Ralph Waldo Emerson

To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Endeavor to persevere. Part Two

It amazes me how many people find 'have podium mic..will travel' because of this one post from 2008. I always loved this scene : Lone Waite is brilliant, and Clint Eastwood is, Clint.
I found out much later that the movie is based on a book by Forrest Carter, who also wrote "The Education Of Little Tree", which is an amazing book that was brought to my attention by my good friend Stella. And then I find out (cursed internet) that Forrest Carter was some kind of wacked out racist ?? 

Anyway, a repost from 2008. This is from the movie The Outlaw Josey Wales :

Lone Waite

"I wore this frock coat to Washington, before the war. We wore them because we belonged to the five civilized tribes.
We dressed ourselves up like Abraham Lincoln.

You know we got to see the Secretary of the Interior.
He said "Boy you sure look civilized." He congratulated us and he gave us medals for looking so civilized.

We told him about how our land had been stolen and our people were dying.

When we finished he shook our hand and said "Endeavor to persevere"...

They took our pictures and the newspapers said "Indians vow to endeavor to persevere."

We thought about it for a long time.
"Endeavor to persevere."

And when we had thought about it long enough,
we declared war on the Union."

Lone Waite, Indian chief - from "The Outlaw Jose Wales"

YouTube clip

Quotes

What is the sound of one stage-hand clapping ?
- AB

and how was everything tonight ?

"The food was surpassed only by the service."

- CAW

sam i am

Said the rapper to me as he looked at the console, "What number I is ?"

literally...

a bad analogy is like a leaky screwdriver

-the internet

Einstein

"The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them." - Albert Einstein

Quotes

"There is nothing like the look you get when you miss a cue that wasn't called."

-me

There IS a time and place...

My new FOH philosophy :

The time to be happy is Now
The place to be happy is Here

When will then be now?

Maybe you were sleepwalking when you were dreaming about taking a nap and ended up at the store before you got there ?

"What the hell am I lookin' at ? "

"When does this happen in the movie?"

"Now. You're looking at now sir, everything that happens now is happening now. "

"What happened to then? "

"We passed it. "

"When? "

"Just now. We're at now-now. "

"Go back to then."

"When?"

"Now. "

"Now? "

"Now! "

"I can't."

"Why? "

"We missed it."

"When? "

"Just now. "

"When will then be now?"

"...Soon."

I don't want to go (expletive) play for the Yankees

Papelbon denies report of potential depature to New York 

"I don't want to go (expletive) play for the Yankees," he said. "I've been on a team for the past five years that's been in first place more than any other (expletive) team otherwise. Why would I want to leave?"

Thank you Jonathan Papelbon. Thank You. 

Joe Biden Quotes

"Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am 

to be vice president of the United States of America. 

Quite frankly, it might have been a better pick than me." 

Doc, I can’t stop singing...

“Doc, I can’t stop singing The Green, Green Grass of Home.”
“That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome.”
“Is it common?”
“Well, It’s Not Unusual.”

down east humor...

- "Had to shoot the dog today.."

"Was he mad ?"

"Twerent too damn pleased."

- Thermos. It keeps hot things hot, and cold things cold.

How do it know ?

- The classic 'you can't get there from here'

- I once stopped and asked an older gentleman in Maine how to get to such and such a place. 

He said, (in that thick downeastern accent) 

"Well, you want to go up the road a bit, ... and when you see the big red bahn, ... you want to take  a right,  .... just watch out for the bump in the road..."

"Thanks"

"Ahyup"

ahyup...

From The Corner :

"Celebrate Diversity . . .  

except veterans, small-business owners, practicing Catholics, gun owners, talk-radio listeners, tea-party attendees, Texans, smokers, limited-government proponents, pro-lifers, taxpayers, NASCAR fans, Boy Scouts, oil-company employees, secure-border advocates, capitalists, global-warming agnostics, Cuban refugees, school-choicers . . ."

We smile when we are happy

These are actually quite good. Shrimp Flavored Chips from Calbee  "A toasted light snack, with a touch of shrimp."

From the website : "We smile when we are happy. We smile when we experience something tasty. "Happy" and "tasty" are somewhat similar.

Smart snacking can make you feel relaxed and relieve your stress. Whenever there are snacks, there will be smiles and a friendly atmosphere. 
Calbee believes that the joy of eating enriches our lives."

Economical numbers

    "There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers."

Richard Feynman

US educator & physicist (1918 - 1988)

"To make an apple pie from scratch, 

you must first invent the universe." 

Carl Sagan

Spiral Galaxy NGC 7331

Stats

"90% of all statistics can be made to say anything 50% of the time."

Endeavor to persevere

"I wore this frock coat to Washington, before the war. We wore them because we belonged to the five civilized tribes.
We dressed ourselves up like Abraham Lincoln.

You know we got to see the Secretary of the Interior.
He said "Boy you sure look civilized." He congratulated us and he gave us medals for looking so civilized.

We told him about how our land had been stolen and our people were dying.

When we finished he shook our hand and said "Endeavor to persevere"...

They took our pictures and the newspapers said "Indians vow to endeavor to persevere."

We thought about it for a long time.
"Endeavor to persevere."

And when we had thought about it long enough,
we declared war on the Union."

Lone Waite, Indian chief - from "The Outlaw Jose Wales"

YouTube clip

"les Indiens jurent de s'efforcer de perseverer"