There is nothing like being left alone again, to walk peacefully with oneself in the woods. To boil one's coffee and fill one's pipe, and to think idly and slowly as one does it.
The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected.”
This quote has absolutely nothing to do with pipe smoking, but it is my favorite quote, by my favorite President Teddy Roosevelt.
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
The shared philosophy and pact made by two life-long friends, author Ray Bradbury and special effects stop motion animator Ray Harryhausen revealed by the pair at a panel discussion where they shared their love of the original "King Kong", dinosaur and fantasy films, "We will grow old ... but never grow up".
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mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation,
contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected.”
-William Makepeace Thackeray
G.K. Chesterton
This quote has absolutely nothing to do with pipe smoking, but it is my favorite quote, by my favorite President Teddy Roosevelt.
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
-Henry Ford
"If it's sloppy, eat it over the sink."
I keep wanting to make a comment eating something sloppy but keep telling myself its not appropriate for this forum.