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Post by Tamrin on Jan 1, 2014 20:37:48 GMT 10
For me sport was a religion ... with religious sentiment
Olympism ... exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, mind and will
Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history
Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of a good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles
Sport must be accessible to working class youth
Sport is part of every man and woman's heritage and its absence can never be compensated for
Racial distinctions should not play a role in sportPierre de CoubertinFrench Baron (revived Olympic games) (Born this day 1863) Swifter, higher, stronger
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Post by Tamrin on Jan 1, 2014 20:38:21 GMT 10
Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life
I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual
One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions
So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism
The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death
The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race
Death destroys a man, the idea of Death saves himE.M. ForsterEnglish novelist ( Howard’s End, A Passage to India) (Born this day 1879) I'm a holy man minus the holiness
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Post by Tamrin on Jan 1, 2014 20:39:03 GMT 10
We are a fact-gathering organization only. We don’t clear anybody. We don’t condemn anybody
Just the minute the FBI begins making recommendations on what should be done with its information, it becomes a Gestapo
No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family
The cure for crime is not the electric chair, but the high chair
Experts say that children are not born criminals, nor pampered parasites. They are made that way by the environment in which they live
Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforce- ment have had one thing in common: every single one was a liar
Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned moneyBro. J. Edgar Hoover, KBE American founder of the FBI (Born this day 1895) Justice is incidental to law and order
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Post by Tamrin on Jan 1, 2014 20:41:16 GMT 10
Every man must be made to realize that further retreat is impossible. He must realize with his mind and heart that this is a matter of life and death of the Soviet state, of the life and death of the people of our country ... the Nazi troops must be stopped now, before it is too late
The rout of fascism, in which the Soviet Union played the decisive role, generated a mighty tide of socio-political changes which swept across the globe
The defeat of Nazi Germany signified the victory of progress over reaction, humanity over barbarism and the victory of socialism over imperialist obscurantism. This victory opened the road for advancing the revolutionary struggle of the working class, a national liberation movement on an unprecedented scale and the destruction of the shameful colonial system
We bow our heads in respect for those Soviet women who displayed exceptional courage in the severe time of war. Never before but during the days of the war the grandeur of spirit and the invincible will of our Soviet women, their selfless dedication, loyalty and affection to their Homeland, their boundless persistence in work and their heroism on the front manifested themselves with such strength
Detente is a readiness to resolve differences and conflicts not by force, not by threats and sabre-rattling, but by peaceful means, at the conference table
Today progress is so swift in all fields that the education received by young people is only a foundation that requires the constant acquisition of knowledge
For ever larger segments of workers specialised knowledge and a high degree of professional training, man’s general cultural standard, are becoming an obligatory condition of successful workLeonid BrezhnevUSSR, General Secretary of Central Committee (Born this day 1907) The most important thing in my life, its leitmotif, has been the constant and close contacts with working people, with workers and peasants
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Post by Tamrin on Jan 1, 2014 20:42:08 GMT 10
1 of 2:A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away
Those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their own version of heaven on earth. And let me remind you, they are the very ones who always create the most hellish tyrannies
On religious issues there can be little or no compromise. There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or God, or Allah, or whatever one calls this supreme being. But like any powerful weapon, the use of God's name on one's behalf should be used sparingly. The religious factions that are growing throughout our land are not using their religious clout with wisdom. They are trying to force government leaders into following their position 100 percent. If you disagree with these religious groups on a particular moral issue, they complain, they threaten you with a loss of money or votes or both
I'm frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in "A," "B," "C" and "D." Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me? And I am even more angry as a legislator who must endure the threats of every religious group who thinks it has some God-granted right to control my vote on every roll call in the Senate. I am warning them today: I will fight them every step of the way if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of "conservatism"
When you say "radical right" today, I think of these moneymaking ventures by fellows like Pat Robertson and others who are trying to take the Republican Party away from the Republican Party, and make a religious organization out of it. If that ever happens, kiss politics goodbye
Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the party, and they're sure try- ing to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them
Religious factions will go on imposing their will on others unless the decent people connected to them recognize that religion has no place in public policy. They must learn to make their views known without trying to make their views the only alternativesBro. Barry M GoldwaterUS Senator & Republican presidential nominee (Born this day 1909) I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!
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Post by Tamrin on Jan 1, 2014 20:42:46 GMT 10
2 of 2:Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism
It’s time America realized that there is no gay exemption in the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in the Declaration of Independence
If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government
While I am a great believer in the free enterprise system and all that it entails, I am an even stronger believer in the right of our people to live in a clean and pollution-free environment
Today’s so-called ‘conservatives’ don’t even know what the word means. They think I’ve turned liberal because I believe a woman has a right to an abortion. That’s a decision that’s up to the pregnant woman, not up to the pope or some do-gooders or the Religious Right. It’s not a conservative issue at all
My mother took us to services at the Episcopal church. Yet she always said that God was not just inside the four walls of a house of worship, but every- where — in the rising sun over Camelback Mountain in Phoenix, a splash of water along the nearby Salt or Verde rivers, or clouds driving over the Estrella Mountains, south of downtown. I’ve always thought of God in those terms
My faith in the future rests squarely on the belief that man, if he doesn't first destroy himself, will find new answers in the universe, new technologies, new disciplines, which will contribute to a vastly different and better world in the twenty-first centuryBarry M Goldwater(Born this day 1909) To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable
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Post by Tamrin on Jan 1, 2014 20:43:49 GMT 10
All morons hate it when you call them a moron
I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy
How long should a man's legs be? Long enough to touch the ground
I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody
How do you know you're going to do something, until you do it?
I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot
I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your lifeJ D Salinger, US author ( Catcher in the Rye) (Born this day 1919) I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it
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Post by Tamrin on Jan 1, 2014 20:46:24 GMT 10
How dare you involve me in a situation for which no memo has been issued
With insanity, as with vomit, it is the passerby who receives the inconvenience
The process by which the police arrive at the solution to a mystery is, in itself, a mystery
I'm innocent. Doesn't that mean anything to you?
Your explanation had the ring of truth. Naturally I disbelieved every word
Civilizations have been founded and maintained on theories which refused to obey facts
How shocking! His abnormal condition has driven him to seek refuge in religion. Always the last ditch stand of a man on the brink of disasterJoe OrtonEnglish playwright and author ( What the Butler Saw) (Born this day 1933) Well, Prentice, your private life is your own affair. I find it shocking none the less
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Post by Tamrin on Jan 1, 2014 20:47:10 GMT 10
They told me computers could only do arithmetic
Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew
If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get permission
Some day, on the corporate balance sheet, there will be an entry which reads, "Information"; for in most cases, the information is more valuable than the hardware which processes it
To me programming is more than an important practical art. It is also a gigantic undertaking in the foundations of knowledge
At any given moment, there is always a line representing what your boss will believe. If you step over it, you will not get your budget. Go as close to that line as you can
One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinionsGrace HopperUS Admiral and computer scientist, aka “AmazingGrace” (Died this day 1992) The most dangerous phrase in the language is, "We've always done it this way"
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Post by Tamrin on Jan 2, 2014 7:15:25 GMT 10
Thursday’s Quotes:1 of 2:Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness
The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom
They lived under a just and moderate government, and they admitted that one bond of their fidelity was that their rulers were the better men
Before anything else [Numa] decided that he must instill in his subjects the fear of the gods, this being the most effective measure with an ignorant, and at that time uncultured, people
Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it
The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear
There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creedTitus Livius (Livy), Roman historian (Died this day 17 CE) He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse
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