Minggu, 31 Juli 2011
Anne Wilson Schaef – grieving process
“We begin to see that the completion of an important project has every right to be dignified by a natural grieving process. Something that required the best of you has ended. You will miss it.” ~ Anne Wilson
Buffy Sainte-Marie
"Sixteen million colors in your palette are hard for any artist, especially a beginner, to turn down."
Buffy
Buffy
Sabtu, 30 Juli 2011
Jumat, 29 Juli 2011
Willa Cather
"The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is."
Willa
Willa
Rabu, 27 Juli 2011
Selasa, 26 Juli 2011
No mind, however loving, could bear to see plainly into all the recess of another mind. -Bennett, Thomas A.
No mind, however loving, could bear to see plainly into all the recess of another mind. -Bennett, Thomas
Chance generally favors the prudent. -Joubert, Joseph
Chance generally favors the prudent. -Joubert,
Senin, 25 Juli 2011
Louisa May Alcott – beauty
Taupo, New Zealand – 11 October 2009“Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead.” ~Louisa May
Katherine Kelly Lang (50)
In 1961, Katherine Kelly Lang was born on this date in Hollywood, California,
Minggu, 24 Juli 2011
Benigno Aquino, Jr. – honor and conscience
“Live with honor and follow your conscience.” ~Benigno Aquino,
Sabtu, 23 Juli 2011
Jumat, 22 Juli 2011
Bern Williams
"People who say, 'Let the chips fall where they may,' usually figure they will not be hit by a chip."
Bern
Bern
Friendship quotes-Beautiful discovery
"The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart". -Elisabeth
Kamis, 21 Juli 2011
Rabu, 20 Juli 2011
Selasa, 19 Juli 2011
Anne Sullivan
We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains.
Anne
Anne
Martin Buber
When people come to you for help, do not turn them off with pious words, saying, "Have faith and take your troubles to God." Act instead as though there were no God, as though there were only one person in the world who could help -- only yourself.
Martin
Martin
Senin, 18 Juli 2011
Friendship quotes-Connection to life
"A good friend is a connection to life - a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world". - Lois
E. D. Hirsch, Jr.
“We have ignored cultural literacy in thinking about education … We ignore the air we breathe until it is thin or foul. Cultural literacy is the oxygen of social intercourse.” E. D. Hirsch, Jr.
Minggu, 17 Juli 2011
Polly Berrien Berends
"The gain is not the having of children; it is the discovery of love and how to be loving."
Polly Berrien
Polly Berrien
Sabtu, 16 Juli 2011
Famous people quotes-Smile
Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.-Mother
Famous people quotes-Smile
Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.-Mother
Jumat, 15 Juli 2011
Deep thoughts-Heaven itself
"Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend".
Kamis, 14 Juli 2011
Famous people quotes-Too much time
"If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.” – Bruce
Rabu, 13 Juli 2011
We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glowworm. -Churchill, Winston
We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glowworm. -Churchill,
Deep thoughts-A woman's feelings
I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman’s feelings; and there may often be a great deal more suffered than a stander-by can judge of.- Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Mansfield
Selasa, 12 Juli 2011
Emily Kimbrough – comfort
“Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand.” ~Emily
Thought for Today – peace in heart
“There is an ancient peace you carry in your heart and have not lost.” ~Thought for
Senin, 11 Juli 2011
Bible Verse of the Day – John 11:25-26
Jesus said to her(Martha), “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe
Bible Verse of the Day – Jeremiah 14:22
Do any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies themselves send down showers? No, it is you, LORD our God. Therefore our hope is in you, for you are the one who does all
Minggu, 10 Juli 2011
The Los Alfaques Disaster (1978)
The Los Alfaques disaster was an explosion that took place near a campsite in Tarragona, Spain, when a leaking tanker truck loaded with 23 tons of highly flammable liquid propylene ignited. This resulted in a massive explosion and fireball that reached over 1000° F (538° C) and destroyed everything within a 1000-ft (300-m) radius. It killed 217 people, including the truck’s driver, and severely burned more than 200. What regulations were later instituted to prevent future disasters of
Chemical Cause of Sunburn Soreness
Anyone who has ever suffered a serious sunburn knows that it hurts, but now scientists say they have begun to unravel why sunburns are so painful. They have pinpointed a chemical in the body, CXCL5, that triggers pain and is produced when the skin is exposed to the sun’s ultraviolet rays. Further testing on rats showed that a neutralizing antibody that targeted this chemical could reduce the sensitivity to pain caused by UVB irradiation. The findings could help researchers develop pain
Jeff Dunham: Difficulty in Being Politically Correct
Jeff Dunham: You’re afraid of offending people? Achmed: Yeah. Jeff Dunham: You’re a terrorist. You kill people. Achmed: That’s different. Killing people is easy; being politically correct is a pain in the
"Acquaintance many, and conquaintance few, But for inquaintance I know only two – The friend I’ve wept and the maid I woo" – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“Acquaintance many, and conquaintance few, But for inquaintance I know only two – The friend I’ve wept and the maid I woo” – Samuel Taylor
Sabtu, 09 Juli 2011
Pliny’s Natural History
Pliny the Elder was a Roman scholar famous for his Historia Naturalis—Natural History—an encyclopedia published in 77 CE. His one surviving work, it is divided into 37 books that survey all the known sciences of the day, notably geography, anthropology, zoology, mineralogy, and botany. Although the work was the European authority on scientific matters up to the Middle Ages, it is of uneven accuracy. Pliny was in the process of revising the work when he died observing what disaster?
Jumat, 08 Juli 2011
Kamis, 07 Juli 2011
Clara Schumann
"My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art."
Clara
Clara
Rabu, 06 Juli 2011
Benjamin Disraeli
"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action."
Benjamin
Benjamin
Selasa, 05 Juli 2011
Baltasar Gracian
"Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art."
Baltasar
Baltasar
Senin, 04 Juli 2011
Calvin Coolidge
"Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country."
Calvin
Calvin