QOTD October 25 2015
October 25th, 2015 on 23:58Thomas Jefferson: “If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.”
QOTD October 24 2015
October 24th, 2015 on 12:59La Fontaine: “Beware so long as you live, of judging people by appearances.”
QOTD October 23 2015
October 23rd, 2015 on 23:46Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran: “When children feel they have to earn our love by what they accomplish, they never feel good about themselves, no matter how much they do, no matter what their age. Indeed, some adults work outrageous hours, make huge salaries, and always strive to accomplish more and yet are never satisfied, no matter what they have achieved. This is because they were never given the free, unconditional love of their parents, the love that is every child’s birthright.”
QOTD October 22 2015
October 22nd, 2015 on 13:00Antoine de Saint-Exupery: “He who would travel happily must travel light.”
QOTD October 21 2015
October 21st, 2015 on 10:10Oprah Winfrey: “Often we don’t even realize who we’re meant to be because we’re so busy trying to live out someone else’s ideas. But other people and their opinions hold no power in defining our destiny.”
QOTD October 20 2015
October 20th, 2015 on 14:29Elbert Hubbard: “To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.”
QOTD October 19 2015
October 19th, 2015 on 22:17Melody Beattie: “Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don’t.”
Moose on the road!!
October 18th, 2015 on 21:15A first time for me, this afternoon, *very* close to home…ELG på veien!! (or MOOSE (North America) / ELK (EurAsia) on the road!! 🙂 )
These pictures are taken right where I exit the ‘main road’ for the small sand road at which I live, pretty pretty close to home!
Ha, this also shows that while I normally answer ‘Oslo’ when non-Norwegians ask me where in Norway I live, I do live *outside* of Oslo! 🙂
QOTD October 18 2015
October 18th, 2015 on 13:54Franklin D. Roosevelt: “Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.”
QOTD October 17 2015
October 17th, 2015 on 20:50Cicero: “When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men’s minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.”
QOTD October 16 2015
October 16th, 2015 on 09:52Kathy Sierra: “We are all human, and caring about the way something looks and feels does not mean we’re superficial–it means we’re human. We don’t need to exploit sex to recognize that a certain amount of sexiness is both pleasurable and natural.”
QOTD October 15 2015
October 15th, 2015 on 15:53Michael Patrick King: “Seasons change, so do cities. People come into your life and people go, but it’s comforting to know: the ones you love are always in your heart and if you’re very lucky, a plane ride away.”
QOTD October 14 2015
October 14th, 2015 on 20:21Albert Einstein: “We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.”
QOTD October 13 2015
October 13th, 2015 on 22:19Lois McMaster Bujold: “If you want to catch something, running after it isn’t always the best way.”
QOTD October 12 2015
October 12th, 2015 on 12:45Krishnamurti: “When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.”
QOTD October 11 2015
October 11th, 2015 on 19:24Chuck Palahniuk: “No fear. No distractions. The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide.”
QOTD October 10 2015
October 10th, 2015 on 11:00Matthew Oliphant: “I don’t think there is a proper way to celebrate something which makes you happy.”
QOTD October 9 2015
October 9th, 2015 on 18:18Steve Jobs: “Every good product I’ve ever seen is because a group of people cared deeply about making something wonderful that they and their friends wanted. They wanted to use it themselves.”
QOTD October 8 2015
October 8th, 2015 on 13:03Scott Westerfeld: “Everyone in the world was programmed by the place they were born, hemmed in by their beliefs, but you had to at least try to grow your own brain”
QOTD October 7 2015
October 7th, 2015 on 12:09Joseph Addison: “True happiness… arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self.”
