Paths
January 22, 2021 Filed under Inspiration
It is up to us whether we subordinate ourselves to god, nature, or other persons.
A saying I made up, then printed out and taped over my desk, in high school
Memory
August 27, 2019 Filed under Inspiration
“You shall forget these things, toiling in the household,
-T. S. Eliot
You shall remember them, droning by the fire,
When age and forgetfulness sweeten memory
Only like a dream that has often been told
And often been changed in the telling. They will seem unreal.
Human kind cannot bear very much reality.”
Endurance
August 16, 2019 Filed under Inspiration
“For scientific discovery give me Scott; for speed and efficiency of travel give me Amundsen; but when disaster strikes and all hope is gone, get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton.”
Sir Raymond Priestly, Antarctic Explorer and Geologist.
Bloody explorers!
July 21, 2019 Filed under Amused, Inspiration
“Bloody explorers. Ponce off to mumbo-jumbo land and arrive home with a tropical disease, a suntan, and a bag of brown lumpy things, and Bob’s your uncle and everyone’s got a picture of them in the lavatory. I mean, what about all the people who do all the work?”
Edmund Blackadder
Motivation
July 10, 2019 Filed under Inspiration
“To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.”
Leonard Bernstein (possibly quoting someone else)