Thought of the Day: "Ideas and Confetti"

"Ideas are like confetti. Toss them in the air and run underneath!"

--Ray Bradbury

(via his interview in The Paris Review)

Thought of the Day: "Optimism and Othwerise"

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."

--Winston Churchill

Thought of the Day: "The Temple"

"Writing becomes your own temple. You just move in and make sure everything flows and the right divinities are in effect."

-- DJ Spooky (in his wonderful book Rhythm Science).

Thought of the Day: "We Will Need All of Them."

“I wish for these young artists what I wish for all of us: a cool head in a crisis; a knack of lateral thinking; grace under pressure; and a sackful of good luck. We will need all of them.”

--Margaret Atwood (speaking at Davos this past week).

Thought of the Day: "Better"

"When everybody does better, everybody does better."

--Jim Hightower (whose daily commentary is thankfully now available as a podcast)

Thought of the Day: "Short Days"

"The day is short and the work is great. The labors are sluggish, the wages abundant and the master is demanding.

It is not necessary for you to complete the work but neither are you free to desist from it."

--Rabbi Tarfon

Thought of the Day: "The Unexpected"

"Creating is the lion taming of the unexpected."

--Werner Herzog

Thought of the Day: "High School"

"There are a limited number of types of people in the world, and you went to high school with every single one of them."

-- P.J. O'Rourke (via The Writer's Almanac).

Thought of the Day: "Wonder"

"We are perishing not for lack of wonder but for lack of wonder."

--G.K. Chesterton (via Rory Sutherland).

Thought of the Day: "Success"

"There is only one success -to be able to spend your life in your own way."

--Christopher Morley