"Stuff is eaten by dogs, broken by family and friends, sanded down by the wind, frozen by the mountains, lost by the prairie, burnt off by the sun, washed away by the rain. So you are left with dogs, family, friends, sun, rain, wind, prairie and mountains. What more do you want?"
Federico Calboli
Monday, December 02, 2013
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Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
I can't count myself a fan, I have read very little of his and that so long ago I can't remember the titles. I couldn't resist this quote when I stumbled on it, though.
Karen, can you recommend some titles for me? I'd love to join the ranks of the thinking
"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I'll never know. Then we tried to remove the tusks, but they were embedded in so firmly, we couldn't budge them. Of course in Alabama, the Tuscaloosa."
"Africa is God's Country - and He can have it!"
Groucho as Captain Geoffrey T. Spaulding, famous African Explorer
Didn't know you were a Pratchett fan, Reid.
ReplyDeleteAll thinking people are Pratchett fans.
ReplyDeleteI can't count myself a fan, I have read very little of his and that so long ago I can't remember the titles. I couldn't resist this quote when I stumbled on it, though.
ReplyDeleteKaren, can you recommend some titles for me? I'd love to join the ranks of the thinking
If you want something seasonally apt, Reid, I like both Hogfather and Wintersmith quite a bit.
ReplyDelete"Outside a dog, man's best friend is a book. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read." Marx (Groucho)
ReplyDeleteDon't get me started on Marxist quotes:
ReplyDelete"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I'll never know. Then we tried to remove the tusks, but they were embedded in so firmly, we couldn't budge them. Of course in Alabama, the Tuscaloosa."
"Africa is God's Country - and He can have it!"
Groucho as Captain Geoffrey T. Spaulding, famous African Explorer