codgertations

2012-02-11T12:46:00.000-08:00

If you're reluctant to admit failure, you'll refuse to admit wrongdoing

2012-02-10T16:06:00.001-08:00

I don't want to buy, lose, or transcend time; I want to feel its flexibility

2012-02-08T16:07:00.000-08:00

The deaf can see your blinders and the blind can hear what you see

2012-02-06T10:28:00.000-08:00

It isn't reasonable to be righteous because you can do the right thing for no reason

2012-02-02T14:36:00.001-08:00

We have nothing to fear but conditions that could bring out the worst in us

2012-01-30T15:29:00.001-08:00

If there's one thing I know, it's when to quit...or maybe not

2012-01-29T11:40:00.001-08:00

I would be out of control if I couldn't remind myself

2012-01-23T13:35:00.001-08:00

We can lie to ourselves without sounding the alarm, but we can't check our security system without getting shocked

2012-01-22T10:30:00.000-08:00

To be young is to test everything; to be old is to detest the young

2012-01-03T15:45:00.001-08:00

They say "the best things in life are free" and "there's no free lunch", but I say lunch is one of the best things, free or not

2011-12-29T13:31:00.000-08:00

Whether you share your judgement or not, your decision speaks for you

2011-12-26T13:15:00.001-08:00

The price of Heaven is the promise of Hell

2011-12-23T13:02:00.000-08:00

Nothing is false until something is supposedly true

2011-12-09T13:23:00.000-08:00

It isn't until I don't know what to think about things that things get real

2011-12-07T15:01:00.001-08:00

We may not have much time, but without patience...

2011-11-12T13:06:00.001-08:00

We're as dangerous as we are credulous

2011-11-02T13:35:00.000-07:00

Technology: blessing or curse?

Do better weapons make us worse?

2011-11-01T13:02:00.000-07:00

I see my stupidity in other people

2011-10-15T13:38:00.001-07:00

I stand for something until I'm understanding

2011-10-13T12:59:00.000-07:00

Honesty is not promising

2011-10-05T14:29:00.000-07:00

To believe is to have no doubt
To doubt is to halve a belief

2011-09-28T13:44:00.001-07:00

If a picture is worth a thousand words, a sculpture is worth a thousand pictures

2011-09-20T15:31:00.000-07:00

We'd rather be led astray than find our own way

2011-09-18T18:31:00.001-07:00

I'd rather ponder you in print than put up with you in person

2011-09-07T16:03:00.001-07:00

The difference between waiting expectantly and waiting patiently is that patience doesn't know what to expect

2011-08-31T13:56:00.000-07:00

Credulity is tested by lies until the truth of credulity is told

2011-08-26T11:45:00.001-07:00

Truth is stranger than fiction because lies are more familiar than facts

2011-08-18T08:59:00.001-07:00

You can't seriously consider anything you can't see in its entirety

2011-08-10T16:10:00.000-07:00

Reason never gives way to emotion - emotion pushes it aside

2011-08-09T13:32:00.001-07:00

Master your language or be dogged by words

2011-08-04T22:06:00.000-07:00

Play is finding what works

2011-07-19T17:56:00.001-07:00

Insecure people are the most reassuring

2011-07-17T10:03:00.000-07:00

The reward of a higher education is the pleasure of looking down on others

2011-07-10T14:05:00.001-07:00

Persistence has its place, but only patience can find it

2011-07-09T16:52:00.000-07:00

Until I see what's wrong with my way, every other way is wrong

2011-06-25T15:47:00.000-07:00

We'd rather recover what we've lost than find out what we don't need

2011-06-13T20:36:00.000-07:00

There's no consciousness without knowledge, and no knowledge without consequences

2011-06-07T20:22:00.000-07:00

Dogmatic people are barking mad

2011-06-04T19:06:00.001-07:00

Believe it or not, you can live without belief

2011-05-02T15:34:00.000-07:00

A winner is someone who beats someone

2011-04-30T15:52:00.000-07:00

Self knowledge is knowing what you don't know

2011-04-01T09:52:00.001-07:00

Trying to be good is not harmless

2011-03-25T17:04:00.000-07:00

What we lack in brains we make up for in plans

2011-03-21T16:32:00.001-07:00

The less I think about what might happen, the more I think about what does

2011-03-10T16:52:00.000-08:00

Getting a glimpse is exciting, but seeing leaves nothing to the imagination

2011-02-12T09:40:00.000-08:00

Eventually, everything we take for granted will be taken away, including our mistaken identity

2011-02-11T11:05:00.001-08:00

I measure people on a scale of affable to awful

2011-02-05T12:39:00.001-08:00

Now that I'm old enough to appreciate the finer things, I'm too old to enjoy them

2011-02-04T09:14:00.000-08:00

The pursuit of happiness is the happiness of pursuit

2011-01-30T18:10:00.001-08:00

The meaning you give matters more than what you give meaning to

2011-01-09T08:11:00.001-08:00

Unable to be quiet, I advocate silence

2011-01-07T14:37:00.001-08:00

It's as vital to be weak and vulnerable as it is to be strong and durable

2011-01-05T13:45:00.001-08:00

As much as there is about life to celebrate, there's far more to get upset about

2010-12-22T15:45:00.000-08:00

Control is all about losing it

2010-12-14T11:22:00.001-08:00

A male sports fan is a game man

2010-12-12T09:38:00.000-08:00

A musical instrument in the wrong hands is an instrument of torture

2010-12-10T09:04:00.000-08:00

To have style is to question conformity; to conform is to affect a style

2010-12-09T09:09:00.001-08:00

Certainty is a sure sign of insecurity

2010-11-13T08:32:00.000-08:00

Nobody likes being told they're stupid, but stupid people hate it

2010-10-24T19:03:00.000-07:00

Everything goes without saying, but some things need to be said

2010-10-21T09:11:00.000-07:00

Your voice is a giveaway, but what you say can take it all back

2010-10-13T19:34:00.001-07:00

It's enough to know you can never know enough

2010-10-09T16:43:00.001-07:00

If your desire is to be good, take a good look at desire

2010-10-05T03:50:00.000-07:00

Pugnacity is repugnant

2010-10-03T14:50:00.001-07:00

You're entitled to respect, but not exempt from ridicule

2010-09-23T14:37:00.000-07:00

Believers see skeptics as morally deficient; skeptics see believers as mentally defective.

2010-09-06T14:08:00.000-07:00

A fleeting moment of lucidity can unleash an extended bout of stupidity

2010-06-16T09:28:00.000-07:00

If the old way is good enough for you, be good enough to get out of the way

2010-05-29T15:03:00.001-07:00

Rules are for those without scruples

2010-05-25T11:55:00.000-07:00

I'm not a lie detector, but I know a false note when I hear it

2010-05-22T09:38:00.000-07:00

People are most amusing when they're taking themselves seriously

2010-05-20T11:39:00.000-07:00

I can't face a fact without staring it down or averting my eyes

2010-04-22T14:36:00.000-07:00

A capitalist is someone who minds his own business by undermining yours

2010-04-20T13:26:00.001-07:00

Love may be unconditional but life is not

2010-04-19T15:47:00.000-07:00

Experience teaches us how little we learn from experience

2010-03-13T08:59:00.000-08:00

Is something missing or am I missing something?

2010-02-01T15:34:00.000-08:00

They tell me my cage door is unlocked, but I don't believe them

2009-12-25T08:56:00.001-08:00

Your raison d'etre is your Achilles heel

2009-12-03T09:22:00.001-08:00

If there's no cure for stupidity, there's no hope for humanity

2009-10-31T15:45:00.001-07:00

I can't imagine not imagining

2009-10-28T16:22:00.000-07:00

There'd be no misfits if there were no forms; no conformists if there were no norms

2009-10-20T10:07:00.001-07:00

I like to think that when I can't put my foot down, I have a leg up on tolerance

2009-10-15T10:29:00.000-07:00

It may be better to be honest than polite, but it's best to be politely dishonest

2009-10-14T11:49:00.001-07:00

The truth is that we lie to ourselves and each other

2009-10-13T14:49:00.000-07:00

Elevator music brings me down

2009-10-08T09:27:00.000-07:00

I go to the doctor to have a fear removed or implanted

2009-10-03T15:34:00.001-07:00

Good will is tentatively extended and peremptorily withdrawn

2009-10-02T13:46:00.000-07:00

Take everything you know with a grain of salt and everything you don't know with relish

2009-09-28T09:36:00.000-07:00

A conformist is someone who'd rather be misunderstood than dismissed

2009-09-27T09:56:00.001-07:00

You can't envy any more than you can gloat

2009-09-20T13:00:00.000-07:00

If you must hold a belief, hold it for questioning

2009-09-19T10:29:00.001-07:00

We know nothing until we know what knowledge is

2009-09-13T19:41:00.001-07:00

If you can't drop the old standard in the light of new information, you're just holding things up

2009-09-12T16:04:00.000-07:00

Standards are not for lowering

2009-09-11T08:29:00.000-07:00

Literacy enables us to hear what others have to say without having to listen to them

2009-09-09T15:40:00.001-07:00

To take your own measure, own your mistakes

2009-09-03T17:56:00.000-07:00

If you want to live it up, dumb it down

2009-08-30T21:23:00.001-07:00

If I haven't completed my life's work by now, I'm either enjoying it or neglecting it

2009-08-29T10:00:00.000-07:00

If it was as gratifying to give a shit as it is to take one, we'd all be constipated

2009-08-11T15:41:00.001-07:00

We sacrifice honesty for expediency