Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Lillian Hellman

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People change and forget to tell each other.

Lillian Hellman

People change and forget to tell each other.

Lillian Hellman

God forgives those who invent what they need.

Lillian Hellman

Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty.

Lillian Hellman

You lose your manners when you are poor.

Lillian Hellman

If you’d like to know more about Lillian Hellman, take a quick look at her Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Hellman This gal had a really colorful and crazy life.

Have a great Wednesday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Ted Talk Tuesday –

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Learning, Pandemic, Science, Small pox, TedEd, Trivia, Tuesday

Well, folks. We thought we had beat this COVID thing, but the Delta variant has risen and is causing all kind of problems across the globe as science scrambles to respond. Check out this video on Small Pox, a plague that hit us in the 1900s.

Hopefully it’ll shed some light on what we are doing to beat COVID this time around.

Enjoy!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Robert Quillen

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Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

Robert Quillen

There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.

Robert Quillen

Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort.

Robert Quillen

If we wish to make a new world we have the material ready. The first one, too, was made out of chaos.

Robert Quillen

As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.

Robert Quillen

For those of you who do not who this guy is, here’s a Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Quillen

I hope you enjoy reading about him. He had a terrific and interesting life.

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Hosea Ballou

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Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.

Hosea Ballou

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

Hosea Ballou

No one has a greater asset for his business than a man’s pride in his work.

Hosea Ballou

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

Hosea Ballou

Education commences at the mother’s knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.

Hosea Ballou

Here is a Wikipedia link for those of you who would like to know more about this interesting individual: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosea_Ballou

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – 5 Quotes

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The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the least.

Mencius

The great man is he who does not lose his child’s-heart.

Mencius

There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.

Mencius

Sincerity is the way to heaven.

Mencius

Truth uttered before its time is always dangerous.

Mencius

Mencius was considered the “second sage” in China, after Confucius. Here’s a Wikipedia link for you to learn more about him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mencius

His name threw me, as I thought he was a Greek philosopher initially. I hope you enjoy this. I like to grab random people and find their quotes. I like some of these.

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesdays – 5 Quotes

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A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

Walter Winchell

An optimist is someone who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.

Walter Winchell

Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it.

Walter Winchell

I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret.

Walter Winchell

The best way to get along is never to forgive an enemy or forget a friend.

Walter Winchell

I hope you enjoy these quotes from Walter Winchell, American journalist. I’m going to start dropping a Wikipedia link for those of you interested in learning more about the authors of the scripts I post on Wednesday.

Walter Winchell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Winchell

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Ted Talk Tuesday – Spiciness

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Today’s video is about spiciness. It’s pretty good, and I learned something about how they measure heat in food. Enjoy this one, especially if you are a spicy eater like me!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Ted Talk Tuesday – Mathematics

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Discovery, Invention, Jeff Dekofsky, Learning, Mathematics, TedEd, Trivia, universal

This is a cool video about the question of Math being a human invention or a discovery? I hope you enjoy it!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Ted Talk Thursday – Quantum Mechanics

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This is one of the more entertaining topics in Quantum Mechanics. If you’ve heard of this one, but don’t know how it connects, catch this short video. It’s a great one!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Ted Talk Tuesday – Nicolas Bourbaki

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Learn about one of the most influential mathematicians to have ever lived. I hope you enjoy this one. I will not spoil it for you. There is a surprise in this short video that I found to be fascinating. Enjoy!

By the way. I love educational videos. If there are any of you in my reading audience that would like me to track down a video covering a topic you enjoy, leave me a note in the comments and I’ll get that added into my calendar of future topics!

Have a great Tuesday, everyone!

Until next time…

Dave