Category Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: I Look To the Future Because That’s Where I’m Going To Spend the Rest of My Life

“I look to the future because that’s where I’m going to spend the rest of my life.” – George Burns

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Thought For the Day: For My Part I Know Nothing With Any Certainty, But the Sight of the Stars Makes Me Dream

“For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.” – Vincent Van Gogh

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Thought For the Day: The Great Thing About Getting Older Is That You Don’t Lose All the Other Ages You’ve Been

“The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.” –Madeleine L’Engle, writer (29 Nov 1918-2007)

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Thought For the Day: If We Would Have New Knowledge, We Must Get Us A Whole World of New Questions

“If we would have new knowledge, we must get us a whole world of new questions.” -Susanne Langer, philosopher (20 Dec 1895-1985)

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Thought For the Day: He Is Not Afraid of Bad News; His Heart Is Firm, Trusting In the Lord

“They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord.” – Psalm 112:7

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Thought For the Day: For All Sad Words of Tongue and Pen, the Saddest Are These, ‘It Might Have Been’

“For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, ‘It might have been’.” – John Greenleaf Whittier, poet (17 Dec 1807-1892)

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Thought For the Day: The Republic Was Not Established By Cowards, and Cowards Will Not Preserve It

“The republic was not established by cowards, and cowards will not preserve it.” – Elmer Davis (1890-1958)

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Thought For the Day: Never Doubt That A Small Group of Thoughtful Citizens Can Change the World. Indeed It Is the Only Thing That Ever Has

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead, anthropologist (16 Dec 1901-1978)

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Thought For the Day: Measure What Can Be Measured and Make Measurable What Cannot Be Measured

“Measure what can be measured and make measurable what cannot be measured.” – Galileo Galilei

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Thought For the Day: In Science Consensus Is Irrelevant. What Is Relevant Is Reproducible Results

“Let’s be clear: the work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus. Consensus is the business of politics. Science, on the contrary, requires only one investigator who happens to be right, which means that he or she has … Continue reading

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