"Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by fear of it."
Bertrand Russell, Life, February 13, 1970
LOVE CAN BE BORING!
Quote for Today - September 29, 2011
"It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see one."
C. S. Lewis, Letters to Malcolm, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1964
IT'S NEVER TOO LATE!
Quote for Today September 28, 2011
"Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries."
James A. Michener, Chesapeake, Random House, 1978
MIRRORS
Quote for Today September 27, 2011
"Men look at themselves in mirrors. Women look for themselves."
Elissa Melamed, Mirror, Mirror: The Terror of Not Being Young, Linden Press, 1983
HANDWRITING IS ON THE BALL
Quote for Today September 26, 2011
"There are books in which the footnotes or comments scrawled by some reader's hand in the margins are more interesting than the text. The world is one of these books."
George Santayana, Recalled on his death, September 26, 1952
THE CONSEQUENCES OF RUSH
Quote for Today September 25, 2011
"The law of unintended consequences pushes us unceasingly through the years, permitting no pause for perspective."
Richard Schickel, Time Magazine, November 1983
MYSTERY!
EVERYONE LOVES
A MYSTERY
Quote for Today September 24, 2011
"The essence of tragedy is to know the end."
Charles W. Ferguson, Naked to Mine Enemies: The Life of Cardinal Wolsey, Little Brown, 1958
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