Quote of the day

[PamfromTx]

 

[MarciKS]

"A smile is a curve that sets everything straight."
~ Phyllis Diller

 

[Pecos]

"Those who don't believe in magic will never find it."

By Roald Dahi

 

[PamfromTx]

 

[PamfromTx]

 

[PamfromTx]

 

[PamfromTx]

 

[Pecos]

"To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable."

By Erich Fromm

 

[MarciKS]

 

[Ceege]

"I like these cold, gray winter days.
Days like these let you savor a bad mood."
Bill Watterson
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[Aunt Bea]

“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.”― Stephen King​

 

[grahamg]

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Or he may break yours to show you how it feels(?). !

 

[grahamg]

"A smile is a curve that sets everything straight."
~ Phyllis Diller

Dead right. !

 

[Murrmurr]

Or he may break yours to show you how it feels(?). !

Or, Beware the man who may be seeking revenge.

 

[Pecos]

"If you must take care that your opinions do not differ in the least from those with whom you are talking, you might just as well be alone."

Japanese poet Yoshida Kenko

 

[asp3]

“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.”​

- Harlan Ellison

 

[Pecos]

“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.”​

- Harlan Ellison

asp3, Your quote is so right.
"The world would be a much better place if people did understand the difference between: their initial reaction, their opinion, and an actual informed opinion. That would of course, require activation of some brain cells."

by Pecos LOL

 

[MarciKS]

Or he may break yours to show you how it feels(?). !

I already know how it feels.

 

[grahamg]

I already know how it feels.

Me too, more than once, (does that make it partly my fault?), but in general though, my point maybe stands(?). .

 

[grahamg]

asp3, Your quote is so right.
"The world would be a much better place if people did understand the difference between: their initial reaction, their opinion, and an actual informed opinion. That would of course, require activation of some brain cells."

by Pecos LOL

I think we have to try to learn to live with ignorance, not least because its all around us, and maybe includes our own opinions or assumed knowledge sometimes(?)).
Perhaps the greatest trouble isn't whether everyone is entitled to their opinion, "right or wrong", but the ease with which those opinions can be repeated nowadays, whereas they were not so easily disseminated in the past. .

 

[PamfromTx]

 

[Pecos]

"Santa Claus has the right idea, Visit people only once a year."

by Comedian Victor Borge

 

[Lakeland living]

It is very simple, bad things happen so you know when the good things happen.
ME..

 

[MarciKS]

Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand.
-Woody Allen *lol*

 

[grahamg]

Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand.
-Woody Allen *lol*

"Is that what's called bringing things down to rock bottom",(note Shakespearean reference !).