In a Labor Day address in 1980, Ronald Reagan said:

These are the values inspiring those brave workers in Poland … They remind us that where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost.

I've spent too many years at war with myself
The doctor has told me it's no good for my health
To search for perfection is all very well
But to look for Heaven is to live here in Hell

-sting

From my Eat, Pray, Love ( Read more... )

... it doesn't hurt that the heroine reminds me of a certain mermaid.

Edward: You were made... you were made ... to finish ...
Giselle: What's wrong?
Edward: You're not singing.
Giselle: No, I'm not .... I was thinking.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
- Emerson

“Is there no end to this accursed forest?” said Thorin. “Somebody must climb a tree and see if he can get his head above the roof and have a look round. The only way is to choose the tallest tree that overhangs the path ( Read more... )

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. - Ambrose Redmoon

You have been telling people that this is the Eleventh Hour ( Read more... )