“We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity; more than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.” Sir Charles Spencer (Charlie) Chaplin Jr. KB
Author Archives: Alun Rees
The Monday Morning Quote #674
“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.” Charles Bukowski
The Monday Morning Quote #673
“The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.“ B.B.King I saw him on one of his farewell tours at the NEC Birmingham in April 2006, a great night with a legend and fine showman; but not quite as intimate as this gig.
The Monday Morning Quote #672
“Until one is committed…” not by Goethe but W.H. Murray “Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too.Continue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #672”
The Monday Morning Quote #671
“The great thing, if one can, is to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions of one’s ‘own,’ or ‘real’ life. The truth is of course that what one calls the interruptions are precisely one’s real life…” C.S.Lewis
Carl Sagan – Pale Blue Dot
When you think you’re significant take a few minutes to watch & listen… “Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot.”
The Monday Morning Quote #670
“The major problem of life is learning how to handle the costly interruptions. The door that slams shut, the plan that got sidetracked, the marriage that failed. Or that lovely poem that didn’t get written because someone knocked on the door.” Martin Luther King Jr
Climate & Cars
A couple of links on climate change and the rise of electric cars. The solutions are never straightforward. From the always readable and challenging “Imagine (the planet with climate action)”, the weekly journal from The Conversation comes a few questions: Will we get to net zero by 2050? How does global carbon removal work? CanContinue reading “Climate & Cars”
US Dental Benefits on the Cusp…..
From the Financial Times and behind a paywall….my verdict on this…I’ll believe it when I see it. Barbers went on pulling teeth long after doctors monopolised surgery on other parts of the body. The divide between dentists and the rest of the medical profession persisted into the 21st century where it is baked into theContinue reading “US Dental Benefits on the Cusp…..”
The Monday Morning Quote #679
“Expect the worst and that’s what you’ll get only it will be much worse.” J.P. Donleavy
The Incisal Edge 