Ruminations
OF THE DAY
July 22, 2024
QUOTE
There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.
BIRTHDAYS
1925 – Joseph Sargent, Actor, director, and producer
1934 – Louise Fletcher, Actress
1947 – Albert Brooks, Actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter
1947 – Don Henley, Singer-songwriter and drummer
1955 – Willem Dafoe, Actor
1964 – David Spade, Actor, producer, and screenwriter
IN MEMORY
1832 – Napoleon II, French emperor
1934 – John Dillinger, Gangster
1967 – Carl Sandburg, Poet and historian
2008 – Estelle Getty, Actress
ON THIS DAY
1598 – William Shakespeare’s play, The Merchant of Venice, is entered on the Stationers’ Register. By decree of Queen Elizabeth, the Stationers’ Register licensed printed works, giving the Crown tight control over all published material.
1793 – Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America.
1893 – Katharine Lee Bates writes “America the Beautiful” after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1894 – The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen.
1937 – The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
OF THE DAY ARCHIVE
May 14, 2022
QUOTE
Sometimes it’s a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.
May 13, 2022
QUOTE
I have found that when you are deeply troubled, there are things you get from the silent devoted companionship of a dog that you can get from no other source.
May 12, 2022
QUOTE
We’re lost, but we’re making good time.
It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.
If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.
When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
Make a game plan and stick to it. Unless it’s not working.
Listen up, because I’ve got nothing to say and I’m only gonna to say it once.
You can observe a lot by just watching.
Ninety percent of all mental errors are in your head.
The future ain’t what it used to be.
I’d give my right arm to be ambidextrous.
You should always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise, they won’t come to yours.
May 11, 2022
QUOTE
If you really want to understand something, the best way is to try and explain it to someone else.
May 8, 2022
QUOTE
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
May 6, 2022
QUOTE
If you don’t drink coffee, I am suspicious of your character and will not invite you to my Italian lake home.
