Favourite Quotes
Quotes I have collected over the years that I enjoy or that make me think.
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God makes mistakes?!
I receive mails like the one below every couple of weeks, the wording has sometimes just been modified, this one is alternately called “Recall Notice” or “Factory Recall Notice”. My primary issue with these is I can’t fathom God as the kind of lady that makes mistakes. I mean all powerful, all knowing, all everything and then …
Boswell D. Rabbitsmith Quotes
If you’re not familiar with the work of Boswell D. Rabbitsmith, he’s the famous erudite scientist who once said: ‘I woke up one morning, and all of my stuff had been stolen and replaced by exact duplicates.’ His mind sees things differently than most of us do, to our amazement and amusement.
You think English is easy???
There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren’t invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat. We find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from …
The Marketing Departments New English Dictionary
This dictionary by it’s very own definition is subject to change. The meanings of words will be “enhanced” to get more mileage from them. Language is supposed to evolve not degrade with time. I am finding that marketing and advertising executives are destroying the meaning in people’s mind of words. I am not trying to …
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Simply Complicated
Why is simplicity so complicated? A question that popped into my head after reading the following mail sent to me on the 5th December 2007. The Awakening – by Sonny Carroll There comes a time in your life when you finally get it… When in the midst of all your fears and insanity you stop …
Recommended Reading
A short history of nearly everything – Bill Bryson This book questions what we think and presume we know. As well as being a brilliantly written and witty read, Bill manages to put forward clearly what he has discovered about science. Heavens Breath – Lyall Watson ISBN 0-304-38263-5 A book by the same author as Supernature …
Sayings
U may hear nothing from me on how I appreciate u, but beyond that silence your friendship creates a Beautiful SOUND in my HEART. The glory of God is a human being fully alive. “What’s wrong with right now, unless you think about it?” by Sailor Bob Humankind hasn’t woven the web of life.We’re but …
Confabulation
Confabulation is the confusion of imagination with memory, and/or the confusion of true memories with false memories. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confabulated