A "Words to live by" thread.........again.
Thursday, February 6, 2003 by UBoB | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I'll start this off again....
"You may be only one person in the entire world, but if you're really lucky you might be the entire world to one person."
.....now, follow this example, and please keep it nice.
"You may be only one person in the entire world, but if you're really lucky you might be the entire world to one person."
.....now, follow this example, and please keep it nice.
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UBoB
Reply #662 Wednesday, August 6, 2003 2:45 PM
Reply #662 Wednesday, August 6, 2003 2:45 PM
"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Bangkokboy
Reply #663 Wednesday, August 6, 2003 2:58 PM
Reply #663 Wednesday, August 6, 2003 2:58 PM
"In 1987, for the first time in our history, our universities graduated more lawyers than engineers. Our days as a first tier world technological power are now numbered." author's ID not remembered.
UBoB
Reply #664 Wednesday, August 6, 2003 4:05 PM
Reply #664 Wednesday, August 6, 2003 4:05 PM
"Come to think of it, there are already a million monkeys on a million typewriters, and Usenet is nothing like Shakespeare." — Blair Houghton.
IPlural
Reply #665 Wednesday, August 6, 2003 4:08 PM
Reply #665 Wednesday, August 6, 2003 4:08 PM
patience is the thing the person sitting on the other side of the bathroom door seems to always have in huge amounts
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BoXXi
Reply #666 Wednesday, August 6, 2003 7:44 PM
Reply #666 Wednesday, August 6, 2003 7:44 PM
Time flies like an arrow
Fruit flies like a banana
BlackHat Inc.
Reply #668 Wednesday, August 6, 2003 8:05 PM
Reply #668 Wednesday, August 6, 2003 8:05 PM
"Don't sweat the petty stuff and don't pet the sweaty stuff" 
BlackHat Inc.
Reply #669 Wednesday, August 6, 2003 8:06 PM
Reply #669 Wednesday, August 6, 2003 8:06 PM
"Don't sweat the petty stuff and don't pet the sweaty stuff"
UBoB
Reply #670 Thursday, August 7, 2003 5:52 PM
Reply #670 Thursday, August 7, 2003 5:52 PM
"Essentially or by nature, what man wills is good, since he can only will something to which he is inclined, and “every inclination is to something good.” (Aquinas 2002) But every inclination takes a form, whether natural or apprehended. The form that exists in the nature of things appeals to the natural appetite, while that apprehended or perceived form appeals to the sensitive, or the rational or intellective appetite. In layman’s terms, a person can only will something, which he perceives to be or do him good, but that idea of what is good can be entirely subjective and altogether incorrect or even evil."
--Thomas Aquinas
--Thomas Aquinas
MadIce
Reply #671 Thursday, August 7, 2003 8:48 PM
Reply #671 Thursday, August 7, 2003 8:48 PM
Emotional antipathy is not a valid reason for voting one way or the other. -- Isaac Asimov / The Bicentennial Man (1976)
Anthony R
Reply #672 Thursday, August 7, 2003 9:13 PM
"These are the times that try mens souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in crisis, shrink from the service of their country- Thomas Paine "
Reply #672 Thursday, August 7, 2003 9:13 PM
"These are the times that try mens souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in crisis, shrink from the service of their country- Thomas Paine "
goodmorphing
Reply #673 Friday, August 8, 2003 1:00 AM
Reply #673 Friday, August 8, 2003 1:00 AM
If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning. 
- Aristotle Onassis
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- Aristotle Onassis
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MadIce
Reply #675 Friday, August 8, 2003 1:14 PM
Reply #675 Friday, August 8, 2003 1:14 PM
In the face of pain there are no heroes. -- George Orwell / Nineteen Eighty Four (1948)
Bangkokboy
Reply #676 Friday, August 8, 2003 1:59 PM
if women didn't exist, who would need money or care that it had no meaning?
Reply #676 Friday, August 8, 2003 1:59 PM
| If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning |
if women didn't exist, who would need money or care that it had no meaning?
goodmorphing
Reply #677 Saturday, August 9, 2003 1:11 AM
Reply #677 Saturday, August 9, 2003 1:11 AM
Nah.... too political. Too depressing.
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Gemstone
Reply #678 Saturday, August 9, 2003 10:35 AM
Reply #678 Saturday, August 9, 2003 10:35 AM
Never take a laxetive and a sleeping pill on the same night 
Anthony R
Reply #679 Sunday, August 10, 2003 8:27 PM
Reply #679 Sunday, August 10, 2003 8:27 PM
Men judge the complexion of the sky The state and inclination of the day
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Reply #661 Wednesday, August 6, 2003 12:50 PM
I remember when I first read 1984... There was so much hype about the book and usually when I read a book that has been hyped it is usually a disappointment…not the case with the book 1984.
We all live with the belief that we have complete and inalienable rights in this country and other countries that could become a dangerous misconception. A place such as Orwell’s Oceania would not be possible without the rapid development of technology.
While I feel that rapid advance in technology is a great for society I often Question whether or not social values have advanced in stride with the technology, the answer is clearly no. The same technologies that allow for the delicate model of freedom have the same capacity to be abused by the powers to harm or enslave a population if not respected.
Just recently a chip was invented that could be implanted into skin making persons movements traceable, all that is required is the motivation for abuse, and history has shown a great abundance of this trait in mankind.
I used to think 1984 was simply a great work of fiction with little chance of actually becoming a reality, but as years pass I think this novel may turn out to have been a prophetic glimpse into the future of the world, a world that most likely will become a government controlled police state.