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Friday, August 10, 2012

Rating Ideas

A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night. - Marilyn vos Savant

  May you have many sleepless nights!

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Timely

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. - Benjamin Franklin

  Be sure time put to purpose is time put to pleasure.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Mass Audience

The idea of a mass audience was really an invention of the Industrial Revolution. - David Cronenberg

  Invented by marketers.

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Sometimes It Rains

Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet. - Bob Dylan 

  Some care if they get wet and some don't.

Monday, August 6, 2012

Perspective

We live in an age when pizza gets to your home before the police. - Jeff Marder

  If you want to resolve this problem just put pizza parlors in the public sector.

Sunday, August 5, 2012

No Credit

Never spend your money before you have it. - Thomas Jefferson

  Very good advice from a guy who probably never even conceived of the VISA card.

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Enthusiasm in Education

Tell me....And I Forget, Teach me....And I Learn, Involve me....And I Remember. - Benjamin Franklin

  Too bad the public schools can't see the validity in this.

Friday, August 3, 2012

Lifting The Age

There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime. - Maxwell Anderson


If you're not a heavy lifter don't weigh down those who are.

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Perfection Limitations

The idea of perfect closes your mind to new standards. When you drive hard toward one ideal, you miss opportunities and paths, not to mention hurting your confidence. Believe in your potential and go out and explore it; don't limit it. - John Eliot, PhD

  I thought about limiting this post to just the first sentence but then it occurred to me that it would go against the Piled higher and Deeper connection.

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Do A Little

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little. - Edmund Burke


Doing a little here and there is neither here nor there.