Daily quotes

[Mike Barskey]

Just 'cause a cat has kittens in the oven don't make 'em biscuits.  -- unknown

What's "unknown" about this is what it means. Can anyone clue me in?

[TackleTheWorld]

Explanation of daily quote:

Biscuits aren't the only things that come out of ovens.  - Lauren

[KBCraig]

Just 'cause a cat has kittens in the oven don't make 'em biscuits.  -- unknown

What's "unknown" about this is what it means. Can anyone clue me in?

"Just because your children were born here, doesn't make them natives."

It's been attributed to various locations with a mistrust of those "from away".

[Friday]

Just 'cause a cat has kittens in the oven don't make 'em biscuits.  -- unknown

What's "unknown" about this is what it means. Can anyone clue me in?

"Just because your children were born here, doesn't make them natives."

It's been attributed to various locations with a mistrust of those "from away".

Yes, that's the context in which I saw the quote.  I was reading some New Hampshire trivia that claimed you're not considered a native until you've got 5 generations of family in the granitic soil!   

I figure it has other applications, though.  Just because you call yourself a

-- Republican
-- libertarian
-- patriot
-- freedom fighter
-- radical
-- independent

...don't necessarily make it so.

[Mike Barskey]

ahhh. ok. thanks

[Friday]

"Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but urge me not to use moderation." -- William Lloyd Garrison

[KBCraig]

"Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but urge me not to use moderation." -- William Lloyd Garrison

From wikipedia:

Garrison initially shared Lundy's gradualist views, but, while working for the Genius, he became convinced of the need to demand immediate and complete emancipation.

Almost two centuries later, that trend seems to continue. 

[liftsboxes]

"Warm cookies and milk are good for you."

[Kat Kanning]

"Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but urge me not to use moderation." -- William Lloyd Garrison

[Friday]

Naturally the common people don't want war.... Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders.... All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism.

— Hermann Goering

I love fireworks as much as the next slack-jawed rube, but please keep in mind that they do glorify war.

[Kat Kanning]

"A jury consists of twelve persons
chosen to decide who has the better lawyer."
-- Robert Frost
(1874-1963) American poet, received four Pulitzer Prizes
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Robert.Frost.Quote.2F60


"A criminal trial is not a search for truth.
It is much too circumscribed for that.
Rather, a trial is a formalized contest for
the hearts and minds of a panel of twelve.
It is a quest for a verdict in which information
is selected and screened (we can almost say "processed")
before it is allowed to reach jurors."
-- Phillip Finch
Source: Fatal Flaw, 1992
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Phillip.Finch.Quote.3FE6

[Pat K]

"Here's something else I bet you didn't know about tyrannosaurs: they don't corner well."

Harry Dresden- The Dresden Files

[KBCraig]

"Here's something else I bet you didn't know about tyrannosaurs: they don't corner well."

Harry Dresden- The Dresden Files

+1 for the first entry in the "WTF?!?" category. 

[Friday]

"Here's something else I bet you didn't know about tyrannosaurs: they don't corner well."

Harry Dresden- The Dresden Files

+1 for the first entry in the "WTF?!?" category. 

Ah, the Dresden files!!  I've only read one so far; so many left to enjoy.   

[Friday]

The Nazi regime represented not a unique evil in history but rather a now-conventional combination of two dangerous ideological trends: nationalism and socialism. We know both all too well.

— Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., "Headed to National Socialism", [July 10, 2009]