LilBambi 3,283 Posted February 17, 2014 Walt Whitman is great, eh? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 11,012 Posted February 17, 2014 Hehe made me of think of these: All kidding aside, Walk Whitman was a great writer! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
abarbarian 3,322 Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) Yup Walk Whatman is great. Edited February 17, 2014 by abarbarian 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LilBambi 3,283 Posted February 17, 2014 All very good! Thanks for joining in! Another quote by Doris Lessing: With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.~ Doris Lessing If you are not familiar with Doris Lessing: Doris May Lessing CH (née Tayler; 22 October 1919 – 17 November 2013) was a British novelist, poet, playwright,librettist, biographer and short story writer. Her novels includeThe Grass is Singing (1950), the sequence of five novels collectively called Children of Violence (1952–69), The Golden Notebook (1962), The Good Terrorist (1985), and five novels collectively known as Canopus in Argos: Archives (1979–1983). The Golden Notebook is on my to read list. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
abarbarian 3,322 Posted February 17, 2014 Yup Walk Whatman is great. Not familiar with Doris Lessing but am familiar with the name. Seems to be a well respected author over here. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Temmu 1,931 Posted February 19, 2014 when Confucius worked in india (he did as a youth) for a help desk company, Confucius said, sir, that pc would work better if you plugged it in. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 11,012 Posted February 20, 2014 when Confucius worked in india (he did as a youth) for a help desk company, Confucius said, sir, that pc would work better if you plugged it in. Nice one Temmu Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
abarbarian 3,322 Posted March 4, 2014 I am still waiting to see if anyone noticed Walk Whatman. (See post 2 and 3) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LilBambi 3,283 Posted March 4, 2014 Just figured it was a typo... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 11,012 Posted March 4, 2014 I am still waiting to see if anyone noticed Walk Whatman. (See post 2 and 3) I did and caught the joke 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Webb 423 Posted March 21, 2014 Enoch and Elijah were taken directly to heaven without dying. http://www.biblegate...Genesis 5:22-29 http://www.biblegate...=2 Kings 2:1-12 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
abarbarian 3,322 Posted March 21, 2014 Good news is rare these days, and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond. Hunter S. Thompson 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LilBambi 3,283 Posted March 21, 2014 There ya go, abarbarian! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LilBambi 3,283 Posted March 24, 2014 That is so true and so sad... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Temmu 1,931 Posted March 26, 2014 (edited) that is a horrible thing to say (the steve jobs quote, a few posts above.) 'clears out the old to make way for the new.' horse crap. if the new paid attention to the wisdom of the old, instead of clearing them out for their own selfish motives, our nation would be far better. ps to rebut those who will comment, that quote speaks of death of old people. Edited March 26, 2014 by Temmu 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LilBambi 3,283 Posted March 26, 2014 Life is a terminal disease Temmu ... But it is good to learn from the old as well as progress. Some things are so much better learned from those who have experienced life longer. Wisdom is often like that. I don't think Steve was speaking of Wisdom but advances of a Technology ... Some of the very old refuse to even use a computer or eBook reader, or other newer technology as is their prerogative, but the world will not progress technologically that way. Even so, there is much wisdom to be learned from old people ... Old certainly does not mean useless... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 11,012 Posted March 26, 2014 ]\ ...What country ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion? And what country can preserve it's liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it's natural manure.... http://www.monticell...berty-quotation 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 11,012 Posted May 2, 2014 Good ole Bill Maher Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lewmur 355 Posted May 2, 2014 The problem with quotes about death is that they were all written by people who had never experienced it. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
V.T. Eric Layton 6,543 Posted May 2, 2014 My view of death (and no, I haven't experienced it either )... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
abarbarian 3,322 Posted May 2, 2014 (edited) As long as I have a sword in my hand and that is very likely, the girls should bring me here. Edited May 2, 2014 by abarbarian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LilBambi 3,283 Posted May 2, 2014 Ah, yes... as many thoughts on death as there are people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 11,012 Posted May 2, 2014 Yup Preferably: 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
