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Good Morning World. On this day: In 1952, Clarence Birdseye marketed the first frozen peas in Chester, N.Y. While a U.S. field naturalist near the Arctic, he had learned the technique of flash freezing from Labrador Inuit. Freshly caught fish, when placed onto the Arctic ice in the frigid wind, froze solid almost immediately. In Sep 1922, he began a company, Birdseye Seafoods, Inc., to process

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Good Morning. Prayer for this Sunday: Almighty and merciful God, it is only by your gift that your faithful people offer you true and laudable service: Grant that we may run without stumbling to obtain your heavenly promises; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. The Ten Commandments for Hillbillies (via Scott McKnight

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Good morning world. On this day: The statue of liberty was officially unveiled in 1886.Bill Gates turns 56.Jonas Salk was born in 1914. I remember how liberating it was to have a polio vaccine. Before that, there was near paranoia about polio. Thought from the day from Psalm 84:10. Better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God

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Good Morning World. On this day: In 1492, Columbus "discovers" Cuba. In 1997, the stock market dropped 554 points. John Cleese was born in 1939. Roberto Begnini was born in 1952. Now this is a halloween decoration that I like.

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Michael Josephson CommentaryThere comes a moment when you have to stop revving up the car and shove it into gear.– David MahoneyEvery individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.– Nathaniel Hawthorne, author (1804-1864)As I get older, I’ve learned to listen to people rather than accuse them of things.– Po Bronson, journalist,

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Michael Josephson CommentaryThe true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself.– Robert Ingersoll, political leader, orator (1833-1899)The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.– Samuel Butler, British poet (1612-1680)Manifest plainness,Embrace simplicity,Reduce selfishness,Have few desires.– Lao-tzu, Chinese

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Michael Josephson CommentaryWe can set our deeds to the music of a grateful heart and seek to round our lives into a hymn – the melody of which will be recognized by all who come in contact with us.– William Mackergo Taylor, Scottish clergyman (1829-1895)Don’t aim at any impossible heroisms. Strive rather to be quiet in your own sphere. Don’t live in the cloudland of some transcendental heaven;

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"Oneliners"If you want the world to beat a path to your door, just try to take a nap on a Saturday afternoon. Measure wealth not by the things you have, but by the things you have for which you would not take money. When your dreams turn to dust, it's time to vacuum. Is your holier side your altar ego? I need someone to refresh my memory. How many cars are allowed through an intersection after

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Michael Josephson CommentaryHe’ll cheat without scruple, who can without fear.– Benjamin Franklin, philosopher and statesman (1706-1790)One man practicing sportsmanship is better than a hundred teaching it.– Knute Rockne, football coach (1888-1931)What a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what he has.– Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (1788-1860)

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"If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it." - Marcus Aurelius Antonius (Roman Emperor and philosopher)"Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds." - Buddha (Religious leader) "The act of acting morally is behaving as if everything we do matters." - Gloria Steinem (Writer, lecturer, editor and feminist activist)"Action indeed is the sole medium of

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I am an optimist. It does not seem to be much use being anything else.– Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister (1874-1965)The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; the pessimist fears this is true.– James Branch Cabell, author (1879-1958)Many an optimist has become rich by buying out a pessimist.– Robert G. Allen, businessman, Congressman (1902-1963)Michael

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Michael Josephson CommentaryI don’t see the point of being a human being if you’re not going to be responsible to your fellow human beings. Selfishness thefts away the human and reduces you to just a being.– Candea Core-StarkeRespect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners.– Laurence Stern, Anglo-Irish author, clergyman (1713-1768)In prosperity, our friends know us;

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Michael Josephson CommentaryWe wish that the last object on the sight of him who leaves his native shore, and the first to gladden his who revisits it, may be something which shall remind him of the liberty and the glory of his country. Let it rise till it meets the sun in his coming; let the earliest light of the morning gild it, and parting day linger and play on its summit.– Daniel Webster,

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Michael Josephson CommentaryWhat do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought to ask himself often. Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss poet (1741-1801)Deference is the most complicated, the most indirect, and the most elegant of all compliments. William Shenstone, British poet (1714-1763)Grace is the outcome of inward harmony.

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He that honoureth his father shall have a long life.– BibleI haven’t taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example in one week.– Mario Cuomo, governor of New York You don’t have to deserve your mother’s love. You have to deserve your father’s.– Robert Lee Frost, poet (1874-1963) To you your father should be as a god;One that compos’d your beauties; yea, and one,To whom you are but as

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Michael Josephson CommentaryPut more trust in nobility of character than in an oath. – Solon, Greek statesman, poet (638-558 BC)Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander. – Holocaust MuseumFor those who are always courteous and respectful of elders, four things increase: life, beauty, happiness, and strength. – Gautama Buddha, founder of

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Michael Josephson Commentary: The Illusion of Success 621.2I am different from Washington. I have a higher, grander standard of principle. Washington could not lie. I can lie, but I won’t. – Mark Twain, author, humorist (1835-1910)If there is light in the soul,There will be beauty in the person.If there is beauty in the person,There will be harmony in the house.If there is harmony in the house,

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Michael Josephson Commentary: Grocery Store Ethics 619.4Prejudice not founded on reason cannot be removed by argument.– Samuel Johnson, British author (1709-1784)One of the best temporary cures for pride is seasickness. A man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.– Henry Wheeler Shaw, humorist, lecturer (1818-1885)In matters of principle, stand like a rock. In matters of taste, swim with the

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Michael Josephson CommentaryI cannot believe the purpose of life is to be happy. The purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honorable, to be compassionate.– Leo C. Rosten, teacher, humorist (1908-1997)Suggest what is right, oppose what is wrong. What you think, speak. Satisfy yourself and not others. If you are not popular, you will at least be respected. Popularity lasts but a

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Michael Josephson CommentaryWhen the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.– Japanese proverbWe should make a notch every day on our characters, as Robinson Crusoe on his stick. We must be at the helm at least once a day; we must feel the tiller-rope in our hands and know that if we sail, we steer.– Henry David Thoreau, poet, naturalist (1817-1862)Before you tell someone how

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Michael Josephson CommentaryThe happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. Therefore, guard accordingly. – Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, Roman emperor (121-180) “Learn what is true in order to do what is right” is the summing up of the whole duty of mankind. – Thomas Henry Huxley, British biologist (1825-1895)Never give unnecessary pain. The cricket is not the

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Michael Josephson CommentaryBe aware that a halo has to fall only a few inches to be a noose.– Dan McKinnon, author, aviation executive Be not ashamed of thy virtues. Honor’s a good brooch to wear in a man’s hat at all times.– Ben Jonson, British poet, actor (1572-1637)If you must hate, if hatred is the leaven of your life, then hate what should be hated: falsehood, violence, selfishness.– Karl

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iGoogle: "I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself. - Marlene Dietrich"

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Michael Josephson Commentary: Being Decisive 612.3Another great post from MichaelIf the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.– Lucy Larcom, poet (1824-1893)I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor.– Henry David Thoreau, author, poet, naturalist (1817-1862)Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing

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When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, “I used everything you gave me.”– Erma Bombeck, humorist (1927-1996)There is something so beautiful in trust that even the most hardened liar needs feel a certain respect for those who confide in him.– Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian writer (1830-1916)Be civil to all,

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Michael Josephson CommentaryScience may have found a cure for most evils, but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all – the apathy of human beings.– Helen Keller, author, activist (1880-1968)No man has ever been born a Negro hater, a Jew hater, or any other kind of hater. Nature refuses to be involved in such suicidal practices.– Harry Bridges, union leader (1901-1990)Greatness lies not

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Michael Josephson CommentaryThe mischief of children is seldom actuated by malice; that of grown-up people always is.– Antoine de Rivarol, French writer (1753-1801)To thine own self be true,And it must follow, as the night the day,Thou canst not then be false to any man.–William Shakespeare, British poet, playwright (1564-1616) A man is called selfish, not for pursuing his own good but for

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Contentment is the grateful, faithful, fruitful use of what we have. Not to drink because one has but half a cup or because one does not like its flavor or because someone else has silver to one’s own glass is to lose the contents. No one is discontented who employs and enjoys to the utmost what he has. — Maltbie Davenport Babcock, writer, clergyman (1858-1901)Accept that you are totally,

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Every day you get many chances to become angry. All are anger invitations. You could accept every one, in which case you’ll be angry all the time. The key is to ignore the less important invitations. — Ron Potter-Efron and Pat Potter-Efron, psychotherapistsThe chief secret of comfort lies in not suffering trifles to vex us, and in prudently cultivating an undergrowth of small pleasures, since

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There is a stigma attached to being in crisis. But I say let’s admit that none of us have it together.– Ronit Herzfeld, therapist, social activistWe have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.– Martin Luther King, Jr., civil-rights activist, minister (1929-1968)It is not in the still calm of life or the repose

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There is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self.– Whitney Young, civil-rights leader (1921-1971)They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts.– Sir Philip Sidney, British poet (1554-1586)While slight attention to the soul can go a long way, it isn’t enough to maintain the active life and give the soul mere

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The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.– Abraham Lincoln, 16th President (1809-1865)Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.– Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French author (1613-1680)Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.– Aesop, Greek slave (620-560 BC)A great

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There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.– Henry David Thoreau, author, naturalist (1817-1862)The generous who is always just, and the just who is always generous, may, unannounced, approach the throne of heaven.– Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss poet (1741-1801)Fraud and falsehood dread examination. Truth invites it.– Thomas Cooper, political philosopher (1759-1851)Find out

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A Flower unblown,A Book unread,A Tree with fruit unharvestedA Path untrod, A House whose rooms lack yet the heart’s divine perfumes.This is the Year that for you waitsBeyond tomorrow’s mystic gates.– Horatio Nelson Powers, poet (1826-1890)May all your troubles last as long as your New Year’s resolutions.– Joey Adams, comedian (1911-1999)Never tell your resolution beforehand or it’s twice as

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The church bells of innumerable sects are all chime bells today, ringing in sweet accordance throughout many lands and awaking a great joy in the heart of our common humanity.– Edwin Hubbell Chapin, minister, social reformer (1814-1880)It is the most human and kindly of seasons, as fully penetrated and irradiated with the feeling of human brotherhood.– George William Curtis, writer, speaker (1824

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We never reach our ideals, whether of mental or moral improvement, but the thought of them shows us our deficiencies and spurs us on to higher and better things.– Tryon Edwards, theologian (1809-1894)Good nature is the very air of a good mind, the sign of a large and generous soul, and the peculiar soil in which virtue prospers.– Godfrey Goodman, Anglican bishop (1582-1656)There cannot live a

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Michael Josephson CommentaryWhere boasting ends, there dignity begins.– Edward Young, British poet (1681-1765)Content thyself to be obscurely good. The post of honor is a private station.– Joseph Addison, British essayist (1672-1719)The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.– Ambrose Bierce, journalist, satirist (1842-1914)It is my humble prayer that I may be of some use in

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You should examine yourself daily. If you find faults, you should correct them. When you find none, you should try even harder.– Wang Xizhi, Chinese calligrapher (303-361)Dignity of position adds to dignity of character as well as to dignity of carriage. Give us a proud position, and we are impelled to act up to it.– Christian Nestell Bovee, author, lawyer (1820-1904)People who fly into a rage

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From Dick Staub's BLOG:Then we your people, the flock of your pasture, will give thanks to you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise. Psalm 79:13The worse moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank. G. K. Chesterton Jesus took the seven loaves and the fish; and after giving thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and the

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TRUE QUOTES FROM INDUHVIDUALS"I wish life was in 3-D." "You shut your mouth when you're talking to me!""I have to go drop a kidney.""I've already forgotten more than I'll ever know!""I'd rather be safe than sore.""He smokes like a fish!""He's not the sharpest hole in the wall.""My sister gave me a cream-colored couch, and honest-to-god I hate it as much as life itself.""I'm running around with a

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Michael Josephson CommentaryLet the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans.– John F. Kennedy, 35th President (1917-1963)In a composite Nation like ours, made up of almost every variety of the human family, there should be, as before the Law, no rich, no poor, no high, no low, no black, no white, but one

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Michael Josephson Commentary: It’s Not Easy 591.4: "Let’s be honest. Ethics is not for wimps. It’s not easy being a good person."Wonderful words from Michael Josephson.

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Michael Josephson CommentaryYou cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.– Ralph Waldo Emerson, poet, philosopher (1803-1882)We may scatter the seeds of courtesy and kindness around us at so little expense. Some will inevitably fall on good ground and grow up into benevolence in the minds of others. All will bear fruit of happiness in the bosom whence they

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Michael Josephson CommentaryTry praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first.– William Ashley Sunday, baseball player and evangelist (1862-1935)More hearts pine away in secret anguish for the want of kindness from those who should be their comforters than for any other calamity in life.– Edward Young, British poet (1681-1765)When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-46610631628328317742008-10-17T16:14:00.000-04:002008-10-17T16:14:57.801-04:00

Op-Ed Contributor - Buy American. I Am. - NYTimes.com: "A simple rule dictates my buying: Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful."This is great advice from Warren Buffett

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-71891147947392208582008-10-17T10:08:00.000-04:002008-10-17T10:08:04.935-04:00

Michael Josephson Commentary: "By this definition, John Wooden, my favorite coach and teacher, is every inch a great American philosopher. Here are just a few of his powerful insights: On Perfection: 'Perfection is an impossibility, but striving for perfection is not. Do the best you can. That is what counts.' On Management: 'You'll get better cooperation and results if you're sincerely

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-55913703521857907272008-10-17T10:05:00.000-04:002008-10-17T10:05:32.832-04:00

Michael Josephson CommentaryTHIS WEEK’S QUOTATIONS When you give a lesson in meanness to a critter or a person, don’t be surprised if they learn their lesson.– Will Rogers, humorist, social commentator (1879-1935)The role in carving holds good as to criticism: never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.– Charles Buxton, British philanthropist (1823-1871)Many a man’s reputation would not

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-69259285734384310202008-10-14T15:31:00.000-04:002008-10-14T15:31:23.509-04:00

iGoogle: "The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable. - John Kenneth Galbraith"

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-12413014332629731982008-10-13T17:39:00.000-04:002008-10-13T17:39:19.337-04:00

iGoogle: "By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean. - Mark Twain"

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-61108292776168157842008-10-08T12:16:00.000-04:002008-10-08T12:16:00.130-04:00

iGoogle: "Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this, that you are dreadfully like other people. - James Russell Lowell"

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-73911482879519258952008-09-29T11:17:00.000-04:002008-09-29T11:17:36.631-04:00

Michael Josephson Commentary: Creating a Sustainable Ethical Culture 586.1Quotes from MJ's email;Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.– Buddhist sayingIt’s not the load that breaks you down; it’s the way you carry it.– Lena Horne, singer, actressIt is dangerous to abandon one’s self to the luxury of grief. It deprives one of courage and even of the wish for recovery.– Henri-Frédéric Amiel,

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Michael Josephson CommentaryMore quotes from MJ:The more things change, the more they stay the same.– Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, French critic, novelist (1808-1890)I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don`t trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week if there is anything to be got by it.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-3296084027426719622008-09-05T08:43:00.000-04:002008-09-05T08:43:53.437-04:00

Michael Josephson CommentaryQuotes from MJ's email:The more things change, the more they stay the same.– Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, French critic, novelist (1808-1890)I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don`t trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week if there is anything to be got by

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-41471123773883130612008-08-22T13:14:00.000-04:002008-08-22T13:14:37.482-04:00

If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you’d best teach it to dance.– George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright (1856-1950)The most indifferent thing has its force and beauty when it is spoken by a kind father, and an insignificant trifle has its weight when offered by a dutiful child.– Sir Richard Steele, Irish writer, politician (1672-1729)Of all virtues, magnanimity is the rarest.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-64129734362866916442008-08-01T13:41:00.000-04:002008-08-01T13:42:03.322-04:00

Great quotes from Michael Jospehson's email:Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.– Alexander Pope, British poet (1688-1744) When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost!– Motto over a school in GermanyThe world is divided into people who do things and people who

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-21402259131653688002008-08-01T13:11:00.000-04:002008-08-01T13:11:43.532-04:00

How to Change the World: The Art of Visual Thinking: "I have a Dr. Seuss qoute on my wall: 'The writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.'"Great quote.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-87461121286972117412008-08-01T10:13:00.000-04:002008-08-01T10:13:31.877-04:00

Refdesk.com - Thought-of-the-Day Archive: "'Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.' - Andre Maurois"Amen Amen.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-52708074512825816702008-07-28T12:43:00.000-04:002008-07-28T12:43:49.485-04:00

Michael Josephson Commentary: "Here are some of Randy Pauch’s observations:• Get the fundamentals down because the fancy stuff isn’t going to work.• We can't change the cards we’re dealt, just how we play the hand.• Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.• The brick walls aren’t there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-59466196333455643842008-07-08T18:28:00.000-04:002008-07-08T18:28:16.670-04:00

Michael Josephson Commentary: "According to philosopher George Santayana, “Character is the basis of happiness, and happiness is the reward of character.”"

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-78979969332923627352008-06-28T10:25:00.000-04:002008-06-28T10:25:00.557-04:00

iGoogle: "Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying. - Ronald Reagan"

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-59946346814987277352008-06-23T09:40:00.000-04:002008-06-23T09:40:31.011-04:00

iGoogle: "As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use. - William James"

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-17461707628857271422008-06-19T09:44:00.000-04:002008-06-19T09:44:03.169-04:00

iGoogle: "Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. - Kurt Vonnegut"

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-70085500819145697192008-06-18T13:04:00.000-04:002008-06-18T13:04:29.977-04:00

Michael Josephson Commentary: "Long ago, Samuel Johnson said, “Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, but knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.” Warren Buffet updated that notion: “In looking for people to hire, look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. But if they don’t have the first, the other two will kill you.”"

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-57808652848507719102008-06-05T09:38:00.001-04:002008-06-05T09:38:50.312-04:00

“The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.” --Blaise Pascal

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Michael Josephson Commentary: Slow Dance 567.4: "David L. Weatherford's poem 'Slow Dance' sends the message in a particularly compelling way: Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round Or listened to rain slapping on the ground? Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight Or gazed at the sun fading into the night? You better slow down, don't dance so fast, Time is short, the

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-32999026660629063462008-06-04T09:34:00.001-04:002008-06-04T09:34:39.509-04:00

"I've learned that life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes." —Andy Rooney

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-59810553354721612982008-05-05T08:20:00.000-04:002008-05-05T08:20:37.814-04:00

iGoogle: "Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher. - Flannery O'Connor"

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-31529114589511605152008-04-30T06:33:00.000-04:002008-04-30T06:34:43.123-04:00

Good quote from Dick Staub's BLOGThen I turned to my "Celtic Daily Prayer: Prayers and Readings From the Northumbria Community" and read this."If you cannot cherish what it is the Lord is doing in your life, at least do NOT waste what He is doing in your life."

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-44686383917942123622008-04-25T07:24:00.001-04:002008-04-25T07:27:20.635-04:00

"If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put responsibility on their shoulders".– Abigail Van Buren, advice columnist"We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst". – C.S. Lewis, Irish writer, scholar (1898-1963)"Integrity is telling myself the truth. Honesty is telling the truth to other people". – Spencer Johnson, motivational writer"Character is much easier

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-39355286678477103192008-04-18T13:17:00.000-04:002008-04-18T13:17:58.446-04:00

Michael Josephson Commentary: "The great musician Pablo Casals said, 'Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he acts on it and listens to it, he is giving a great deal of what the world needs most. It is not complicated, but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act upon it.'Poet William Wordsworth put it another way, declaring that the

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-23941263505501088622008-04-18T13:16:00.000-04:002008-04-18T13:16:03.703-04:00

Michael Josephson CommentaryI have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.– Abraham Lincoln, 16th President (1809-1865)No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.– Voltaire, French writer, philosopher (1694-1778) The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-16309348590512878182008-04-11T09:40:00.000-04:002008-04-11T09:40:04.413-04:00

Michael Josephson Commentary: "The art of living a happy life is not having more of what you want but getting better at enjoying what you have."

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-18617300642938282572008-04-11T09:34:00.001-04:002008-04-11T09:35:37.775-04:00

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. Let it be our endeavor to merit the character of a just nation. – Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President (1743-1846)Men of integrity, by their existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community. – John W. Gardner, founder of Common Cause (1912-

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-28890900638789452772008-04-07T17:51:00.000-04:002008-04-07T17:51:05.895-04:00

iGoogle: "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. - Thomas Jefferson"

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-39416591370937996642008-04-04T10:56:00.000-04:002008-04-04T10:56:17.475-04:00

Michael Josephson Commentary: "But the crucial point is that the moral obligation to live according to ethical principles is not dependent on whether it’s advantageous. People of character do the right thing in the pursuit of virtue, not self-interest."Great quote.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-67108043762984200572008-04-04T10:54:00.000-04:002008-04-04T10:54:38.565-04:00

Michael Josephson Commentary: Seven Truths for the Boss 560.4: "Here are seven truths I’ve discovered in my struggles to be an effective boss:1. It’s not what you say that matters, it’s what people hear. Just because you said it doesn't mean they heard it. Just because you wrote it doesn’t mean they read it. Be sure your message is received and understood.2. There are lots of things you don’t

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-49815403645964130852008-04-03T06:59:00.000-04:002008-04-03T06:59:47.561-04:00

The body you've always wanted for just $14 - Articles - Employee Benefit News: "A study published in late 2007 shows that even a small amount of money can encourage people to make healthier choices and lose weight."Now, this is bizarre. College students lost more weight when they were given $7 for every percentage point of body weight they lost than those who were given nothing. And, those given

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-75208113601004598952008-03-24T09:18:00.001-04:002008-04-03T06:57:24.361-04:00

Dick Staub: Staublog - Religion When God has Left the Buidling: "All Christians--fundamentalists, televangelists, evangelicals, mainline Protestant, Orthodox and Catholics ought to think about what BONO once said, 'I'm a believer, but sometimes I think religion is when God, like Elvis, has left the building. When God has left the building you get religion. But when God is in the house, you get

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-64422009865162362522008-03-10T08:35:00.000-04:002008-03-10T08:35:09.826-04:00

iGoogle: "To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it. - GK Chesterton"

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-30191121214543620962008-03-07T15:50:00.000-05:002008-03-07T15:50:44.238-05:00

Quantophrenia: an obsessive reliance on mathematical methods or results, especially in social science research where they may not be strictly applicable.The especially clause in our case might be rewritten as "especially in predicting future business where ..."

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-64451209461938650882008-03-07T10:53:00.000-05:002008-03-07T10:53:38.830-05:00

Michael Josephson Commentary: "poet Maya Angelou who said, “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”"

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-36682170178086122912008-02-21T05:10:00.000-05:002008-02-21T05:10:48.102-05:00

The Writer's Almanac from American Public Media: "W. H. Auden once said, 'A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.'"

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-75959993302282047472008-02-20T14:22:00.000-05:002008-02-20T14:22:03.870-05:00

iGoogle: "Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain. - John F. Kennedy"http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=42051Learn more

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-30504640292186791212008-01-23T09:02:00.000-05:002008-01-23T09:02:16.749-05:00

Google to Host Terabytes of Open-Source Science Data | Wired Science from Wired.comfascinating. Soon everything will be available if you can just find it.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-85817109699067023272008-01-23T06:59:00.000-05:002008-01-23T06:59:08.617-05:00

Stephen Hawking's Quotations - The Land Salmon :: Lifestyle :: Fashion :: Music :: Design :: Nightlife: "10. 'Einstein was wrong when he said 'God does not play dice'. Consideration of black holes suggests, not only that God does play dice, but that He sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they can't be seen.'9. 'I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-40237624578890032942008-01-23T06:53:00.000-05:002008-01-23T06:53:59.436-05:00

Dick Staub: Staublog - Christians @ Sundance: "Martin Luther King Jr. said, 'Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.'"

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-28670007361069574862008-01-21T16:07:00.000-05:002008-01-21T16:07:38.042-05:00

Michael Josephson Commentary: Coaching for Character 549.1: "Whether it’s sports, business, or politics, whenever we divorce issues of competence from issues of character, we create a class of amoral professionals who think they’re exempt from common standards of honor and decency."This is an excellent point.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-78680948734244117592008-01-04T08:00:00.000-05:002008-01-04T08:00:13.410-05:00

Michael Josephson Commentary: Let Go of Your Grudges 547.1: "Confucius taught that “To be wronged is nothing unless we continue to remember it.”"

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-67095787041225842102008-01-03T06:26:00.000-05:002008-01-03T06:26:57.721-05:00

The Writer's Almanac from American Public Media: "It was on this day in 1521 that Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther for condemning the Catholic Church in his 95 theses. Luther was a professor of biblical interpretation at the time in Germany, and he could find no text in scripture that permitted the church to make money by selling indulgences for the forgiveness of sins."I find it

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-24196313950769554682008-01-01T08:29:00.000-05:002008-01-01T08:29:55.261-05:00

The Writer's Almanac from American Public Media: "It was Ben Franklin who said, 'Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.'"

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-2201245815433669002007-12-23T08:02:00.000-05:002007-12-23T08:02:58.279-05:00

A Prairie Home Companion from American Public Media: "Can you recommend a good prayer for grace before the Thanksgiving Meal?Nathan L.Keene, NHA sung grace, Nathan — you just print up copies and pass them around and you hold hands and sing. If you're Jewish, you can leave off the last verse.O Lord we thank Thee for this foodFor every blessing, every goodFor earthly sustenance and loveBestowed on

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Michael Josephson Commentary: I Am Better Than That 544.1This is a great story.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-35436172083971035442007-12-11T10:39:00.000-05:002007-12-11T10:39:07.949-05:00

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist, poet (1803-1882)People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.-- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Swiss psychiatrist, author (1926-2004)We are cups, constantly and quietly being

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The Local - Swedes love to hugAnd you thought Swedes were taciturn, soulless creatures.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-5103701311119864712007-11-27T06:10:00.000-05:002007-11-27T06:10:28.152-05:00

Dick Staub: "When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it. A.A. Milne Winnie the Pooh November 13th, 2007"I just love this quote from the Pooh Bear.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303163073823908639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996616.post-46289780575809784672007-11-24T10:19:00.000-05:002007-11-24T10:19:20.910-05:00

Dick Staub: Staublog - Thanksgiving Thoughts: "The worse moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank. G. K. Chesterton"One of series of good quotes on Thanksgiving from Dick Staub's web site.

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Answers.com - Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and much more: "According to a recent survey of adult consumers, the top five wish-list items are: computers, world peace and happiness, a large screen television, clothes and money."Well, at least world peace and happiness was higher that a TV and clothes.

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Today in history - Nov. 23 - Yahoo! News: "Thought for Today: 'It is better to debate an important matter without settling it than to settle it without debating it.' — Anonymous."What a great quote. And to me, debate doesn't mean what goes on today in American politics. That is little more than name calling.

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How to Change the World: 23andme PartyNow this is a new one on me. I'm not sure I want to know that much about genetic history. There may be a Norwegian or two lurking the background. :)

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When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it. A.A. Milne Winnie the Pooh November 13th, 2007There's a lot of truth in this statement by Winnie. That is why the right groups make the best decisions. Notice the word right

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