David Grand’s column for Jan 15, 2009: I tend to quote others only to better express myself

David Grand’s column for Jan 15, 2009: I tend to quote others only to better express myself

As much as I appreciate David Grand’s quotations, I actually read his columns.

I read all the Eagle columnists. I may be biased, but we have the best columnists…

To sit and have a cup of coffee and read a David Grand column is a wonderful way to start my day.

But this column – full of quotations - is priceless. Thanks.

Kevin Dayhoff

I tend to quote others only to better express myself

The Passing Parade By David Grand, Posted on www.explorecarroll.com 1/14/09

I'm fully aware that many of my readers skip over what I've written in my columns and only take time to read the quotations at the end.

That's fine. I get paid the same regardless.

So to show my appreciation to those who at least read those quotations, I've decided to forego writing on a specific topic this week and share some of my favorites, drawn from the columns I've written over the last 16 years. I'd like to think you'll find them as humorous or thought provoking as I did.

Here are my top 21 gems in no particular order:

* "All modern men are descended from a worm-like creature, but it shows more on some people." – Will Cuppy

* "The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs." – Anonymous

* "When money talks, the truth is silent." – Russian proverb

* "There are three kinds of men: the ones who learn by reading; those who learn by observation; and the rest of 'em who have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves." – Will Rogers

Read Mr. Grand’s entire column here: I tend to quote others only to better express myself

http://explorecarroll.com/opinion/2075/i-tend-quote-others-only-better-express-myself/#comment-59

20090115 David Grand’s column for January 15, 2009:
Kevin Dayhoff www.kevindayhoff.net http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/

President-elect Barak Obama on “Change”

President-elect Barak Obama on “Change”

Quote of the day

Hat Tip: Cj

November 12, 2008

“My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it.” -- Barack Obama

20081112 SDOSM President elect Barak Obama on change

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken

October 23, 2008
I’m not sure when Orson Scott Card said this; however the following quote ought to be an everyday mantra for anyone in the public spotlight.

It is certainly a thought that many in the blogosphere ought to take to heart…

It reminds me of the great admonition that I often repeated to myself when I was an elected official – although critics will suggest that I, all too often did not follow my own advice enough: “Never miss an opportunity to sit down and shut up.”

"Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken." Attributed to Orson Scott Card

20081023 Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken

http://www.ornery.org/

20080803 “Certain flaws are necessary for the whole…”

“Certain flaws are necessary for the whole…”

August 4, 2008

“Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Art The Library Quotes

http://quotes4all.net/authors/johann%20wolfgang%20von%20goethe/quotes.html

20080803 “Certain flaws are necessary for the whole…”

20080403 The CJ quote of the day

The CJ quote of the day

April 3, 2008

“If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free!” -P. J. O'Rourke

20080318 Quote of the day - from B5

Quote of the day - from B5

Hat Tip: Colonel B5

A quote I got today--source unknown---

"Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted."

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20071217 Best Notable Quotables of 2007

"Best Notable Quotables of 2007, the Twentieth Annual Awards for the Year's Worst Reporting"

***Media Research Center CyberAlert Special***

1:30pm EST, Monday December 17, 2007

Now Online: Results for the "Best Notable Quotables of 2007, the

Twentieth Annual Awards for the Year's Worst Reporting"

The results are in for the "Best Notable Quotables of 2007, the

Twentieth Annual Awards for the Year's Worst Reporting." A panel of

52 leading media observers judged 17 award categories and the winning

quotes and top runners-up have been posted on the MRC's home page,

with the quotes from television accompanied by click-and-play Flash

video, as well as downloadable Windows Media video and MP3 audio

clip.

Check: http://www.mrc.org/

Last week we tabulated the votes and squeezed as many quotes as

we could into the eight-page hard copy version. It went off to the

printer on Wednesday night. A press release announcing the results

went out this morning.

The direct address:

http://www.mrc.org/notablequotables/bestof/2007/welcome.asp

You'll also see a link to an Adobe Acrobat PDF that matches the

eight-page hard copy version. Direct address for the PDF:

http://www.mrc.org/notablequotables/bestof/2007/BestofNQ2007.pdf

For the list of judges, who were generous with their time (list

is also lower in this e-mail):

http://www.mrc.org/notablequotables/bestof/2007/categories/judges.asp

Between Christmas and New Year's Day I'll distribute the text of

all the winners and runners-up, but for now you'll have to go online

to learn the results.

> The 17 award categories:

- Blue State Brigade Award for Campaign Reporting

- Damn Those Conservatives Award

- Good Morning Morons Award

- Dynamic Duo Award for Idolizing Bill and Hillary

- Madness of King George Award

- Tin Foil Hat Award for Crazy Conspiracy Theories

- America Makes Us Sick Award

- Media Hero Award

- Politics of Meaninglessness Award for Silliest Analysis

- Channeling the Nut Roots Award

- Media Millionaires for Higher Taxes

- O Great Goreacle Award

- Barbra Streisand Political IQ Award for Celebrity Vapidity

- Perky Princess Award for Katie's Cutesy Comments

- Drive By Media Award for Shooting at the Competition

- Not Biased Enough Award

- Quote of the Year

> The judges:

- Lee Anderson, Associate Publisher and Editor, Chattanooga Times

Free Press

- Chuck Asay, editorial cartoonist via the Creators Syndicate

- Brent H. Baker, MRC's Vice President for Research and Publications;

Editor of CyberAlert and Editor the NewsBusters blog

- Mark Belling, radio talk show host, WISN-AM in Milwaukee

- Neal Boortz, nationally syndicated radio talk show host

- L. Brent Bozell III, President of the Media Research Center and

author of Whitewash: What the Media Won't Tell You About Hillary

Clinton, But Conservatives Will

- Priscilla Buckley, Contributing Editor for National Review

- Bill Cotterell, political editor at the Tallahassee Democrat

- Blanquita Cullum, Podjockey.com

- Bill Cunningham, nationally syndicated radio talk show host from

WLW in Cincinnati

- Midge Decter, author, member of the Heritage Foundation's Board of Trustees

- Bob Dutko, radio talk show host, WMUZ-FM in Detroit

- Jim Eason, retired radio talk show host

- Don Feder, former Boston Herald columnist; author, media consultant

at Don Feder & Associates

- Eric Fettmann, Associate Editorial Page Editor, New York Post

- Ed Flynn, radio talk host on WATR in Waterbury, CT

- Michael Graham, radio talk show host on WTKK in Boston and Boston

Herald columnist

- Tim Graham, Director of Media Analysis, Media Research Center;

Senior Editor of the NewsBusters blog

- Steven Greenhut, senior editorial writer and columnist, Orange

County Register

- Kirk Healy, Executive Producer, WDBO Radio in Orlando

-Quin Hillyer, Senior Editor, The American Spectator

- Fred Honsberger, radio talk show host, Newsradio 1020 KDKA in Pittsburgh

- Jeff Jacoby, columnist for the Boston Globe

- Marie Kaigler, mass media and developmental consultant, Detroit

- Cliff Kincaid, Editor, Accuracy in Media

- Mark Larson, Program Director and talk show host on San Diego 1700 AM

- Mark Levin, nationally syndicated radio talk show host

- Jason Lewis, talk show host, 100.3 KTLK-FM in Minneapolis

- Kathryn Jean Lopez, Editor of National Review Online

- Brian Maloney, radio analyst, creator of The RadioEqualizer blog

- Steve Malzberg, nationally syndicated talk show host from WOR in

New York City

- Patrick McGuigan, Contributing Editor, The City Sentinel in

Oklahoma City

- Colin McNickle, Editorial Page Editor, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

- Joe McQuaid, Publisher, New Hampshire Union Leader

- Paul Mirengoff, co-author of PowerLine blog

- Robert D. Novak, syndicated columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times;

author of The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting in Washington

- Rich Noyes, Director of Research, Media Research Center; Senior

Editor of the NewsBusters blog

- Henry Payne, editorial cartoonist, The Detroit News

- Wladyslaw Pleszczynski, Editorial Director, The American Spectator

- Michael Reagan, nationally syndicated radio talk show host

- Chris Reed, editorial writer, San Diego Union-Tribune

- Mike Rosen, radio talk show host, KOA in Denver; columnist for the

Rocky Mountain News

- William A. Rusher, Distinguished Fellow, Claremont Institute;

syndicated columnist

- Matthew Sheffield, Executive Editor of NewsBusters, the MRC's blog

- James Taranto, Editor of OpinionJournal.com

- Philip Terzian, Literary Editor for The Weekly Standard

- Cal Thomas, syndicated columnist; panelist on FNC's Fox News Watch

- Chris Warden, Assistant Professor of Journalism, Troy University

- Clay Waters, Editor of the MRC's TimesWatch.org

- Walter E. Williams, economics professor, George Mason University

- Thomas S. Winter, Editor-in-Chief of Human Events

- Martha Zoller, radio talk show host for WDUN in Gainseville, GA

For links to Web pages for the judges:

http://www.mrc.org/notablequotables/bestof/2007/categories/judges.asp

- Brent Baker

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Check Out the MRC's Blog

The MRC's blog site, NewsBusters, "Exposing and Combating Liberal Media Bias," provides examples of bias 24/7. With your participation NewsBusters will continue to be THE blog site for tracking and correcting liberal media bias. Come post your comments and get fresh proof of media misdeeds at: http://www.newsbusters.org

20071022 MRC’s 20th Anniversary Edition of “Notable Quotables”

MRC’s 20^th Anniversary Edition of “Notable Quotables”

For some great smiles and wonderful laughs, check out the MRC’s 20th Anniversary Edition of “Notoable Quotables.”

October 22, 2007 (Vol. Twenty; No. 22)

Since the Media Research Center was founded in October 1987, our mission has been to document, expose and neutralize the media elite’s liberal bias, and our bi-weekly Notable Quotables, which debuted in February 1988, has been a vital tool in pursuing this mission. After publishing more than 500 issues — more than 8,000 notable quotes — we are pleased to bring you this super-sized 20th Anniversary edition with the most outrageous quotes from the MRC’s first two decades.

Notable Quotables

MRC’s 20th Anniversary Edition

This special edition marking the MRC’s 20th anniversary contains more than 100 of the most outrageous quotes from our past two decades, many accompanied by audio and video clips. Watch Dan Rather berate Vice President Bush during a live interview; listen to Bryant Gumbel suggest radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh bore responsibility for the Oklahoma City bombing; and recall the media’s sneering disdain for Ronald Reagan, and their utter admiration for Bill and Hillary Clinton.

Part One: Useful Idiots for Communism; Reviling Ronald Reagan; Newt’s Deadly GOP Insurgency

Part Two: The Clinton Defense Team; Bush: Selected, Not Elected; Journalists 1st, Americans 2nd

20070925 Ben Franklin on writing

Ben Franklin on writing

I received this in an e-mail on Tuesday, September 25, 2007

“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”

Attributed to Ben Franklin

Hat Tip: Grammy

20070926 Quote of the day

Quote of the day

Wednesday, September 26^th, 2007

“It's easier to have the vigor of youth when you're old than the wisdom of age when you're young.”

Richard J. Needham Writer

Thanks TC

20070924 Quote of the day – The size of your funeral

Quote of the day

September 24, 2007

“Regardless of what you do in life, the size of your funeral is still determined by the weather.”

E-mailed to me by Mrs. Owl, thank you.

20070923 Did I read that sign right?

Did I read that sign right?

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Hat Tip: Grammy

TOILET OUT OF ORDER. PLEASE USE FLOOR BELOW

In a Laundromat: AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINES: PLEASE REMOVE ALL YOUR CLOTHES WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT

In a London department store: BARGAIN BASEMENT UPSTAIRS

In an office: WOULD THE PERSON WHO TOOK THE STEP LADDER YESTERDAY PLEASE BRING IT BACK OR FURTHER STEPS WILL BE TAKEN

In an office: AFTER TEA BREAK STAFF SHOULD EMPTY THE TEAPOT AND STAND UPSIDE DOWN ON THE DRAINING BOARD

Outside a secondhand shop: WE EXCHANGE ANYTHING - BICYCLES, WASHING MACHINES, ETC. WHY NOT BRING YOUR WIFE ALONG AND GET A WONDERFUL BARGAIN?

Notice in health food shop window: CLOSED DUE TO ILLNESS

Spotted in a safari park: (I sure hope so)

ELEPHANTS PLEASE STAY IN YOUR CAR

Seen during a conference: FOR ANYONE WHO HAS CHILDREN AND DOESN'T KNOW IT, THERE IS A DAY CARE ON THE 1ST FLOOR

Notice in a farmer's field: THE FARMER ALLOWS WALKERS TO CROSS THE FIELD FOR FREE, BUT THE BULL CHARGES.

Message on a leaflet: IF YOU CANNOT READ, THIS LEAFLET WILL TELL YOU HOW TO GET LESSONS

On a repair shop door: WE CAN REPAIR ANYTHING. (PLEASE KNOCK HARD ON THE DOOR - THE BELL DOESN'T WORK)

20070920 Best quotes ever – well, maybe not

Best quotes ever – well, maybe not

Hat Tip: Grammy

These were just e-mailed to me. Warning: Do not attempt to consume any liquids while reading these quotes. Your computer keyboard may be at risk…

September 20^th, 2007

Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?

Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should not
live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever,
then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever,
which is why I would not live forever,"

Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest . (On September 17, 1994, Alabama's Heather Whitestone was selected as Miss America 1995.)

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"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids
all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love
to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and
death and stuff." --Mariah Carey

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"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life."
-- Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for federal anti-smoking campaign.

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"I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body"

Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball forward.

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"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country"--Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC.

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"I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president." -- Hillary Clinton commenting on the release of subpoenaed documents.

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"That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I'm just the one to do it."--A congressional candidate in Texas.

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"Half this game is ninety percent mental." --Philadelphia Phillies manager, Danny Ozark

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"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."--Al Gore, Vice President

And

"We are ready for an un foreseen event that may or may not occur."-- Al Gore, VP

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"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix."-- Dan Quayle

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"We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?"--Lee Iacocca

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"The word "genius" isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."--Joe Theisman, NFL football quarterback & sports analyst.

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"We don't necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain types of people."-- Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instrutor .

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"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." --Bill Clinton, President

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"Traditionally, most of Australia's imports come from overseas." --Keppel Enderbery

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"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances." --Department of Social Services, Greenville, South Carolina

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"If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And the next morning, when they wake up dead, there'll be a record."--Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman

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20070904 Quote of the day - Two things

Quote of the day – Two things

Tuesday, September 4<sup>th</sup>, 2007

To do great and important tasks, two things are necessary: a plan and not quite enough time.

Author unknown

Thanks TC

20070824 Quote of the day - Courage

Quote of the day – Courage

Friday, August 24, 2007

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I'll try again tomorrow."

Maryanne Radmacher Writer and artist

Thanks TC

20070824 Quote of the day - Courage

Quote of the day – Courage

Friday, August 24, 2007

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I'll try again tomorrow."

Maryanne Radmacher Writer and artist

Thanks TC

20070823 Quote of the day - Gravitate

Quote of the day – Gravitate

Thursday, August 23<sup>rd</sup>, 2007

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) Writer and publisher

Thanks TC

20070823 Quote of the day - Gravitate

Quote of the day – Gravitate

Thursday, August 23<sup>rd</sup>, 2007

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) Writer and publisher

Thanks TC

20070813 Quote of the day - Got Weeds?

Quote of the day - Got Weeds?

Monday, August 13, 2007

“When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun with nettles.”

Horace Walpole (1717-1797) Writer

Thanks TC

20070810 Quote of the day - Work for you?

Quote of the day - Work for you?

Friday, August 10, 2007

“Work has to include our deepest values and passions and feelings and commitments, or it's not work, it's just a job.”

Matthew Fox Cleric

Thanks TC