Ponder for 2/12/2009

Everybody lies, but it doesn’t matter since nobody listens. – Anonymous   Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege. – John D. Rockefeller You should give as you would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers. – Seneca   [...]

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Ponder for 12/4/2008

Did you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right? – Robert Orben Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane. – Phillip K. Dick I was in the supermarket the other day, and I met a lady in the aisle [...]

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Ponder for 11/14/2008

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. – Dorothy Parker Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more. – Mark Twain   If the truth doesn’t save us, what does that say about us? – Lois McMaster [...]

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Socialization….with a twist.

I snatched this from one of the sites that I read (incognito)….Thanks, Angela!!  (Oh, and I love your blog.)  Author Unknown Two women meet at a playground, where their children are swinging andplaying ball. The women are sitting on a bench watching. Eventually, they begin to talk. W1: Hi. My name is Maggie. My kids [...]

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Ponder for 10/24/2008

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. – Anonymous Friendship is one mind in two bodies. – Mencius True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost. – Charles Caleb Colton   Practically all governments of history have [...]

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Ponder for 10/8/2008

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty. – Quintilian There are some jobs in which it is impossible for a man to be virtuous. – Aristotle   The only difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to be credible.   – Mark Twain   Most people are bothered by those passages of [...]

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Ponder for 9/28/2008

“When you were born you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.” – Omar Kayan “We need not worry so much about what man descends from-it’s what he descends to that shames the human race.” – Mark Twain“There is a sacredness in tears. [...]

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Ponder for 8/27/2008

Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first known. – Leonardo Da Vinci Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not. – Thomas Jefferson Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. – Mark Twain   Foreign aid might be defined as [...]

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Ponder for 8/8/08

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. – Thomas Jefferson If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed; If you do read the newspaper you are misinformed. – Mark Twain Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full [...]

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Ponder for 7/20/2008

The only reason some people get lost in thought is that it is unfamiliar territory. – Paul FixIntelligent people know of what they speak; fools speak of what they know. – Minchas Shabbos Pirkei Avos   None is richer than he who simply has peace of mind.   – Maj Wambebe   All truths are easy [...]

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