Res ipsa loquitur.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
random "the noah confessions" quotes
Sometimes people are born into problems they didn't create.
--John Russo
Love felt like a thing you couldn't change.
--Lynne Russo
Ruining your life takes time and work and one wrong decision after another.
--Cat Russo
When you're a kid, your emotions are all you can handle. Later you let your friends have some, but that was where it ended.
--Lynne Russo
But the thing about dancing with the devil is this: You're not done dancing until the devil is done dancing. And the devil is never done.
--Cat Russo
All families have things they do together.
--Cat Russo
When people are jealous, they do desperate things.
--Cat Russo
But your consciousness, it always feels big.
--John Russo
You have to be able to know when someone is lying to you.
--John Russo
The truth always settles on you very quietly, and it sits in a pocket inside you and doesn't displace anything and it just feels right but not always logical. Logic is something else. The truth is quiet and simple but not painless.
--John Russo
SIXTEEN and technically three days
Labels: book, Quotes, the noah confessions
Monday, March 15, 2010
Gift of Flesh
“That which we remember all our lives cannot be brief.”
--NAISSUN
“The man who chooses the road of evil chooses the road of death. Whatever blade brings death upon him, it is as if he held it himself and struck the mortal wound.”
--NAISSUN
“Pursue graciousness and equity rather than squabbling."
--NAISSUN
“I am frightened of the power you have to make me want you.”
~Miakaela
--NAISSUN
“The man who chooses the road of evil chooses the road of death. Whatever blade brings death upon him, it is as if he held it himself and struck the mortal wound.”
--NAISSUN
“Pursue graciousness and equity rather than squabbling."
--NAISSUN
“I am frightened of the power you have to make me want you.”
~Miakaela
Labels: book
Monday, November 23, 2009
Random and Mansfield Park
The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.
-JOHN LOCKE
You are today where your thoughts have brought you.
You will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.
-JAMES ALLEN
I pay very little regard to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person.
-MRS. GRANT, Mansfield Park
Those who see quickly will resolve quickly, and act quickly.
-JULIA BERTRAM, Mansfield Park
Nothing fatigues me, but doing what I do not like.
-MS. CRAWFORD, Mansfield Park
I cannot but think that good horsemanship has a great deal to do with the mind.
-MARIA BERTRAM, Mansfield Park
-JOHN LOCKE
You are today where your thoughts have brought you.
You will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.
-JAMES ALLEN
I pay very little regard to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person.
-MRS. GRANT, Mansfield Park
Those who see quickly will resolve quickly, and act quickly.
-JULIA BERTRAM, Mansfield Park
Nothing fatigues me, but doing what I do not like.
-MS. CRAWFORD, Mansfield Park
I cannot but think that good horsemanship has a great deal to do with the mind.
-MARIA BERTRAM, Mansfield Park
Labels: book, Jane Austen
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Mrs. Norris of Mansfield Park
Whatever I can do, as you well know, I am always ready enough to do for the good of those I love.
There is moderation in all things.
You must not expect everybody to be as forward and quick at learning as yourself.
There is a vast of difference in memories, as well as in everything else.
I haven't finished reading the book so I'd say there'll be more to come from Mrs. Norris.
There is moderation in all things.
You must not expect everybody to be as forward and quick at learning as yourself.
There is a vast of difference in memories, as well as in everything else.
I haven't finished reading the book so I'd say there'll be more to come from Mrs. Norris.
Labels: book, Jane Austen
Mythology
Psyche, the all-beautiful, sat sad and solitary, only admired, never loved. It seemed that no man wanted her.
"Love cannot live where there is no trust."
--CUPID
"But when you are once more safe at home, remember Medea, as I will remember you forever."
"Never by night and never by day will I forget you. If you will come to Greece you shall be worshiped for what you have done for us, and nothing except death will come between us."
"Your stubborn pride,
It drives away all those who would be kind,
But you will grieve the more of it."
"Love cannot live where there is no trust."
--CUPID
"But when you are once more safe at home, remember Medea, as I will remember you forever."
"Never by night and never by day will I forget you. If you will come to Greece you shall be worshiped for what you have done for us, and nothing except death will come between us."
"Your stubborn pride,
It drives away all those who would be kind,
But you will grieve the more of it."
Labels: book
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
7 Habits of Highly Effective People
by Stephen R. Covey
We must look at the lens through which we see the world, as well as at the world we see, and that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world.
-p. 17
If we wanted to change the situation, we first had to change ourselves. And to change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
-p. 18
The price must be paid and the process followed. You always reap what you sow, there is no shortcut.
-p. 22
It is character that communicates most effectively.
- p. 22
We simply assume that the way we see things is the way their really are or the way they should be
And our attitudes and behaviours grow out of those assumptions. The way we see things is the source of the way we think and the way we act.
-p. 24
Two people can see the same thing, disagree, and yet both be right.
It's not logical; it's psychological.
-p. 27
The influences in our lives - family, school, church, work, environment, friends, associates, and current social paradigms such as the personality ethic - all have made their silent unconscious impact on us and help shape our frame of reference, our paradigms, our maps.
-p. 28
Each of us tends to think we see things as they are, that we are objective. But this is not the case. We see the world, not as it is, but as we are - or, as we are conditioned to see it.
-p. 28
Paradigms are powerful because they create the lens through which we see the world.
-p. 32
We must look at the lens through which we see the world, as well as at the world we see, and that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world.
-p. 17
If we wanted to change the situation, we first had to change ourselves. And to change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
-p. 18
The price must be paid and the process followed. You always reap what you sow, there is no shortcut.
-p. 22
It is character that communicates most effectively.
- p. 22
We simply assume that the way we see things is the way their really are or the way they should be
And our attitudes and behaviours grow out of those assumptions. The way we see things is the source of the way we think and the way we act.
-p. 24
Two people can see the same thing, disagree, and yet both be right.
It's not logical; it's psychological.
-p. 27
The influences in our lives - family, school, church, work, environment, friends, associates, and current social paradigms such as the personality ethic - all have made their silent unconscious impact on us and help shape our frame of reference, our paradigms, our maps.
-p. 28
Each of us tends to think we see things as they are, that we are objective. But this is not the case. We see the world, not as it is, but as we are - or, as we are conditioned to see it.
-p. 28
Paradigms are powerful because they create the lens through which we see the world.
-p. 32
Friday, October 09, 2009
EAST OF EDEN
I always found in myself a dread of the west and a love of the east.
-p.3
You can boast about anything if it's all you have.
Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast.
-p. 4
And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years,
and during the wet years they lost all memories of the dry years. It was always that way.
-p.6
Some men think big and some think little.
-p. 47
When people are very poor they still have something to give and the impulse to give it.
-p. 64
A man afraid is a dangerous animal.
-p. 65
-p.3
You can boast about anything if it's all you have.
Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast.
-p. 4
And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years,
and during the wet years they lost all memories of the dry years. It was always that way.
-p.6
Some men think big and some think little.
-p. 47
When people are very poor they still have something to give and the impulse to give it.
-p. 64
A man afraid is a dangerous animal.
-p. 65
Monday, March 23, 2009
Random: The Dark Arena and House, M.D.
Compliquer les choses simples, c'est facile. Simplifier les choses compliques, c'est du genie.
Making the simple complicated is easy. Making the complicated simple is brilliant.
- Ivory soap
And the things the Germans did, they did not because they were Germans but because they were human beings.
- Leo, The Dark Arena
We need a more intellectual approach, not emotional reactions. We have to reason, to change the world by logical action.
- Gordon, The Dark Arena
Reality's always almost wrong.
- Gregory House
People choose to take the path with the least amount of effort.
- Gregory House
Making the simple complicated is easy. Making the complicated simple is brilliant.
- Ivory soap
And the things the Germans did, they did not because they were Germans but because they were human beings.
- Leo, The Dark Arena
We need a more intellectual approach, not emotional reactions. We have to reason, to change the world by logical action.
- Gordon, The Dark Arena
Reality's always almost wrong.
- Gregory House
People choose to take the path with the least amount of effort.
- Gregory House
Labels: book, Gregory House, House
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Anino ng Kahapon
Kagitla-gitla maghiganti ang kapootan! Ang poot ay siyang makapangyarihang lalo kapag wala nang diwang ipagtiis.
--ELISEA "SEANG" LIWAYWAY
O pag-ibig! Ang palagingtamis mo'y siya ring madalas mong katampalasan. ... Nagdadalawng kulay ka: matapatin at lilo; ayaw kang maging isang kulay na lamang na dalisay at taimtim.
--ELISEA
Sa buhay na ito ay walang di nagtitiis; pero... hindi sapagkat natitiis, ang lahat naman ng sapitin ng tao ay pagtitiisan na lamang at hindi ihanap ng lunas.
--MODESTO "INTONG" MAGSIKAP
Hindi lahat ng ibinubunga ng pag-ibig ay mabuti.
--ABDUL
Kinakailangan namang sikapin ng sinumang mabuting tao na mapahaba, hangga't mangyayari, ang kanyang buhay, sapagkat kung dahil sa kapabayaan niya'y mapugto ay kahin-hinayang na totoo ang mahalagang buhay na dapat pa niyang magawa sa huli, at sa ganito'y siya rin ang masisisi ng panahon.
--MODESTO
Ang lalong dapat katakutan ng isang tao ay ang parusang ikinakapit sa mga walang kasalanan.
--MODESTO
Ang di pagtanda agad ay talagang ugali na ng isang taong walang sukal sa loob, walang pinapanginoon, at malayang makagawa ng bawat ibigin.
--ABDUL
Huwag kang manghawak sa sumpa: ang sumpa ay sa bibig lamang.
--MODESTO
Ang panunumpa hangga't di tinutupad ay hindi sukat paniwalaan. Wala man sa loob at di tinatanggap ng budhi ay nasasabi't napapaooohan ng bibig.
--MODESTO
Ang pagpapahinga... ay nauukol lamang sa mga taong may mabigat na gagawing naidaos na at siyang ikinahapo.
--MODESTO
--ELISEA "SEANG" LIWAYWAY
O pag-ibig! Ang palagingtamis mo'y siya ring madalas mong katampalasan. ... Nagdadalawng kulay ka: matapatin at lilo; ayaw kang maging isang kulay na lamang na dalisay at taimtim.
--ELISEA
Sa buhay na ito ay walang di nagtitiis; pero... hindi sapagkat natitiis, ang lahat naman ng sapitin ng tao ay pagtitiisan na lamang at hindi ihanap ng lunas.
--MODESTO "INTONG" MAGSIKAP
Hindi lahat ng ibinubunga ng pag-ibig ay mabuti.
--ABDUL
Kinakailangan namang sikapin ng sinumang mabuting tao na mapahaba, hangga't mangyayari, ang kanyang buhay, sapagkat kung dahil sa kapabayaan niya'y mapugto ay kahin-hinayang na totoo ang mahalagang buhay na dapat pa niyang magawa sa huli, at sa ganito'y siya rin ang masisisi ng panahon.
--MODESTO
Ang lalong dapat katakutan ng isang tao ay ang parusang ikinakapit sa mga walang kasalanan.
--MODESTO
Ang di pagtanda agad ay talagang ugali na ng isang taong walang sukal sa loob, walang pinapanginoon, at malayang makagawa ng bawat ibigin.
--ABDUL
Huwag kang manghawak sa sumpa: ang sumpa ay sa bibig lamang.
--MODESTO
Ang panunumpa hangga't di tinutupad ay hindi sukat paniwalaan. Wala man sa loob at di tinatanggap ng budhi ay nasasabi't napapaooohan ng bibig.
--MODESTO
Ang pagpapahinga... ay nauukol lamang sa mga taong may mabigat na gagawing naidaos na at siyang ikinahapo.
--MODESTO
Friday, February 06, 2009
As You Like It
Dead shepherd, now find thy saw of might:
Whoever lov'd that lov'd not at first sight.
--HERO and LEANDER (Marlowe)
What, shepherdess, so fair and so cruel?
Disdain beseems not cottages, nor coyness maids;
for either they be condemned to be too proud, or too froward.
Take heed, fair nymph, that in despising love,
you be not overreached with love,
and in shaking off all, shape yourself to you own shadow...
--GANYMEDE, Rosalynde (Thomas Lodge, 1950)
For always the dulness of the fools is the whetstone of the wits.
--CELIA
"As wit and fortune will."
--ROSALIND
"And mine to eke out hers."
--CELIA
"Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold."
--ROSALIND
"But as all is mortal in nature, so is all nature in love, mortal in folly."
--CLOWN
There was no thought of you when she was christen'd.
--ORLANDO
The worst fault you have, is to be in love.
--JACQUES
Love is merely a madness.
--ROSALIND
Omittance is no quittance.
--AUDREY
Those that are in extremity of either, are abominable fellows,
and betray themselves to every modern censure,
worse than drunkards.
--ROSALIND
Why, 'tis good to be sad and say nothing.
--JACQUES
...To have seen much, and to have nothing,
is to have rich eyes and poor hands.
--ROSALIND
Time is the old justice that examines all such offenders,
and let Time try again.
--ROSALIND as GANYMEDE
"The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."
...In all this time there was not any man died in his own person (videlicet) in a love-cause..
-ROSALIND
Whoever lov'd that lov'd not at first sight.
--HERO and LEANDER (Marlowe)
What, shepherdess, so fair and so cruel?
Disdain beseems not cottages, nor coyness maids;
for either they be condemned to be too proud, or too froward.
Take heed, fair nymph, that in despising love,
you be not overreached with love,
and in shaking off all, shape yourself to you own shadow...
--GANYMEDE, Rosalynde (Thomas Lodge, 1950)
For always the dulness of the fools is the whetstone of the wits.
--CELIA
"As wit and fortune will."
--ROSALIND
"And mine to eke out hers."
--CELIA
"Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold."
--ROSALIND
"But as all is mortal in nature, so is all nature in love, mortal in folly."
--CLOWN
There was no thought of you when she was christen'd.
--ORLANDO
The worst fault you have, is to be in love.
--JACQUES
Love is merely a madness.
--ROSALIND
Omittance is no quittance.
--AUDREY
Those that are in extremity of either, are abominable fellows,
and betray themselves to every modern censure,
worse than drunkards.
--ROSALIND
Why, 'tis good to be sad and say nothing.
--JACQUES
...To have seen much, and to have nothing,
is to have rich eyes and poor hands.
--ROSALIND
Time is the old justice that examines all such offenders,
and let Time try again.
--ROSALIND as GANYMEDE
"The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."
...In all this time there was not any man died in his own person (videlicet) in a love-cause..
-ROSALIND
Labels: book, William Shakespeare
