All Tumbling Things Phil

"One ought never to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you..."

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:20:05 -0600

“One ought never to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.”

- Sir Winston Churchill

"All of us want to do well. But if we do not do good, too, then doing well will never be enough."

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:42:06 -0600

“All of us want to do well. But if we do not do good, too, then doing well will never be enough.”

- Anna Quindlen

"Life’s a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest."

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:20:05 -0600

“Life’s a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest.”

- Wilson Mizner

"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing..."

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:20:06 -0600

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”

- George Bernard Shaw

"There are some defeats more triumphant than victories."

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:22:05 -0600

“There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.”

- Michel de Montaigne

"A house that does not have one worn, comfy chair in it is soulless."

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:42:05 -0600

“A house that does not have one worn, comfy chair in it is soulless.”

- May Sarton

"Go often to the house of thy friend; for weeds soon choke up the unused path."

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:20:05 -0600

“Go often to the house of thy friend; for weeds soon choke up the unused path.”

- Scandinavian Proverb

"If it weren’t for baseball, many kids wouldn’t know what a millionaire looked like."

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:42:05 -0600

“If it weren’t for baseball, many kids wouldn’t know what a millionaire looked like.”

- Phyllis Diller

"Parenting can be a joy but it also puts stress on a marriage. Parenting young children is physically..."

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:20:06 -0600

“Parenting can be a joy but it also puts stress on a marriage. Parenting young children is physically demanding. Parenting teens is emotionally draining. Which is harder? Whichever you have.”

- For Your Marriage

"The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time."

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:23:05 -0600

“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”

- Bertrand Russell

"Nothing can bring you peace but yourself."

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:46:05 -0600

“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

so, someone’s gonna do this… right? (via xkcd: Brand...

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:31:05 -0600

so, someone’s gonna do this… right? (via xkcd: Brand Identity)

"If you want change, you have to make it. If we want progress we have to drive it."

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:50:05 -0600

“If you want change, you have to make it. If we want progress we have to drive it.”

- Susan Rice

"An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know...."

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:40:05 -0600

“An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t.”

- Anatole France

ingenious… let’s switch to some of these! (via xkcd:...

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:54:01 -0600

ingenious… let’s switch to some of these! (via xkcd: Mnemonics)

"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon..."

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:36:06 -0600

“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.”

- Christopher Reeve

"You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take."

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:30:05 -0600

“You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.”

- Wayne Gretzky

"The shortest route to getting things done is just do it."

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:42:06 -0600

“The shortest route to getting things done is just do it.”

- Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata

"To thrive, love requires attention, communication and time."

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:23:05 -0600

“To thrive, love requires attention, communication and time.”

- Follow the Way of Love, USCCB

"Joy is not in things; it is in us."

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:35:05 -0600

“Joy is not in things; it is in us.”

- Richard Wagner