Al’s Quotes & Quips for October…
- “October is crisp days and cool nights, a time to curl up around the dancing flames and sink into a good book.” (John Sinor, quoted in the San Diego Union-Tribune)
- “Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth.” (Peter Ustinov, quoted in TheBrowser.com)
- “Every age get the lunatics it deserves.” (Roy Porter, quoted in The New York Times)
- “Some people are so poor that all they have is their money.”
- “Dreams don’t come true. Dreams are made true.” (Russell Wilson, quarterback of the world champion, Seattle Seahawks)
- “Do not be afraid to go out on a limb… that’s where the fruit is.” (Harry S. Truman)
- “I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment because they’ll never come again.” (Captain Jean-Luc Picard, on the Starship Enterprise – Star Trek)
- “When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death—ourselves.” (Eda LeShan, quoted in Newsday)
- “Take care of your friends, because there will come a time when you’re not much fun to be with and there is no reason to like you except out of longstanding habit.” (Garrison Keillor, quoted in Reader’s Digest)
- Lloyd McClendon, the manager of the Seattle Mariners, was recently asked by a reporter after the team arrived in Houston, “Did you have a good flight?” McClendon answered, “Any flight that lands is a good flight!”
QUOTE OF THE MONTH: “No human ever became interesting by not failing. The more you fail and recover and improve, the better you are as a person. Ever meet someone who’s ALWAYS had EVERYTHING work out for them with ZERO struggle? They usually have the depth of a puddle. Or they don’t exist.” (Chris Hardwick, quoted in The Nerdist Way)
