny."

Unknown

Friday, August 10, 2007

quote of the day


"If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character...Would you slow down? Or speed up?"

Chuck Palahnuik

Friday, June 29, 2007

quote of the day

"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast."

Oscar Wilde

Thursday, May 31, 2007

quote of the day

"Americans have different ways of saying things. They say 'elevator', we say 'lift'... they say 'President', we say 'stupid psychopathic git'."

Alexai Sayle