Quoteworthy

Another classic from Jessica Hagy…

So very, very true. I’ve seen it countless times, even to some dear friends and family.

“If your eyes are blinded with your worries,
“you cannot see the beauty of the sunset.”

……………………………………………………~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage
..to lose sight of the shore.”

— Andre Gide [quoted in this morning's company welcome email]

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by Jessica Hagy
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“Disneyland: A people trap operated by a mouse.”

— As seen in our company’s “Good morning” email this morning,
noting that Disneyland was first opened on this day in 1955.

Another “indexed” gem from Jessica Hagy…

We’re celebrating the Fourth of July holiday in Enid, America, sharing food, fun and fellowship with family — my parents and my sister’s family, including newborn Baby Rachel, and a whole gaggle of dogs! Unfortunately my brother and his family in Houston weren’t able to make our mini-family reunion this year, but we are surely thinking about them!

In honor of all the celebrations with family and friends across America, here’s a wonderful quote from Erma Bombeck.

You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.

It’s one thing to be opposed to a particular political candidate — even strongly and passionately opposed. It’s quite another thing to be absurd about your opposition, making outlandish claims and suppositions, and generally resorting to hysterics.

While politics will still remain a small fraction of what I write about here, for the remainder of this election season, I will regularly share a post that exposes some of the more outrageous and outlandish rhetoric and political posturing that we see during this excruciatingly interminable campaign. Today’s spotlight is on the right-wing radio darling Hugh Hewitt:

By the way, I — I’m still trying to find two tickets to the Ohio State-USC game. And none of the USC people will give up their tickets to me. I’d pay fair price. They — they know Ohio State’s gonna slaughter the Trojans. They know that they’re gonna slaughter the Trojans, and therefore they do not want me there at the bloodbath, since it’s probably the last football game we’ll ever get to see before the United States gets blown up by the Islamists under Obama.

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More Hewitt hysterics here.

Another gem from Jessica Hagy:

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She pegged this spot on!

Jessica’s one of my favorite artist bloggers, who seems to brilliantly capture fundamental life truths in simple graphics on an index card.

“Life is like a taxi. The meter just keeps a-ticking whether you are getting somewhere or just standing still.”
……………………….~ Lou Erickson

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The first Checkered Cab was produced on July 18, 1923.