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These Mad Scientists Are Seeing Something

7/15/2025

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The Future And Predictions

7/14/2025

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People who have looked into the future say that, while we might think it would be exciting, it is actually pretty boring, because in the future, many problems have been solved, and very few new problems have been found to take their place - how will humankind possibly be happy with fewer problems to solve?
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What Lies Ahead?

I wish, I wish that I could know
     The places I have yet to go,
The ways I’ll change, the things I’ll do,
     The special dreams I’ll make come true,
I wish, I wish that I could see
     The life that lies ahead of me.

By Author Unknown
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“By the year 1975, people will be shot from city to city across the country in tubes.” -Edward Everett Hale (1822 - 1909) (1899)

Watch Your Step

The future lies before you,
     Like a field of driven snow,
Be careful how you tread it,
     For every step will show.

By Author Unknown
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“We must discipline ourselves to convert dreams into plans, and plans into goals, and goals into those small daily activities that will lead us, one sure step at a time, toward a better future.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)): “Five Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle” (1991) at https://www.JimRohn.com

“A rocket will never be able to leave the Earth’s atmosphere.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in the “New York Times” (1936) newspaper

“Your future is as bright as your faith!” -Thomas S. Monson (Thomas Spencer Monson (1927 - 2018))

“It looks like the future’s really bright.” -Michael P. Anderson (Michael Philip Anderson (1959 - 2003))
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“Fooling around with alternating current is just a waste of time. Nobody will use it, ever.” -Thomas Edison (Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931)) (1889)

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt (Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)): “The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944 - 1945” (1950), page 616

“In the year 3000, everything will be instant.” -Dane Cook (Dane Jeffrey Cook (born 1972))

“The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.” -Bill Watterson (William Boyd ‘Bill’ Watterson II (born 1958)): “Calvin & Hobbes” (1985) cartoon

“The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a ‘C,’ the idea must be feasible.” -Unidentified Yale University management professor in response to Fred Smith’s paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service; Fred Smith went on to found the Federal Express Corporation

“The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only more expensive.” -John Sladek (John Thomas Sladek (1937 -2000))
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“The future is that time when you’ll wish you had done what you aren’t doing now.” -Charles F. Kettering (Charles Franklin Kettering (1876 - 1958))

“Nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners will probably be a reality in ten years.” -Alex Lewyt (Alexander M. Lewyt (1908 - 1988)): as quoted in the “New York Times” (1955) newspaper
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“The future is not what it used to be.” -Paul Valéry (Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules ‘Paul’ Valéry (1871 - 1945))

“By the year 2000, amid general plenty, politics will simply fade away.” -R. Buckminster Fuller (Richard Buckminster ‘Bucky’ Fuller (1895 - 1983)) (1966)

“We have no way of knowing what lays ahead for us in the future. All we can do is use the information at hand to make the best decision possible.” -Christopher ‘Chris’ Walken (born Ronald ‘Ronnie’ Walken (born 1943))
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“The world potential market for copying machines is 5,000 at most.” -Author Unknown: statement of International Business Machines (1959), to the eventual founders of Xerox

“The future is not laid out on a track. It is something that we can decide, and to the extent that we do not violate any known laws of the Universe, we can probably make it work the way that we want to.” -Alan Kay (Alan Curtis Kay (born 1940)): in his paper ’Inventing the Future,’ as published in Patrick Henry Winston and Karen Prendergast, editors: “The AI Business: The Commercial Uses of Artificial Intelligence” (1984)

“The cinema is little more than a fad. It’s canned drama. What audiences really want to see is flesh and blood on the stage.” -Charlie Chaplin (Charles Spencer ‘Charlie’ Chaplin (1889 - 1977)) (1916)

“You create a good future by creating a good present.” -Eckhart Tolle (born Ulrich Leonard Tölle in 1948)

“Law will be simplified. Lawyers will have diminished, and their fees will have been vastly curtailed.” -Junius Henri Browne (1833 - 1902) (1893), predictions he made for over the next century
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“The only light upon the future is faith.” -Theodore Hoecker

“Television won’t last. It’s a flash in the pan.” -Mary Somerville (1897 - 1963) (1948)
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“If you take no part in the design of your future, it will be designed for you by others.” -Edward de Bono (born 1933)

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We are now living in the future, so where are the flying cars the futurists promised us all those years ago . . . it seems we have no choice but to build them ourselves!
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“The future is not in the hands of fate, but in ours.” -Jules Jusserand (Jean Jules Jusserand)

“Put your future in good hands - your own.” -Mark Victor Hansen: “Future Diary” (1980)

“The future isn’t written. It can be changed . . . Anyone can make their future whatever they want it to be.” -Bob Gale: “Back to the Future Part III” (1990) screenplay, words of character Doc Emmett Brown (portrayed by actor Christopher Lloyd) to character Marty McFly (portrayed by actor Michael J. Fox)
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“The energy produced by the breaking down of the atom is a very poor kind of thing. Anyone who expects a source of power from the transformation of these atoms is talking moonshine.” -Ernest Rutherford (1871 - 1937), shortly after the atom had been split for the first time.

“The future lies hidden in the past, waiting for us to uncover it, quite as surely as history repeats itself.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“If I had thought about it, I wouldn’t have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said you can’t do this.” -Spencer Silver (Spencer Ferguson Silver (born 1941)): on the work that led to the unique adhesive used in 3-M ‘Post-It’ notepads

“The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.” -Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)

“When the Paris Exhibition closes, electric light will close with it and no more will be heard of it.” -Erasmus Wilson (William James Erasmus Wilson (1809 - 1884)) (1878)
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“When all else is lost, the future still remains.” -Christian Nestell Bovée (1820 - 1904)

“The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past.” -George Savile (also known as Marquis Halifax (1633 - 1695)): “Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections” (1750), ‘Miscellaneous: Experience’
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“The idea that cavalry will be replaced by these iron coaches is absurd. It is little short of treasonous.” -Unidentified Aide-de-camp (1916), speaking to Field Marshal Haig at a tank demonstration

“Wise men say, and not without reason, that whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times.” -Author Unknown
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“Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.” [translation to English]
“Quid sit futurum cras, fuge quærere: et
Quem Fors dierum cunque dabit, lucro Appone.”
[original Latin]
-Quintus Horatius Flaccus (also known simply as Horace (65 B.C.E. - 8 B.C.E.)): “Carmina,” book I, number 9, line 13

“X-rays will prove to be a hoax.” -William Thomson (also known as Lord Kelvin (1824 - 1907)) (1883)

“If you want to predict the future, create it.” -Peter F. Drucker (Peter Ferdinand Drucker (1909 - 2005))

“Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow.” -Author Unknown
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“I have seen the future, and it’s like the present, only longer.” -Dan Quisenberry (Daniel Raymond ‘Quiz’ Quisenberry (1953 - 1998))

“The future always holds something for the man who keeps his faith in it.” -H. L. Hollis
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Riddle: What’s always in front of you but cannot be seen?
Solution: The future.

“You want to have consistent and uniform muscle development across all of your muscles? It can’t be done. It’s just a fact of life. You just have to accept inconsistent muscle development as an unalterable condition of weight training.” -Author Unknown: response to Arthur Jones, who solved the ‘unsolvable’ problem by inventing Nautilus
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“We could use up all the proven reserves of oil in the entire world by the end of the next decade.” -Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Junior (born 1924)) (18 April 1977), televised speech

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“To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the Moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to Earth - all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. I am bold enough to say that such a man-made voyage will never occur regardless of all future advances.” -Lee de Forest (born Lee DeForest (1873 - 1961)) (1926)

“The future is made of the same stuff as the present.” -Simone Weil (Simone Adolphine Weil (1909 - 1943))

“The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to no one in particular?” -Unidentified Associates (1921) of David Sarnoff, responding to his urging for investment in radio

“Coming events cast their shadows before.” -Thomas Campbell (1777 - 1844): “Lochiel’s Warning” (1802) poem, line 56

“I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won’t last out the year.” -Unidentified Editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall (1957)

“Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.” -Roger Babson (Roger Ward Babson (1875 - 1967))
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“Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau.” -Irving Fisher: speech (16 October 1929) to the Purchasing Agents Association, 5 days before the stock market crash leading into the Great Depression Era

“The future’s already here - it just isn’t evenly distributed.” -William Gibson (William Ford Gibson (born 1948))
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If you can look into the seeds of time,
And say which grain will grow and which will not;
Speak then to me.
-William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Macbeth (1605)” Act I, Scene 3, line 58

“The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, the last duty done.” -George Macdonald (1824 - 1905)

“Fifty years hence automobile traffic will have entirely disappeared from the surface thoroughfares of New York City, and people will be shot through tubes like merchandise.” -Harvey W. Corbett (Harvey Wiley Corbett (1873 - 1954)): as attributed in “The American Institute of Architects” (1925)
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“The future you shall know when it has come; before then forget it.” -Aeschylus (about 525 B.C.E. - about 456 B.C.E.)

“This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.” -Author Unknown: Western Union internal memo (1876)
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Your Future Is Up To You

What does your future hold?
     Some things new and some things old,
Some things lead and some things gold -
     All will be determined, it can be foretold,
Whether, as this passing moment does unfold,
     You choose to be timid or decide to be bold.

By David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“But what . . . is it good for?” -Unidentified Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of International Business Machines (1968), commenting on the microchip

“The trouble with the future is that it usually arrives before we are ready for it.” -Arnold H. Glasow (Arnold Henry Glasow (1905 - 1999))

“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” -Ken Olson (1977), president, chairman, and founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, maker of mainframe computers, arguing against the personal computer

“Our futures are formed by the thoughts we hold most often.” -Wayne Dyer (Wayne Walter Dyer (born 1940))

“The future is green and low tech. We’ll watch aquariums, not TVs.” -A. Pavletich

“The first step towards creating an improved future is developing the ability to envision it. Man can only receive what he sees himself receiving.” -Florence Scovel Shinn (1871 - 1940)

Overheard: Scientists predict that one day, we will all live in the future.

“The future belongs to those who dare.” -Author Unknown
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“The future has a habit of suddenly and dramatically becoming the present.” -Roger Babson (Roger Ward Babson (1875 - 1967))

“There is practically no chance communications space satellites will be used to provide better telephone, telegraph, television, or radio service inside the United States.” -T. Craven (Tunis Augustus Macdonough Craven, also known as T. A. M. Craven (1893 - 1972)) (1961); the first commercial communications satellite went into service in 1965

“I think the key to the future is curiosity. I look at the people I admire most and they’re curious people, they’re open, they’re interested, they haven’t arrived.” -Carey Nieuwhof
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“The future will soon be a thing of the past.” -George Carlin (George Denis Patrick Carlin (1937 - 2008)): “Napalm and Silly Putty” (2001), page 260

“The future is no more uncertain than the present.” -Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)

“We face the future fortified with the lessons we have learned from the past.” -Eleanor Roosevelt (Anna Eleanor ‘Eleanor’ Roosevelt (1884 - 1962)): “Tomorrow Is Now” (1963), page xv

“My future starts when I wake up every morning.” -Miles Davis
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“Men might as well project a voyage to the Moon as attempt to employ steam navigation against the stormy North Atlantic Ocean.” -Dionysius Lardner (1793 - 1859)

“Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.” -Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919)

“The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.” -Mike Murdock (Michael Dean ‘Mike’ Murdock (born 1946))
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“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” -Eleanor Roosevelt (Anna Eleanor ‘Eleanor’ Roosevelt (1884 - 1962)): as quoted in Leonard C. Schlup and Donald W. Whisenhunt: “It Seems to Me: Selected Letters of Eleanor Roosevelt” (2001), page 2

“Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you.” -Frank Tyger (1929 - 2011)

We are MFOL! . . . and here comes the future . . . wow, it sure is moving fast . . . it just flew right by us . . . and now it is the gone into the past . . . wait, here it comes again . . . see if you can grab onto it this time!

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Inquisitiveness And Curiosity

7/7/2025

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“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” -W. B. Yeats (William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939))

“When you’re curious, fun has a way of just showing up.” -Margret Rey (Margret Elizabeth Rey (born Margarete Elisabeth Waldstein (1906 - 1996))) and H. E. Rey (Hans Augusto Rey (born Hans Augusto Reyersbach (1898 - 1977))), words of character Curious George at https://www.curiousgeorge.com/

“Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness.” -Bryant McGill (Bryant Harrison McGill (born 1969)) at https://bryantmcgill.com/

“I am curious about everything, and I always want to learn something new.” -Margret Rey (Margret Elizabeth Rey (born Margarete Elisabeth Waldstein (1906 - 1996))) and H. E. Rey (Hans Augusto Rey (born Hans Augusto Reyersbach (1898 - 1977))), words of character Curious George at https://www.curiousgeorge.com/
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“When you’re curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.” -Walt Disney (Walter Elias ‘Walt’ Disney (1901 - 1965))

“She sat down in a weed patch, her elbows on her knees, and kept her eyes on the small mysterious world of the ground. In the shade and sun of grass blade forests, small living things had their metropolis.” -Nancy Price
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“I would rather live in a world where life is surrounded by mystery, than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878 - 1969): “Riverside Sermons” (1958), page 22

“Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.” -James Stephens (1880 - 1950): “The Crock of Gold” (1912), page 41
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“Be aware of wonder. And then remember the, “Dick and Jane,” books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all - look.” -Robert Fulghum (Robert Lee Fulghum (born 1937))

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“The moment that one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious and awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.” -Henry Miller (Henry Valentine Miller (1891 - 1980))

“Blessed are the curious, for they shall have adventures.” -Lovelle Drachman

Inquisitive Lad

There once was a boy of Bagdad,
An inquisitive sort of a lad.
He said, “I will see
If a sting has a bee.”
And he very soon found that it had!

By Author Unknown

“Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you; you must acquire it.” -Sudie Back (Sudie Elizabeth Back Sattler (born 1973))

“A good scientist is a person in whom the childhood quality of perennial curiosity lingers on. Once he gets an answer, he has other questions.” -Frederick Seitz (1911 - 2008)
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“Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why.” -Bernard Baruch (Bernard Mannes Baruch (1870 - 1965))

“Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.” -Pema Chödrön (born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown in 1936)
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“A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): as quoted in James Boswell, editor: “Life of Samuel Johnson” (1791), Volume I: ‘Letters to and from Dr. Samuel Johnson’

Patrice: You’re a real curiosity - did you know that?
Shaun: Well, thank you, though I doubt if you shall ever solve me.

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“Curiosity is the forerunner of discovery.” -Richard Duke

“The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.” -Isaac Asimov (1919 - 1992)

“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.” -Zora Neale Hurston (1891 - 1960): “Dust Tracks on a Road” (1942), Chapter 10: ‘Research,’ page 143

“The more you know, the more you want to know. Not only that, but the more you know, the more connections you can make between the different bits of knowledge that you have in your head and therefore the more ideas you have, which is why curiosity is really the wellspring of creativity.” -Georgina Venning
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“Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect*.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): “The Rambler” (1750 - 1752), No. 103 (12 March 1751)
* intellect: ability to learn and reason

“Things that people learn purely out of curiosity can have a revolutionary effect on human affairs.” -Frederick Seitz (1911 - 2008): in an interview (3 September 1997) for the George C. Marshall Institute
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“Curiosity makes scientists of us all.” -Alan Howard Cottrell (1919 - 2012)

“Man is incurably curious; his desire to know and to understand is the mainspring of invention, discovery, civilization, progress, the driving force, which leads then to learning.” -Author Unknown
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“Isn’t it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive - it’s such an interesting world. It wouldn’t be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it? There’d be no scope for imagination then, would there?” -L. M. Montgomery (Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874 - 1942)): “Anne of Green Gables” (June 1908), Chapter 2; words of character Anne

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“Replace fear of the unknown with curiosity” -Author Unknown

“Leave no stone unturned.” -Euripides (about 480 B.C.E. - about 406 B.C.E.): “Heraclidae” (about 428 B.C.E.)

“To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: ‘Leave no stone unturned.’” -Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803 - 1873))

“The place where you lose the trail is not necessarily the place where it ends.” -Tom Brown, Junior (born 1950): “The Tracker” (1978)

“He who asks a question may be a fool for five minutes but he who never asks a question remains a fool forever.” -Tom J. Connelly
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“I love learning and I think that curiosity is a wonderful gift.” -Andie MacDowell (Rosalie Anderson ‘Andie’ MacDowell (born 1958))

“The Quest Quotient has always interested me more than the Intelligence Quotient.” -Eugene S. Wilson (Eugene Smith ‘Bill’ Wilson, Junior (1905 - 1981)): as quoted in “Reader’s Digest” (April 1968)

“If you are curious, you’ll find the puzzles around you. If you are determined, you will solve them.” -Erno Rubik

“I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.” -Eleanor Roosevelt (Anna Eleanor ‘Eleanor’ Roosevelt (1884 - 1962))

“Being curious is like giving yourself a present whenever you want one.” -Author Unknown

“When curiosity turns to serious matters, it’s called research.” -Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (also known as Marie Ebner von Eschenbach (1830 - 1916))

“Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected.” -Sophocles (496 B.C.E. - 406 B.C.E.)

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“Curiosity is the one thing invincible in nature.” -Freya Stark (Freya Madeline Stark (1893 - 1993))

“I’m naturally curious, and I’ve always been driven by my curiosity. Curiosity gets people excited. Curiosity leads to new ideas, new jobs, new industries.” -Anne Sweeney
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“Curiosity is the most powerful thing you own.” -James Cameron (born 1954)

“Curious people are interesting people; I wonder why that is.” -Bill Maher

“There are two sorts of curiosity - the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the surface of things. The permanent is attracted by the amazing and consecutive life that flows on beneath the surface of things.” -Robert Lynd (Robert Wilson Lynd (1879 - 1949))

“Never lose your curiosity.” -Author Unknown
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“All animals feel wonder, and many exhibit Curiosity.” -Charles Darwin (Charles Robert Darwin (1809 - 1882)): “The Descent of Man” (1871), volume I, chapter II: ‘Comparisons of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals,’ page 42

“Curiosity is essential for progress.” -Simon Sinek
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“The first and the simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind is Curiosity.” -Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797): “A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful” (1757), Part I, Section I

Elmo: Who crossed the road and left everyone wanting an explanation?
Eva: The chicken.
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“A sense of curiosity is nature’s original school of education.” -Smiley Blanton

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“Increasingly, I feel curiosity and an eagerness to learn is the most crucial skill in life. If you’re not curious, I’m not sure if there is much others can do to help you. But if you’re eager to learn, even if you aren’t particularly talented, then so much is possible.” -James Clear

“Curiosity is what separates us from the cabbages. It’s accelerative. The more we know, the more we want to know.” -David McCullough

“One half of the World wonders how the other lives.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, Wise Sentences, and Witty Sayings” (1732), number 3758

“Curiosity is the beginning of all wisdom.” -Françoise Sagan
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“All men by nature desire to know. An indication of this is the delight we take in our senses; for even apart from their usefulness they are loved for themselves; and above all others the sense of sight. For not only with a view to action, but even when we are not going to do anything, we prefer sight to almost everything else. The reason is that this, most of all the senses, makes us know and brings to light many differences between things.” -Aristotle (384 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.): “Metaphysics,” Book I, chapter 1, opening paragraph

“The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.” -Anatole France (pseudonym of Jacques Anatole François Thibault (1844 - 1924))

“Be guided by wonder and curiosity rather than be imprisoned by fear and doubt.” -Author Unknown
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“Curiosity is a mind in search of knowledge.” -Anatole France (pseudonym of Jacques Anatole François Thibault (1844 - 1924))

“An understanding of the natural world and what’s in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment, but also in the long run, essential to our future survival.” -David Attenborough: as quoted in Alan Graham: “The Sum of You: Teach Yourself” (29 October 2010), page 13

“People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle.” -Leo Rosten (1908 - 1997)

“Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.” -Leo Burnett (1891 - 1971)
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“Satisfaction of one’s curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.” -Linus Pauling (Linus Carl Pauling (1901 - 1994))

“Be curious, not judgmental.” -Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)

“All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind.” -Martin H. Fischer

“What drove me and kept me going over the decades? If I had to use a single word, it would be ‘curiosity’.” -Eve Arnold (1912 - 2012)

“Curiosity is the real teacher.” -Anatole France (pseudonym of Jacques Anatole François Thibault (1844 - 1924))

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” -Carl Sagan (Carl Edward Sagan (1934 - 1996))
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“Curiosity is the engine of achievement.” -Ken Robinson (Kenneth ‘Ken’ Robinson (1950 - 2020))

“‘Curiouser and curiouser!’ cried Alice.” -Lewis Carroll (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898)): “Alice in Wonderland” (1865), Chapter II

“The constant happiness is curiosity.” -Alice Munro
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Creativity And Innovation

6/30/2025

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“Many people find creativity to be their most certain way to happiness.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be.” -Abraham Maslow (Abraham Harold Maslow (1908 - 1970)): “Motivation and Personality” (1954), page 93

“I was created to create.” -Author Unknown
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Bernard: What are you making?
Bernice: I’ll know when it’s done!

“Creative people inspire others.” -Author Unknown

“To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.” -Joseph Chilton Pearce (1926 - 2016): “Magical Child” (1977)
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“One supreme fact which I have discovered is that it is not willpower, but fantasy and imagination, that creates. Imagination is the creative force. Imagination creates reality.” -Richard Wagner (Wilhelm Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883))

“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last, you create what you will.” -George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

“The world calls them its singers and poets and artists and storytellers, but they are just people who have never forgotten the way to fairyland.” -L. M. Montgomery (Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874 - 1942))
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“A rock piles ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry (1900 - 1944))

“Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud. Any of us will put more and better ideas if our efforts are appreciated.” -Alex F. Osborn (Alex Faickney Osborn (1888 - 1966))
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Josh: Why are shovels regarded as the most innovative invention of all time?
Joseph: Because they are truly ground-breaking.

“It’s not about thinking outside the box. It’s about realizing there is no box.” -Jari Askins

“Creativity takes courage.” -Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954)

“Creativity flourishes when we have a sense of safety and self-acceptance.” -Julia Cameron (Julia B. Cameron (born 1948))
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“Those who do not think outside the box are easily contained.” -Author Unknown

“Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning rods draw the flashes.” -Theodor Reik (1888 - 1969)

“Almost all creativity involves purposeful play.” -Abraham Maslow (Abraham Harold Maslow (1908 - 1970))

“To create one’s own world in any of the arts takes courage.” -Georgia O’Keeffe (Georgia Totto O’Keeffe (1887 - 1986))
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“It takes courage to be creative. Just as soon as you have a new idea, you are a minority of one.” -E. Paul Torrance (Ellis Paul Torrance (1915 - 2003))

“In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative original thinker unless you can also sell what you create. Management cannot be expected to recognize a good idea unless it is presented to them by a good salesman.” -David M. Ogilvy (David Mackenzie Ogilvy (1911 - 1999))

“When you are completely absorbed or caught up in something, you become oblivious to things around you, or to the passage of time. It is this absorption in what you are doing that frees your unconscious and releases your creative imagination.” -Rollo May (1909 - 1994)
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“Could Hamlet have been written by a committee, or the Mona Lisa painted by a club? Could the New Testament have been composed as a conference report? Creative ideas do not spring from groups. They spring from individuals. The divine spark leaps from the finger of God to the finger of Adam, whether it takes ultimate shape in a law of physics or a law of the land, a poem or a policy, a sonata or a mechanical computer.” -Alfred Whitney Griswold: address (9 June 1957) at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

“If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk.” -Raymond Inmon (Raymond Leon Inmon (1920 - 1999))
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“All things are created twice. There’s a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation of all things. You have to make sure that the blueprint, the first creation, is really what you want, that you’ve thought everything through. Then you put it into bricks and mortar. Each day you go to the construction shed and pull out the blueprint to get marching orders for the day.” -Stephen R. Covey (Stephen Richards Covey (1932 - 2012))

“Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.” -William Plomer

“Another word for creativity is courage.” -George Prince

“Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes.” -Scott Adams (Scott Raymond Adams (born 1957))

“Ideas are funny things. They don’t work unless you do.” -Author Unknown
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“Every important new idea, when it first appears, is ridiculed.” -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)

“A work is perfectly finished only when nothing can be added to it and nothing taken away.” -Joseph Joubert (1754 - 1824): as quoted in Paul Auster, translator: “The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert” (1883)
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“Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone.” -Edward de Bono (born 1933)

“Make every thought, every fact, that comes into your mind pay you a profit. Make it work and produce for you. Think of things not as they are but as they might be. Don’t merely dream - but create!” -Robert Collier (1885 - 1950)
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“Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.” [translation to English]
“La inspiración existe, pero tiene que encontrarte trabajando.” [original Spanish]
-Pablo Picasso (Pablo Diego Jose Francisco do Paula Juan Nepomuceno Cipriano de la Santissima Trinidad (1881 - 1973))

“Creative people exhibit a continuous discontent with uniformity.” -Glenn Van Ekeren

“We are all creative beings.” -Maya Fiennes
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Put Something In

Draw a crazy picture,
     Write a nutty poem,
Sing a mumble-gumble song,
     Whistle through your comb.
Do a looney-gooney dance
     ’Cross the kitchen floor,
Put something silly in the world
     That ain’t been there before.

By Shel Silverstein (Sheldon Allan ‘Shel’ Silverstein (1930 - 1999))

“Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs.” -Max Beerbohm (1872 - 1956): as quoted in the obituary of music-hall comic Dan Leno, published in the “Saturday Review” (5 November 1904)

“Creative thinking is no substitute for hard work.” -Author Unknown
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“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.” -C. G. Jung (Carl Gustav Jung (1875 - 1961))

“Creative ability is often mistakenly attributed to inborn talent. It is about all the ability to connect one thing with another.” -Corita Kent (Mary Corita ‘Corita’ Kent (born Frances Elizabeth Kent (1918 - 1986)))

“Creativity is the central source of meaning in our lives.” -Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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“Innovators and creators are persons who can to a higher degree than average accept the condition of aloneness. They are more willing to follow their own vision, even when it takes them far from the mainland of the human community. Unexplored spaces do not frighten them - or as much as they frighten those around them. This is one of the secrets of their power. That which we call ‘genius’ has a great deal to do with courage and daring, a great deal to do with nerve.” -Nathaniel Branden (born Nathan Blumenthal (1930 - 2014))

“Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.” -Erich Fromm (Erich Seligmann Fromm (1900 - 1980))

“There’s no shortage of remarkable ideas, what’s missing is the will to execute them.” -Seth Godin (born 1960)
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“Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing.” -Edward de Bono (born 1933)

“Form follows function.” -Louis Henri Sullivan (1856 - 1924)

“The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.” -Linus Pauling (Linus Carl Pauling (1901 - 1994))

“Every day I find something creative to do with my life.” -Miles Davis
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“Listen to everyone, because good ideas can come from everywhere.” -Author Unknown

“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” -attributed to Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

“Everything that people create is a projection of what’s inside them.” -Stuart Lichtman
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“To think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

“Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.” -Arthur Koestler (1905 - 1983)

“Creativity is the essence of being human.” -Joel Garreau (born 1948)
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“You will hear people say that poverty is the best spur to the artist. They have never felt the iron of it in their flesh. They do not know how mean it makes you. It exposes you to endless humiliation, it cuts your wings, it eats into your soul like a cancer. It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one’s dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank, and independent. I pity with all my heart the artist, whether he writes or paints, who is entirely dependent for subsistence upon his art.” -W. Somerset Maugham (William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)): “Of Human Bondage” (1915), Chapter 51

“What if the very reason you were created was to be creative?” -Michelle Dennis Evans
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“Creativity is nothing but a mind set free.” -Torrie T. Asai

“No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.” -Ansel Adams (1902 - 1984)

Overheard: We’re having creative differences. I’m creative; you’re different.
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“We hold these truths to be self-evident; All people are born creative; Endowed by our Creator with the inalienable right and responsibility to express our creativity for the sake of ourselves and our world.” -Barbara Marx Hubbard

“All men are not creative equally.” -John Solie

“Creativity is essentially a lonely art. An even lonelier struggle. To some a blessing. To others a curse. It is in reality the ability to reach inside yourself and drag forth from your very soul an idea.” -Lou Dorfsman (Louis ‘Lou’ Dorfsman (1918 - 2008))
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“Don’t be afraid of silly ideas.” -Paul Arden

“Encouraged, we recognize the importance of living artistically, aesthetically, and creatively, as creative creatures of the creator.” -Edith Schaeffer (Edith Rachel Merritt Schaeffer, also known as Mei Fuh (1914 - 2013)): “The Hidden Art of Homemaking: Creative Ideas for Enriching Everyday Life” (1972)
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“Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.” -Michael Porter

“Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.” -Mary Lou Cook (1918 - 2013)

“Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.” -Brian Aldiss (Brian Wilson Aldiss (1925 - 2017))
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“It is better to create than to be learned; creating is the true essence of life.” -Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1776 - 1831)

“The creative individual has the capacity to free himself from the web of social pressures in which the rest of us are caught. He is capable of questioning the assumptions that the rest of us accept.” -John William Gardner (1912 - 2002)

“An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.” -Edwin Land (Edwin Herbert Land (1909 - 1991)): as quoted in “A Genius and His Magic Camera,” published in ”LIFE” magazine (27 October 1972); also in Mark Olshaker: “The Instant Image: Edwin Land and the Polaroid Experience” (1978), page 65
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“Man is made to create, from the poet to the potter.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)

“Your creativity holds no bounds. So have fun and try anything, I bet it will come out fabulous.” -Michelle Gauthier

“Creative work is play. It is free speculation using materials of one’s chosen form.” -Stephen Nachmanovitch
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“I believe all creativity comes from God. You just have to learn how to listen.” -Mike Thaler (born 1936)

“There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.” -Edward de Bono (born 1933)
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“Concern over criticism clogs creativity.” -Duane Alan Hahn

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” -Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Ann Johnson (1928 - 2014))

“Creativity means believing you have greatness.” -Wayne Dyer (Wayne Walter Dyer (born 1940))
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“Creativity grows out of two things: curiosity and imagination.” -Benny Goodman

“Creativity is a way of living life, no matter our vocation or how we earn our living.” -Madeleine L’Engle: “Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art”

“If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.” -Alfred Nobel

“Creativity consists of coming up with many ideas, not just that one great idea.” -Charles Thompson
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“The life of the creative man is lead, directed, and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes.” -Saul Steinberg (1914 - 1999)

“People like you must create. If you don’t create . . . you will become a menace to society.” -Maria Semple: “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” (2012) novel

“You wouldn’t want any creative process to lose its sense of fun and adventure, but that doesn’t mean you can’t take it seriously as well.” -Charles de Lint (born 1951)

“Creativity is imagining possibilities and making them real.” -Marta Davidovich Ockuly (born 1952) at www.JoyOfQuotes.com
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“Let your creative and imaginative mind run freely; it will take you places you never dreamed of and provide breakthroughs that others once thought were impossible.” -Idowu Koyenikan

“Creativity is seeing something that doesn’t exist already.” -Author Unknown

“This world is but a canvas to our imagination.” -Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862): “A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers” (1849), ‘Wednesday’

“Make stuff, be happy.” -Author Unknown
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“You have to be willing to spend time making things for no known reason.” -Lynda Barry

“If you want to have good ideas you must have many ideas. Most of them will be wrong, and what you have to learn is which ones to throw away.” -Linus Pauling (Linus Carl Pauling (1901 - 1994))

“Create. Not for the money. Not for the fame. Not for the recognition. But for the pure joy of creating something and sharing it.” -Ernest Barbaric

“Creativity doesn’t wait for that perfect moment. It fashions its own perfect moments out of ordinary ones.” -Bruce Garrabrandt
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“Creativity starts with a process of imagining, exploring, and expressing. We can all do it. But it’s a risk; it’s a leap, and needs an environment free of evaluation to thrive.” -Marta Davidovich Ockuly (born 1952) at www.JoyOfQuotes.com

“Visualize this thing that you want, see it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blue print, and begin to build.” -Robert Collier (1885 - 1950)

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Piracy And Pirating

6/23/2025

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Picture of a dimly-seen pirate ship in the dark mist over ocean water, and the words, Humor And Inspiration And Learning About Pirates Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont - Visit www.MakeFunOfLife.net.

When considering career options, do not overlook the possibility of becoming a pirate. To learn more about this potentially lucrative field of work and to find out if a pirate’s life might be right for you, simply continue reading . . .
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Davy: What did the pirate say when he was marooned in Antarctica?
Dugie: Well, shiver me timbers!

Jenny: What do pirates wear on their feet?
Johnny: Arrrrrr-gyle socks.
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Most people only see fancy ‘made for the movies’ pirates. What could you expect from a real pirate? A real pirate would be wearing filthy rags and have the dreaded scurvy, and because we would not want to disgust you by showing you such a person, we won’t! Now let’s all make pirate noises. Rrr! Arrr! Rrr-rrr-rrr!

Rich: What are pirates afraid of?
Rick: The darrrrrrrrrrrrrrrk!
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Clark: Why can you not take a picture of a pirate with a wooden leg?
Kent: Because a wooden leg does not take pictures!

Amelia: How much did the pirate pay for his peg-leg and hook-hand?
Emily: An arm and a leg!
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A man went to the employment office looking for work. He was told that he could have the part of Long John Silver in a new movie version of “Treasure Island.” “That’s marvelous!” said the man. “How much will I be paid?” “Ten thousand dollars a week,” was the reply. “Great!” said the man. “So do I start acting on Monday?” “Oh, no,” said the clerk. “On Monday, you’re having your leg amputated.”

Brent: What do pirates think of the letter ‘s’?
Brock: They think it’s really s’curvey!

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Agatha: What does a fancy pirate add to his dinner?
Agnes: A garrrrrrrrrrrrrrrnish!
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William The Crook

A pirate named William the Crook,
Serves his crew with his gigantic hook,
“I impale some marshmallows,
Toast them up for the fellows,
Make some cocoa, and read them a book.”

By Author Unknown
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Marty: How much does a pirate pay for corn?
Morty: A buccaneer.

Morris: Where do pirates keep their cookies?
Morton: In cookie jarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrs!
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Martin: What is a buccaneer?
Mortimer: What pirates pay for corn these days.

Pirates: No-good people who most assuredly arrive at a no-good end.
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Real-life pirates are murderous, thieving, low-life criminal scum who steal ships and have historically met their end on the hangman’s noose, and in more recent times have been sent to filthy, overcrowded, rat-infested prisons for the remainder of their miserable days, but we will have some fun at their expense nonetheless.

Tabitha: Why did the pirate walk into the ship’s mast?
Timothy: Because he was wearing his eye patch on the wrong eye.
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Forget about the treasure chests shown in pretend pirate movies - the one shown above is how a real treasure chest would have looked. What, is it not glamorous enough for the likes of you? Aaarrr, well, suit yourself. If by chance you want to see what an authentic pirate chest would have held inside, continue reading and you will soon come to a picture of real pirate loot, shown further below.

A Bold Pirate Of Boulder

There was a bold pirate of Boulder
Whose cutlass was slung from his shoulder.
He’d mighty fine notions
Of plundering oceans,
But his mom said, “Perhaps when you’re older.”

By Graham Lester at https://grahamlester.webs.com/index.htm
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Pirate Perry: How would you rate www.MakeFunOfLife.net?
Pirate Percival: I give it five out of five rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr’s!

Annette: Where do pirates park their ships?
Nettie: In the harrrrrrrrrrrrrrrbor!
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Tucker: What goes, “99-thump, 99-thump?”
Tyler: A pirate centipede with a wooden leg.

Merrill: What is a pirate’s second favorite type of transportation?
Marla: A carrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
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Astor: Why are pirates called pirates?
Reed: They just arrrrrr!

Pearl: How much did the pirate pay to get his ears pierced for earrings?
Cora: A buccaneer!
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Jered: What do pirates learn in pirate school?
Jeremy: The three “Aaarrrrrrs!”

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This pirate treasure may not be much to look at, but to a real pirate, it is the stuff of dreams. Up until quite recent times, coins were basically lumps of metal such as silver, copper, gold, or alloys (combinations of different metals melted together) that had been hammered flat or made by clumsily pouring molten metal into rough molds. Old coins from the time of pirates and sailing ships often were not perfectly round, not very pretty, and were well-worn-down, but were nonetheless valuable.

Jeffrey: What did the pirate ship captain keep in his musical treasure chest?
Geoffrey: The lute!
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Byron: What “Star Wars” character is really a pirate?
Myron: Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-2-D-2!

Scurvy is a preventable health condition caused by going too long without eating foods containing vitamin C, as some seafarers such as pirates do. The symptoms are too horrible to describe here, so just be sure to eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables so that you do not become a scurvy pirate!
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Pirate From Nertskinski

A pirate who hailed from Nertskinski
Became so exceedingly thinski
That while cleaning his gun,
When the day’s fight was done,
He looked down the bore and fell inski.

By Lewis Carroll (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898))

A pirate ship came ashore for a night at a mysterious island between Arabia and India. The first mate ended up in an eatery sitting at a table with an oil lamp on it. The lamp was dirty, so he rubbed it clean, and a genie came out, promising to grant him any three wishes he wanted. Immediately he wished for a huge mug of cold apple cider that would never run dry. “Granted,” said the genie. Excitedly the pirate downed the entire mug, and as promised, it magically refilled itself. He emptied it again, and it again magically refilled, just as he had wished. “This is great!” he said. “And what about your second and third wishes?” asked the genie. The pirate, still delighted about his magic mug, quickly replied, “I’ll have two more just like this!”
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Connie: What clings to the underside of pirate ships and slows them down?
Constance: Barrrrrrnacles!

Albert: What do you call a pirate with one eye?
Trevor: A pirate.

Irene: What do you call a pirate with two eyes?
Claudine: A piirate.

Duncan: What do you call a pirate with three eyes?
Marcella: A piiirate.

Cassandra: Where do pirates get their hair cut?
Cassie: At the barrrrrrrrrrrrrrrber shop!
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Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Interrupting pirate!
Interrup -
Arrrrrr!

Knock, scratch, knock.
Who’s there?
Captain Hook.
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Pirate ship: A thugboat.

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Pirates often did not take pride in their vessels, so what we see here is typical of the sad state of disrepair in which a gang of murderous thieves would have kept a ship.
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Pegleg: Why do pirate ships have Global Positioning System (GPS) devices?
Captain Hook: So that pirates always know where they arrr-rrr!

Jack: What is a pirate’s favorite letter?
Jake: You would think it is the ‘r’ but it is really the ‘c.’
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Naomi: Why does it take pirates so long to learn the alphabet?
Vanessa: Because they spend so many years lost at ‘c’!

Pirates terrorized the seas between 1690 and 1730. One of the most notorious pirates was Edward Teach, known as ‘Blackbeard.’
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Brody: Why is a coconut pie $12 in Barbados and $15 in the Bahamas?
Chloe: Because those be the pie rates of the Caribbean.

Dudley: What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
Smedley: “Aye, matey!”
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Sammy: Did you know that only 96.86 percent of people at sea are sailors?
Lenny: Why is that?
Sammy: Because the remaining 3.14 are pi rates.

Pirate Pete: What do you call a pirate with two eyes and two legs and two hands?
Pirate Paul: Rookie.
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Pamela: When is a pirate made of wood?
Charlene: When he is aboard a pirate ship.

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A ‘Jolly Roger,’ or a flag bearing a black field, upon which is displayed a skull and crossbones, is associated with pirate ships . . . but what if real pirates do not give warnings, instead preferring to make surprise sneak attacks, or raids, upon sleepy coastal towns and unprotected merchant trading ships?

Toby: When do pirates plant trees?
Tobias: On Arrrborrr Day! (For to make their wooden legs, don’t you be a-knowin’!)
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For any landlubbers who might be foolhardy enough to want to learn about real pirates, we heartily recommend the book, “Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates” (3 November 2015) by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger. You can get it into your grubby paws by making a visit to your local library, or you can exchange some gold doubloons or whatever currency you might have for it at your favorite bookseller.
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Bucky: How do pirates know that they are pirates?
Skippy: They think, therefore they arrr.
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A common belief about pirates is that they made people walk along a plank until they fell into the sea, where they would be eaten by sharks. This popular notion simply is not true; writer James Matthew Barrie made it up for his children’s storybook, “Peter Pan” (1928).

“To errrrrr is human. To arrrrrr is to be pirate.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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Milford: What is a pirate’s second career choice?
Milton: Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrchitect!

Douglas: What vegetable do pirates fear the most?
Sylvester: Leeks.

Swashbuckling: To engage in daring and romantic adventures with ostentatious bravado or flamboyance. Aaarrr, don’t ask us, we really don’t know what that means, either.
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Abner: Why did the truant officer send the teenage pirate to reform school?
Brenda: Because he caught him playing hooky.

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Creative types think pirates are so great that they are making up new kinds of pirates: pirate princesses, pirate cheerleaders, pirate cats, pirate fairies . . . how much further can this silliness go?
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Pirate cheerleaders have it easy: “Give me an Rrrrrr!”

Erma: Why couldn’t the pirates play cards?
Myrna: Because they were all standing on the deck!

Riddle: What has eight arms and eight legs and eight eyes?
Solution: Eight pirates!

Lenny: Do pirates like pirate jokes?
Amelia: Arrrrrr!

Patrice: What is a pirate’s favorite hobby?
Tricia: Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt.
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“I’ll never pet an alligator again,” Captain Hook said offhandedly.

Lydia: What is a pirate’s favorite country?
Lynette: Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgentina!
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Mack: What does a pirate do after saying, “Arrr!” one too many times?
Cam: Ask if anybody has a sore throat lozenge.

Renée: Where do pirates put their trash?
Sheila: In a garrrrrrrrrrrrrrrbage can!
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Sue: What does a vegetarian pirate do?
Stu: He starrrrrrrrrrrrrrrves!

Blake: Why does Captain Hook have trouble telling time?
Caleb: His second hand keeps falling off.
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Cannibal pirates eat other pirates, because once out at sea, there’s not much else to eat after the ship’s store of food has been all eaten up.

Captain Cook: Here, have some pirate stew.
Rookie Pirate: Thanks. Mmmm, it’s delicious! What’s it made from?
Captain Cook: Potatoes, parsley, and pirates!
Rookie Pirate: Are there any seconds?

Carla: Where do pirates get their hooks?
Geoffrey: At second-hand stores.
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Stanley: What treasure was the Iron Pirate looking for?
Ashley: Fool’s Gold.

Henry: What did the homophone pirate shout at the trading ship?
Archie: Now that I sees you, I will seize you!
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Sally: What do you call a pirate with no arms and no legs and no eyes?
Shelia: A pirate with a lot of experience.

Myrna: Why was the pirate good with reciting the tongue twister, “How many cans could a camel can if a camel could can?”
Myrtle: Because he was good at articulating seven C’s!
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Astoria: Why did the pirate find the alphabet so confusing?
Esther: He had been taught at pirate school that there are seven c’s.

Well, shiver me timbers, laddies and lassies, thar’s pirates in them thar waters! Yes, indeed, the pirates aaaaaarrr coming, the pirates aaaaaarrr coming! Quick, we’d better think up some more pirate jokes before they get here so we can entertain them! More fun and learning is coming up next . . . on MFOL!

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Ladders

6/16/2025

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Does it sometimes seem as if you have been climbing the ladder forever? Will you ever reach the top? What exactly is up there, anyway?

“The first step towards success is often the hardest, but each rung on the ladder brings you closer to your goals.” -Author Unknown
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“Life is like a ladder, every step can take you either up or down.” -Jerry Seinfeld (Jerome Allen ‘Jerry’ Seinfeld (born 1954))

“To reach a great height, a person must have great depth . . . or a ladder.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Failures are steps in the ladder of success.” -James Allen (1864 - 1912)

Questionable Facts About Ladders
- Ladders allow you to go up and down while they themselves remain stationary.
- When a ladder gets wet, it could be slippery and unsafe to climb, and must be ‘rung out’ until dry.
- Speaking of ‘rung out,’ if there is a broken or missing rung in a ladder, it is time to find a new ladder.
- Ladders can be used to reach high places, and can also be lowered into pits to help you reach low places.
- If you walk under a ladder, you will have 7 years of bad luck trying to wash the paint out of your hair that the person on the ladder spilled on you.
- Ladders are a means of egress, similar to elevators, stairs, climbing ropes, ramps, escalators, and spiderwebs.
- Ladders will only be necessary until we all learn how to levitate or we build functional jetpacks; after that, we won’t need ladders anymore.
What questionable facts can you add to this list?

“If you cannot find or reach the ladder of success, you may have to build your own ladder.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“Step after step the ladder is ascended.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert (1593 - 1633): “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651)

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“For every person who climbs the ladder of success, there are a dozen waiting for the elevator.” -Author Unknown
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“Mistakes are merely steps up the ladder.” -Paul J. Meyer (Paul James Meyer, Senior (1928 - 2009)) at https://PaulJMeyer.com/

Laddie: Why did the student take a ladder to school?
Lassie: Because she wanted to go to high school.

“Each time you decide to grow again, you realize you’re starting at the bottom of another ladder.” -Ken Rosenthal
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Sparky: Why did the opera singer need a ladder?
Spunky: To reach the high notes.

“When climbing a ladder, don’t forget the rungs.” -Author Unknown
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Trudy: Why did the student take a ladder to college?
Rudy: He wanted to reach a higher level of understanding.

“Enthusiasm is the propelling force necessary for climbing the ladder of success.” -Author Unknown
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“As you climb the ladder of success, be sure it’s leaning against the right building.” -H. Jackson Brown (Horace Jackson Brown, Junior (1940 - 2021))

“He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.” -Author Unknown: English proverb
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“He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.” -Walter Scott (1771 - 1832): “Kenilworth” (1821); Walter Scott: “The Waverley Novels: In Twelve Volumes, Printed from the Latest English Editions, Embracing the Author’s Last Corrections, Prefaces, and Notes” (1855), page 50

Heaven is not reached at a single bound;
But we build the ladder by which we rise
From the lowly earth, to the vaulted skies,
And we mount to its summit, round by round.
-J. G. Holland (Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819 - 1881)): “Gradatim” (1872)
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Types of Ladders
- Rope
- Jacob’s
- Aluminum
- Wood
Can you think of other types of ladders?

“The most difficult part of getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.” -Arch Ward (Archie Burdette Ward (1896 - 1955))
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“The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.” -Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon ‘Napoleon’ Hill (1883 - 1970))

“To succeed, you have to be open to problems. You have to be open to failure. And as you go up the ladder, you gain the right to get more problems.” -Dave Anderson
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“Many a man gets to the top of the ladder, and then finds out it has been leaning against the wrong wall.” -Author Unknown

“Climbing the ladder of success: When rungs were missing, I learned to jump.” -William Warfield (1920 - 2002)
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“Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.” -Stephen R. Covey (Stephen Richards Covey (1932 - 2012))

“A wise man lowers a ladder before he jumps into a pit.” -Author Unknown
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“There are, of course, several things in Ontario that are more dangerous than wolves. For instance, the step-ladder.” -J. W. Curran (James Watson Curran (1865 - 1918)): as quoted in “The Canadian Wildlife Almanac” (1981)

Ladder, noun: A structure consisting of a series of bars or steps between two upright lengths of wood, metal, or rope, used for climbing up or down.
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Stepladder, noun: a short ladder with flat steps and a small platform at its top, that can stand on its own or be folded for carrying.

“I bought a stepladder. At the top of it is a sticker that reads, ‘Stop Here.’” -Author Unknown
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Riddle: A man fell off a 20-foot ladder and landed on the concrete sidewalk, but he did not get hurt. Why?
Solution: He fell off the bottom rung.

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One Step At A Time

If a long and toilsome ladder
     You were trying to climb,
You would not reach the top at once,
     But by one step at a time.

Doubtless all of you are trying,
     Different ladders to climb,
But be sure you only take
     One step at a time.

One step and take it surely,
     Not like a conceited fop*,
And soon you’ll find my friend.
     That you have reached the top.

By Lillian E. Curtis
*fop: a person who is concerned with clothes and appearance in an affected and excessive way; a dandy.
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“In spite of the fact that the ladder tapers to one-man rungs at the top, the roomiest part is farthest up.” -Charles R. Gow

“Still, I should like to remind you at the end of it all, that success on an occasion of this kind, valuable and important as it is, is in reality only putting the foot upon one rung of the ladder which leads upwards; and that the rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man’s foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher. I trust that you will all regard these successes as simply reminders that your next business is, having enjoyed the success of the day, no longer to look at that success, but to look forward to the next difficulty that is to be conquered.” -T. H. Huxley (Thomas Henry Huxley (1825 - 1895)): “Life and Letters of Thomas Huxley,” originally stated in “An Address to the Students of the Faculty of Medicine in University College, London, 18 May 1870, On the Occasion of the Distribution of Prizes for the Session”

“You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))
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“One only gets to the top rung of the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you - suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, ‘Well, I’ll have a go, too.’” -Margaret Thatcher (Margaret Hilda ‘Margaret’ Thatcher (1925 - 2013))

“Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to Heaven.” -Rose of Lima (born Isabel Flores de Oliva (1586 - 1617)): as quoted in P. Léonard Hansen: “Vita mirabilis” (1664), page 137
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“Crosses are the ladders that lead to Heaven.” -Samuel Smiles (1812 - 1904): “Self Help” (1859)

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“At first, humans climbed trees, but trees were mostly immobile, and often did not reach all of the places where one might wish to be. Eventually, humans discovered how to make movable trees that could reach a few more of the places where one might wish to be, and these human creations came to be called ‘ladders.’” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

Is climbing a ladder good physical exercise?
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“If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.” -Stephen R. Covey (Stephen Richards Covey (1932 - 2012))

“There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he be willing to climb himself.” -Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919)

“They climbed the ladder of learning only to find it leaning against the wrong wall.” -Russell M. Nelson

“Another riverman of those days has recalled a story he heard Sam Clemens tell: ‘We were speaking of presence of mind in accidents - we were always talking of such things; then he said: ‘Boys, I had great presence of mind once. It was at a fire. An old man leaned out of a four-story building calling for help. Everybody in the crowd below looked up, but nobody did anything. The ladders weren’t long enough. Nobody had any presence of mind - nobody but me. I came to the rescue. I yelled for a rope. When it came I threw the old man the end of it. He caught it and I told him to tie it around his waist. He did so, and I pulled him down.’” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910)): as quoted in Albert Bigelow Paine: “Mark Twain: A Biography” (1912)

“We climb a ladder a rung at a time.” -Author Unknown
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“Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.” -Publilius Syrus (85 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.)

According to superstition, it is bad luck to walk under a ladder, or maybe it’s just a matter of gravity . . . and safety?

“Success is like a ladder, and no one has ever climbed a ladder with their hands in their pockets.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))

“Where a ladder takes you depends on how many rungs you are willing to climb.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

Up And Down The Ladder

Step by step, rung by rung,
     The ladder we ascend,
And reaching the top,
     We stop and look around.

A moment passes,
     And then we descend,
Step by step, rung by rung,
     Downward, to the bottom.

We stop and look around,
     A moment passes,
Before we start our climb again,
     Upward, and upward.

Up and down the ladder,
     Step by step, rung by rung.
At each end we look around,
     And begin our climb again.

By David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“America is unique because it offers you an economic ladder to climb. And here’s what’s exciting: It’s the bottom of the ladder that’s crowded, not the top.” -Author Unknown

“On the ladder of success: Some people are at the top of the ladder, some are in the middle, still more are at the bottom, and a whole lot of people don’t even know there is a ladder.” -Robert Schuller (Robert Harold Schuller (1926 - 2015))

A Few Ladder Safety Guidelines
- Visually inspect a ladder before you use it.
- Do not place a ladder on a slippery floor; this rule you must not ignore.
- Always maintain three points of contact with the ladder.
- Keep one or both hands on ladder at all times.
- When on a ladder, never step back to admire your work.
- Stop climbing the ladder either before, or at, its top.
Can you think of other ladder safety guidelines?
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“Introducing the sideways ladder, for when you do not want to climb either up or down, but just want to climb sideways. Also, the circular ladder, for when you just want to climb around.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.” -Ayn Rand (pseudonym of Alice O’Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum (1905 - 1982)))

Jake: What did one ladder say to the other ladder upon parting company?
Jacob: See you, ladder!
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Appearances And Looks

6/9/2025

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“You are beautiful inside and out.” -Author Unknown

“Some of the most beautiful women I have ever met tell me, ‘I hate myself when I look in the mirror.’ I hear that again and again” -Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)
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“To all the girls who think they’re fat because they’re not a size zero, you’re the beautiful ones; it’s society who’s ugly.” -Marilyn Monroe (pseudonym of Norma Jean Mortenson (1926 - 1962))

“Most of your beauty comes from the way you carry yourself and treat others.” -Author Unknown
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“Beauty is a mystery. You can neither eat it nor make flannel out of it.” -David Herbert Lawrence (1885 - 1930)

“I used to be very self-conscious. I used to wish I was pretty. My cousin Georgia always taught me that if you smile, people will like you. Sometimes people will say something you don’t like, and you get angry a bit, but you just smile. You let it go by, even if you really would like to choke ‘em. By smiling, I think I’ve made more friends than if I was the other way.” -Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Jane Fitzgerald 1917 - 1996)
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“Every now and then you run across radiantly attractive people and you’re delighted to find they adore you, till you realize that they adore just about everybody - and that’s what’s made them radiantly attractive.” -Mignon McLaughlin (1913 - 1983): “The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook” (1981)

“Won’t you come into my garden? I would like my roses to see you.” -Richard B. Sheridan (Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751 - 1816))
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“A beautiful person is one who can see the beauty in others.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“Real beauty isn’t about symmetry or weight or makeup; it’s about looking life right in the face and seeing all its magnificence reflected in your own.” -Valerie Monroe (Valerie J. Monroe, Senior (born 1950))
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“A plain face is often surprisingly beautiful by reason of an inner light.” -Henry E. Walbery

“Do not judge others by appearances; a rich heart may be under a poor coat.” -Author Unknown: Scottish proverb
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Keep up appearances; there lies the test;
     The world will give thee credit for the rest.
-Charles Churchill (1731 - 1764): “Night” (1761), lines 311 and 312

Beauty to no complexion is confined,
     Is of all colors, and by none defined.
-George Granville (1666 - 1735)
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“Beauty isn’t something on the outside. It’s your insides that count! You gotta eat green stuff to make sure you’re pretty on the inside.” -Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka, and Toshihiro Kawabata: “Animal Crossing: Wild World” (2005)

Her loveliness I never knew
     Until she smiled on me:
Oh! then I saw her eye was bright,
     A well of love, a spring of light.
-Hartley Coleridge (David Hartley ‘Hartley’ Coleridge (1796 - 1849)): “Poems” (1851), ‘She Is Not Fair’
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“Outer beauty pleases the eye. Inner beauty captivates the heart.” -Mandy Hale (born 1978): “The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass” (2013) at https://mandyhale.com

“The world is full of beautiful things, just like you.” -Trudy Vesotsky
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“Appearances often deceive.” -Author Unknown: English saying

“What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.” -Leo Tolstoy (Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828 - 1910)): “The Kreutzer Sonata” (1889)

The Ugly Duckling Syndrome

“The Ugly Duckling” is a story about someone who was not really ugly at all; he was just different. The other ducks teased and pecked at him with their beaks until the ugly duckling flew away. He wandered around for a year, and was treated as an outcast everywhere. In the Spring, now fully-grown, he saw a group of swans on a lake, and wanted very much to join them. As he swam out toward them, he was astounded to notice his reflection in the water - he was a swan! The other swans welcomed him warmly, and found him to be beautiful.

Like many fairy tales, “The Ugly Duckling” was created with a lesson, or moral, in mind, if we will listen or read with the idea of finding it.

Most of us go through times when we feel different from those around us. These can be painful and lonely times, but it does not mean there is anything wrong with us. Like the ugly duckling, we will come into a time and place when we will be loved. All the pain and loneliness we have felt will one day be a fading memory.

“I never dreamed of so much happiness when I was the ugly duckling.” -Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875): “The Ugly Duckling” (11 November 1843)

Her very frowns are fairer far
     Than smiles of other maidens are.
-Hartley Coleridge (David Hartley ‘Hartley’ Coleridge (1796 - 1849)): “Poems” (1851), ‘She Is Not Fair’

“You know who’s beautiful? Read the first word again.” -Author Unknown
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The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole,
     but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.
It is the caring that she lovingly gives,
     the passion that she knows.
-Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993)

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“If there were no beauty in the observer then he would not find beauty outside. The mere fact that beauty is seen proves that there is beauty already present in the state of being the observer.” -Shantanand Saraswati

“I am not beautiful like you. I am beautiful like me.” -Author Unknown
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“Physical differences are what make it possible for our friends to find us in a crowd.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.” -Roald Dahl (1916 - 1990): “The Twits” (1980)

“First impressions are the most lasting.” -Jonas Hanway (1712 - 1786): “A Journal of Eight Days Journey” (1756)
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“Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy. The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.” -E. H. Chapin (Edwin Hubbell Chapin (1814 - 1880))

“Some of you may feel that you are not as attractive and beautiful and glamorous as you would like to be. Rise above any such feelings, cultivate the light you have within you, and it will shine through as a radiant expression that will be seen by others.” -Gordon B. Hinckley (Gordon Bitner Hinckley (1910 - 2008))
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“Beauty isn’t about having a pretty face. It’s about having a pretty mind, a pretty heart, and a pretty soul.” -Author Unknown

Body Dysmorphic Disorder is a body image condition that causes some people to imagine they presently have, or will later develop, physical deformities. Most people with the condition are not all that different from other people in appearance; it is just that their perception of themselves is erroneously distorted by inner or outer influences. BDD is also known by the term ‘dysmorphophobia,’ which is derived from the Greek words ‘dys’ meaning ‘abnormal,’ ‘morphe’ meaning ‘form,’ and ‘phobos’ meaning ‘fear.’ The good news is that the condition can be treated through therapeutic psychological counseling and by other methods. In some cases the condition may be a passing phase or even ‘just something a person grows out of.’
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“The beauty does not live out there; the beauty’s in my eyes.” -Jonathan Lockwood Huie (born 1945)

He: My, what lovely eyes you have!
She: I am glad you like them. They were a birthday present.
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“There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.” -Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626): “Essays” (1625), ‘Of Beauty’

“Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?” -Brothers Grimm: “Fairy Tales,” ‘Snow White,’ words of character Queen
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“The weirder you’re going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person.” -Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)

“You are beautiful just the way you are.” -Author Unknown
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“You were created in God’s image. God makes no mistakes. To put yourself down for the way you are is to insult God’s handiwork. You are beautiful.” -Author Unknown

“The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.” -Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626): as quoted in Edward Bulwer-Lytton: “Falkland” (1827)

“Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical.” -Sophia Loren (pseudonym of Sophia Sciccoloni (born 1934))
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“Trust not too much to beauty.” [translation to English]
“Nimium ne crede colori.” [original Latin]
-Publius Vergilius Maro (also known simply as Vergil or Virgil (70 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.)): “Eclogæ” (about 42 B.C.E. - 38 B.C.E.), Book II, line 17

What do you think makes a person good-looking?
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“Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happiness.” [translation to English]
“La beauté n’est que la promesse du bonheur.” [original French]
-Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle (1783 - 1842)): “De L’Amour” (English: “On Love”) (1822), chapter 17, footnote

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“I’m not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren’t straight, the voice sounds like a mafioso pallbearer.” -Sylvester Stallone (Sylvester Enzio Stallone (born 1946 as Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone))

“Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable: what it is or what it means can never be said.” -George Santayana (Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás (1863 - 1952)): “The Sense of Beauty” (1896), page 267
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“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” -Margaret Wolfe Hungerford (1855 - 1897): “Molly Bawn” (1878)

“The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it.” -Christian Nestell Bovée (1820 - 1904)

“Common-looking people are the best in the world. That is the reason the Lord made so many of them.” -Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
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“Beauty is a radiance that originates from within and comes from inner security and strong character.” -Jane Seymour (pseudonym of Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg (born 1951))

“I used to look in the mirror and feel shame; I look in the mirror now and I absolutely love myself.” -Drew Barrymore (Drew Blyth Barrymore (born 1975))
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“I cannot tell you how many times people have come up to me to compliment me on my lavish figure.” -Miss Piggy: as quoted in Henry Beard: “Miss Piggy’s Guide to Life” (1981)

“It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many millions of faces there should be none alike.” -Thomas Browne (1605 - 1682): “Religio Medici” (1643), Part II, Section 2
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“There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty.” -John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006): as quoted in the “New York Times Magazine” (9 October 1960)

“No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.” -Eleanor Roosevelt (Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962))

“Always try to look your best, because you never get a second chance to make a first impression, and first impressions are lasting impressions.” -Author Unknown
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“Your beauty should not come from outward adornment . . . Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘1st Peter,’ chapter 3, verses 3 and 4

“Beauty starts in your head, not in your mirror.” -Joubert Botha
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“A woman deserves no credit for her beauty at twenty, but at sixty, her beauty is of her own doing.” -Author Unknown

“It helps to have a rather odd face like mine. People always recognize you.” -Elsa Lanchester (Elsa Sullivan Lanchester (1902 - 1986)) at http://elsalanchester.freeservers.com/main.htm
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“Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless: peacocks and lilies, for instance.” -John Ruskin (1819 - 1900): “The Stones of Venice” (1853), Volume I, chapter II, section 17

“Beware so long as you live, of judging people by appearances.” -Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695)
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O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us
     To see oursels as ithers see us!
-Robert Burns (1759 - 1796): “To a Louse” (1786)

In Standard English, the above lines would be as follows:
And would some Power the small gift give us
     [The ability] To see ourselves as others see us!

“Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.” -Sophia Loren (pseudonym of Sophia Sciccoloni (born 1934))
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“I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.” -Herman Melville (1819 - 1891)

Never judge someone
     By the way he looks
Or a book by the way it’s covered;
     For inside those tattered pages,
There’s a lot to be discovered
-Stephen Cosgrove (born 1945)
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“If being beautiful in the eyes of the Creator means being ugly in the eyes of the created, then it’s worth it.” -Author Unknown

“Beautiful young people are accidents of nature. But beautiful old people are works of art.” -Marjorie Barstow Breenbie
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“I’m beautiful in my own way because God makes no mistakes.” -Author Unknown

“You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older.” -Anouk Aimée (pseudonym of Nicole Françoise Florence Dreyfus (born 1932))
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“A beautiful thing is never perfect.” -Author Unknown

“The appearances of things change according to the emotions and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.” -Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)
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Appearances And Looks Quiz
- What is the meaning of the word ‘beauty’?
- What is the meaning of the phrase ‘inner beauty’?
- Why might you not want to answer your door dressed and groomed sloppily?

“Be beautiful in your way of life.” -Thales of Miletus: as quoted in “Early Greek Philosophy: Beginnings and Ionian Thinkers,” Loeb Classical Library, Volume 525 (2016), page 143
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Appearances And Looks Quiz Answers
- Beauty is the quality of being pleasing to the mind.
- Inner beauties are virtues such as goodness, politeness, and caring.
- Always answer the door dressed and groomed well, because you never know when you might be greeting the Queen or the President.

“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” -Confucius (a fifteenth-century Portuguese Jesuit scholars’ rendering of the Chinese name K’ung Fu-tzu or K’ung Ch’iu into Classical Latin (English: Master K’ung) (about 551 B.C.E. - about 479 B.C.E.))

“People who are ‘animated’ are more attractive.” -Author Unknown
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“It’s not the face, but the expressions on it. It’s not the voice, but what you say. It’s not how you look in that body, but the thing you do with it. You are beautiful.” -Stephenie Meyer (born 1973): “The Host” (6 May 2008)

“Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.” -Coco Chanel (Gabrielle Bonheur ‘Coco’ Chanel (1883 - 1971))
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“That’s the thing about inner beauty: Unlike physical beauty, which grabs the spotlight for itself, inner beauty shines on everyone, catching them, holding them in its embrace, making them more beautiful too.” -Author Unknown

“You are beautiful because of the light you carry inside you.” -Mary Lambert
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“Anyone is automatically a lot more attractive when they’re funny.” -Author Unknown

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“If you have money, you are wise and good-looking and you can sing well, too.” -Author Unknown: Yiddish saying

“It’s good to have money and the things that money can buy. But it’s good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven’t lost the things that money can’t buy.” -George Lorimer (George Horace Lorimer (1867 - 1937))
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“Money is only necessary in situations in which you cannot get by on your charming personality and looks alone.” -Author Unknown
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The oldest known standardized money is the small pieces of obsidian (a type of volcanic rock) once used by people in ancient Lydia (now Turkey) as far back as 12,000 B.C.E. The first coins to have their value printed on them were minted sometime around 600 B.C.E., also in Lydia. The coins were made of electrum, which is an alloy (a mixture of metals) consisting of gold and silver.

“Money really isn’t everything. If it was, what would we buy with it?” -Tom Wilson (Thomas Albert Wilson, Senior (1931 - 2011))
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A group of Pacific islanders called the Yaps once used donut-shaped stones as money. Some stones were as large as 3.66 meters (12 feet) across. We are going to need a bigger canoe.

Money

Is it me or the nature of money
That’s odd and peculiar? Funny,
But when I have dough
It goes quickly, you know,
And seeps out of my pockets like honey.

By Author Unknown
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“A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)

The United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox, Kentucky holds 4,578 metric tons of gold. The New York Federal Reserve is even bigger, at 7,000 metric tons. Combined, they hold a staggering 7.5 percent of all the gold ever refined by humans on Earth.

“Some people seem to think they are worth a lot of money simply because they happen to have a lot of money.” -Author Unknown

The bird pictured on the American silver dollar was a real eagle named Peter. He was adopted by people who worked at the United States Mint, and used from 1830 to 1836 as a model for their drawings. When he passed on after getting his wing injured in the coining press, they stuffed him, and he is still on display in the lobby of the mint.

“Money doesn’t always bring happiness. A man with ten million dollars is no happier than a man with nine million dollars.” -Author Unknown
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Throughout history, people have used cocoa beans, elephants, grain, animal hides, fishhooks, and tea as money. Before standardized money was invented, people bartered. We have 4 nanny goats and 2 jars of pickles - would anyone like to trade us 6 hens, a rooster, and a wheelbarrow for them? (Just kidding - we need to keep our goats because they recycle our garbage, and we ate the pickles!)

“A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. It certainly may secure all the myrtle and turkey part of it.” -Jane Austen (1775 - 1817): “Mansfield Park” (1814)

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Origami, the art and craft of paper folding, is one way to have fun with your money . . . can you think of others?

“Money is what you’d get on beautifully without if only other people weren’t so crazy about it.” -Margaret Case Harriman (Margaret Case Morgan Harriman (1904 - 1966)): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)

Worn-out coins are melted down and used to make new coins, and worn-out bills are shredded. In the past, worn out bills were burned into ashes. Now, some shredded bills are recycled into roof shingles and fireplace logs. A farm in Delaware mulches more than four tons of cash into compost every day.

“Money, therefore, if it is to be anything, must be at least an efficient and trustworthy instrument by which working people accumulate savings.” -Lewis E. Lehrnman

Why is American money green? Ink colors have unique physical characteristics because they contain different ingredients. Green ink was chosen for American dollars because its ingredients make it more resistant to fading, flaking, and discoloration than other colors of ink.

‘ATM’ is an abbreviation for ‘Automatic Teller Machine’ also known as a ‘cash machine.’ The next time you hear someone say, “I need to go to the ATM machine,” he or she is really saying, “I need to go to the Automatic Teller Machine machine,” saying ‘machine’ twice, which is redundant. There are more than 1.8 million ATM’s in the world, putting an equal or greater number of human bank tellers out of work. There is even an ATM in Antarctica, so now you have a good reason to visit the land of penguins.

He that has money is bothered about it;
And he that has none is bothered without it.
-Author Unknown

“The usual definition of the functions of money are that money is a medium of exchange, a measure of value, a standard of deferred payment and a store of value.” -Norman Angell: “The Story of Money” (1930)
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Some American pennies made in 1982 and all American pennies made after 1982 contain zinc that has been electroplated, or coated, with copper. We have not tested this yet, but some folks say the coins can be mixed with mulch or soil in gardens to repel slugs. The slugs supposedly receive an unpleasant electric shock when they touch the copper and zinc combination.

“It is often easier to earn money than it is to spend it wisely.” -Author Unknown

It is believed that paper money was invented in the 9th century in China. Its original name was ‘flying money’ because it could easily blow away in the wind. However, they used it just briefly. The first time paper currency was consistently used was by the French in the 18th century.

“We haven’t the money, so we’ve got to think.” -Ernest Rutherford (1871 - 1937)
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The word ‘cash’ originated in ancient China, where people carried coins in bundles held together by strings, to prevent the loss of individual coins. A bundle of one hundred coins was called ‘one cash.’ The Chinese possible got their word for cash from Portugal, where the people called their coins ’caixa’ (pronounced as ‘cash-a’).

“Money is an agreement within a community to use something as a medium of exchange.” -Bernard Lietaer: “The Future of Money” (2001)

American dollar bills were first printed in their present size in 1929. All American dollar bills are now 2.625 inches wide by 6.125 inches long (2 and 5/8th inches wide x 6 and 1/8th inches long). American quarter coins are 1 inch in diameter. These are handy facts to know if you need to measure an object but have no ruler with you - just take out your money and use it to measure.

“Make all you can. Save all you can. Give all you can.” -John Wesley (1703 - 1791) paraphrased

Many coins have ridges, reeding, grooves, or letterings around their edges to discourage theft. Coins without such protection can have some of the gold, silver, or platinum filed off or shaved off their edges, making the coins slightly smaller, without immediately changing their overall appearance. In the distant past, shavings were collected and sold or were used to make counterfeit coins. While this type of theft is rare in modern times, because most coins are made of less valuable metals, the ridges, reeding, grooves, and letterings on the edges of coins remain as a tradition, and also can be a form of readable ‘braille’ for the visually-impaired.

“Money can’t buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.” -Bill Vaughan (William Edward ‘Bill’ Vaughan, also known by the pseudonym Burton Hillis (1915 - 1977))

Jacqueline: What is the difference between a counterfeit dollar and a crazy rabbit?
Jacque: One is bad money, and the other is a mad bunny.
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The United States Mint is not the only place where money is made. Several organizations and communities within the United States make their own ‘money,’ and you may have used some of it. ‘Green stamps’ issued by grocers to their customers is another type of ‘money.’ Tokens used for playing video games are a form of money. Many colleges produce their own money for student use, and a few small communities, such as Ithaca, New York, make money to encourage spending at local small businesses. People exchange United States cash for organization or community dollars, or they earn them, and then use them to make purchases.

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Overheard: I am having an ‘out of money’ experience.

In the 1600’s, a penny was worth about $1.66 in today’s money.

“What the country really needs is a good five cent nickel.” -Franklin P. Adams (Franklin Pierce Adams (1881 - 1960))

Most of the money in the world today is fiat money, meaning that it is not backed by gold or other precious metals, or even anything of tangible value. The term ‘fiat’ comes from the Latin for ‘let it be done.’ Fiat money is accepted because a government declares it official money, and it is backed by only the faith and trust in the government and the citizens.

“I don’t like money, actually, but it quiets my nerves.” -Joe Louis (Joseph Louis Barrow (1914 - 1981)): as attributed in Connie Robertson: “Book of Humorous Quotations” (1998), page 122

Where was your money before it reached you? Did it travel around the country or did it stay in one town all its life? To find out, visit the money-tracking website www.wheresgeorge.com and enter the serial numbers found on your money.

Overheard: I would not say that inflation is making my life impossible, but I am now starving on an income that I used to dream about.
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Chrematophobia is a persistent fear of money. ‘Chrematophobia’ is derived from the Greek words ‘chrimata’ meaning ‘money’ and ‘phobos’ meaning ‘fear.’ Among the sufferers of this phobia, some worry that they might mismanage money. Others worry that money might be ‘the root of all evil.’ Actually, this is a common misunderstanding; the actual quotation from “The Bible” is, “love of money is the root of all evil.” So, it might be okay to have money, but not okay to have tender feelings for it.

“No matter how hard you hug your money, it never hugs back.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in H. Jackson Brown (Horace Jackson Brown, Junior (1940 - 2021)): “P. S. I Love You” (1990)

“Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it’s completely useless as far as I’m concerned.” -Alfred Hitchcock (1899 - 1980)

“If money is your only hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.” -Henry Ford (1863 - 1947): as quoted in “Reader’s Digest” (1933)

Has your money been in an unfortunate accident? The Office of Currency Standards will replace damaged money if a person can present at least 51 percent of the note to officials. Every year, the United States Treasury handles about 30,000 claims and redeems mutilated currency valued at over $30 million.
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“You aren’t wealthy until you have something money can’t buy.” -Garth Brooks (Troyal Garth Brooks (born 1962))

The average life of American bills and coins in circulation (in use) is as follows.
- $1 bill: 18 months.
- $5 bill: 2 years.
- $10 bill: 3.5 years.
- $20 bill: 4 years.
- $50 bill: 3.5 years.
- $100 bill: 9 years.
- All coins: 30 years.

“Money is always there, but the pockets change.” -Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946)

Some of the finest examples of public art are on the money you carry in your pocket or purse.
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Money does not grow on trees . . . not even on genetically modified ones!

Reasons Loving Money Is A Bad Idea
- It can’t love you back.
- It will leave you for someone else.
- It’s probably laughing at you right now.
Can you think of other reasons why loving money is a bad idea?
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Though sometimes called ‘paper money,’ American currency is fabric, not paper. It is composed of 25 percent linen and 75 percent cotton, and has tiny red and blue synthetic fibers of different lengths evenly distributed throughout it. If it were paper, it would easily fall apart when you leave it in the pockets of clothes that you put into your washing machine. It is said that many years ago, in Benjamin Franklin’s day, people repaired torn bills with a needle and thread.

“If money does not make you happy, give it back.” -Jules Renard (Pierre-Jules Renard (1864 - 1910))

The word ‘coin’ is from the Latin word ’cuneus’ meaning ‘wedge,’ because the dye for stamping metal coins was wedge-shaped.

“Money isn’t everything, but lack of money isn’t anything.” -Franklin Pierce Adams (1881 - 1960): as quoted in Robert E. Drennan, editor: ”The Algonquin Wits” (1985)

Inflation: Cutting money in half without damaging the paper.
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“Recession: A period of time when we have to do without things our grandparents never even heard of.” -Author Unknown

British monarch Queen Elizabeth II holds the record for appearing on more currency than any other person. Her portrait has appeared on the currency of more than 30 different countries.

“Man is an animal that makes bargains; no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another.” -Adam Smith (1723 - 1790)
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The country with the worst inflation in the world is Zimbabwe. In 2008, it experienced 6,500,000,000,000,000,000,000 percent inflation.

“We could never imagine what a strange disproportion a few or a great many pieces of money make between men, if we did not see it every day with our own eyes.” -Jean de la Bruyère (1645 - 1696): “Characters” (1688), chapter VII: ‘Of the Gifts of Fortune,’ aphorism 5
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The Latin phrase ‘E Pluribus Unum,’ meaning ‘Out of Many, One,’ appearing on American currency, refers to the United States of America being one country made out of many states.

“Money isn’t everything, usually it isn’t even enough.” -Author Unknown

According to several studies, the money people carry in their pockets, wallets, and purses is truly disgusting stuff. Both bills and coins can have contaminants on them, including the pathogens salmonella and E.coli. Pathogens are tiny organisms that can be seen only with a microscope, and which can make people sick. To avoid illness, always wash your hands after handling money and before handling food, whether you are at home or in a restaurant.
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“Spare no expense in making everything as economical as possible.” -Author Unknown

The motto ‘In God We Trust’ first appeared on American money between 1864 and 1873 on the two-cent coin. It reappeared in 1955, and in 1963, the motto appeared on American paper currency. ‘In God We Trust’ now appears on all new coins and bills.

“It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose yours.” -Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972): as quoted in the “Observer” (13 April 1958)

The currency most traded around the world, and especially in international transactions, is the American dollar. Other heavily traded currencies are the Eurozone euro, the Japanese yen, and the British pound sterling.

“Throw money at a problem and it will remain.” -Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica): “Winterheart’s Guild” music album, ‘Abandoned, Pleased, Brainwashed, Exploited’
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The word ‘dollar’ is derived from the German word ‘taler,’ an abbreviation of Joachimstaler, a town that was near a silver mine. The silver from the mine was used to make taler, a type of silver coin.

“The great rule is not to talk about money with people who have much more or much less than you.” -Katharine Whitehorn (Katharine Elizabeth Whitehorn (born 1928))

Nickel: A dollar after the taxes have been subtracted from it.

293 ways exist to make change for an American dollar. Demonstrating this requires just 4 quarters, 10 dimes, 20 nickels, and 100 pennies, which adds up to four dollars.
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“Money is the common denominator to all, yet holds title to nothing.” -Author Unknown

Most money in the world today is not in the form of bills or coins, but exists as ones and zeros inside computers at government facilities as well as at financial institutions such as banks, credit unions, and brokerage houses.

“The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money.” -Benjamin Franklin: “Necessary Hints to Those that Would be Rich” (1736)

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Failures And Successes

5/26/2025

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Violet: May I ask you the secret of your success?
Iris: There is no easy street. You simply jump at your opportunity.
Violet: But how can I tell when my opportunity comes?
Iris: You can’t. You’ve just got to keep on jumping.

“There is no point at which you can say, ‘Well, I’m successful now, I might as well take a nap.’” -Carrie Fisher (born 1956)

“I am not a failure if I don’t succeed; I am successful because I tried.” -Susan Jeffers (Susan Jane Jeffers (born Susan Jane Gildenberg (1938 - 2012)))
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“In public, we say the race is to the strongest; in private, we know that a lopsided man runs the fastest along the little side hills of success.” -Frank M. Colby (Frank Moore Colby (1865 - 1925))

“Failure is success if we learn from it.” -Malcolm Forbes

“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try a grin!” -Author Unknown
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“The secret of success is to triple your rate of failure.” -Og Mandino (Augustine ‘Og’ Mandino II (1923 - 1996))

“How can they say my life isn’t a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?” -Logan Pearsall Smith (1865 - 1946)

“Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity. Successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.” -Dupree Jordan
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“For some unknown reason, success usually occurs in private, while failure occurs in full view.” -Jill Shalvis: “The Sweetest Thing”

“If there is one thing in life that you alone are the absolute and final judge of, it is whether you are a success or a failure.” -Joan Sweet

“I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour beforehand.” -Horatio Nelson (1758 - 1805)
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“The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching.” -Dennis Green (Dennis Earl Green (1949 - 2016)) at http://www.DennisGreen.com/

“Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.” -John C. Maxwell (John Calvin Maxwell (born 1947)) at https://www.maxwellleadership.com/

“Success is difficult, it requires enormous effort. Those who can work through the struggle become successful.” -Jackie Joyner (Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee (born 1962))
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“Every great success is an accumulation of thousands of ordinary efforts that no one sees or appreciates.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com

“Don’t fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.” -Louis E. Boone (Louise Eugene Boone (1941 -2005))

“Success and failure. We think of them as opposites, but they’re really not. They’re companions - the hero and the sidekick.” -Laurence Shames (born 1951)
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“Success is often just an idea away.” -Frank Tyger (1929 - 2011)

“You always pass failure on the way to success.” -Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule, Junior (1920 - 2014))

“You have to look successful in order to be successful.” -Author Unknown
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“There’s no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn’t tell you about it?” -Frank McKinney Hubbard (Frank McKinney ‘Kin’ Hubbard (1868 1930))

“Drifting through life without aim or purpose is the first cause of failure.” -Author Unknown

If I should win, let it be by the code,
With my faith and my honor held high,
But if I should lose, let me be the first to stand by the road,
And cheer as the winner walks by.
-Sam Haskell (born 1955): “Promises I Made My Mother” (April 2009) autobiography
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“If at first you don’t succeed, you’re running about average.” -M. H. Alderson (Miles Henry Alderson (1841 - 1924))

“Successful people believe in the validity of their own dreams and goals, even if dreams are all they have to go on.” -Denis Waitley (Denis Edwin Waitley, Senior (born 1933)) at https://deniswaitley.com/

“Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting - in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard - reaching for the highest that is in us - becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success. Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012)): as quoted in Hugh B. Sanders: “The Subconscious Diet: It’s Not What You Put in Your Mouth; It Is What You Put in Your Mind” (2005), page 104
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“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” -Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Ann Johnson (1928 - 2014))

“Success: All it takes is all you’ve got.” -Author Unknown

“Success comes to many men because they were deprived of advantages others had.” -Author Unknown
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“Failure is an event, never a person; an attitude, not an outcome.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))

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“Behind every success is a succession of failures.” -Rick Beneteau

Judgement

Before God’s footstool to confess
A poor soul knelt, and bowed his head;
“I failed,” he cried. The Master said,
“Thou didst thy best - that is success!”

By Author Unknown
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“Failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.” -Arianna Huffington

“Keep steadily before you the fact that all true success depends at last upon yourself.” -Theodore T. Munger (Theodore Thornton Munger (1830 - 1910)): as quoted in Elizabeth P. Bemis: “Primary Plans” (1909), Volume 7, page 54

“As for your failures - stop calling them failures. Refer to them as ‘experiences.’ That’s all they really are - just experiences.” -Lindsey Rietzsch

“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnegey (1888 - 1955))): as quoted in Jill Murphy Long: “Permission to Play: Taking Time to Renew Your Smile” (2003), page 69

“The most unfortunate thing that happens to a person who fears failure is that he limits himself by becoming afraid to try anything new.” -Leo Buscaglia (Felice Leonardo ‘Leo’ Buscaglia, also known as Leo F. Buscaglia (1924 - 1998))

“Success is when you see something, and you say, ‘I want to do that,’ and then you do it. It’s being happy with what you do and doing what you love every day.” -Alessia Cara
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“If you could find out what the most successful people did in any area and then you did the same thing over and over, you’d eventually get the same results they do.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com

“Success is not a destination. It is a constant, continuous journey.” -George H. Denny (George Hutcheson Denny (1870 - 1955))

“The common denominator of success - the secret of success of every man who has ever been successful - lies in the fact that he formed the habit of doing things that failures don’t like to do.” -Albert E. N. Gray: speech (1940) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, at the annual convention of the National Association of Life Underwriters
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“Include the success of others in your dreams for your own success.” -Author Unknown

“Success is not about ‘who you know,’ but rather ‘who knows you.’” -Author Unknown

“The difference between success and failure is not giving up.” -Steven Redhead: “The Solution”
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“Success is not so much what we have, as it is what we are.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.jimrohn.com/

“Success consists of doing the common things in life uncommonly well.” -Author Unknown

“The most successful people reach the top not because they are free of limitations, but because they act in spite of their limitations.” -Michael K. Williams
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“The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind. Failure makes people bitter and cruel.” -W. Somerset Maugham (William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)): “The Summing Up” (1938), page 182

“Success didn’t spoil me; I’ve always been insufferable.” -Fran Lebowitz (Frances Ann ‘Fran’ Lebowitz (born 1950))

“Failure is the first step towards success.” -Author Unknown
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“It’s not how far you fall, but how high you bounce that counts.” -Zig Ziglar-Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))

“The road to success is not a path you find but a trail you blaze.” -Author Unknown

“Success comes in cans, not can’ts.” -Author Unknown (about 1910)
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“Success is predictable and it begins inside you.” -Brain Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com

“If at first you do succeed, try something a little harder.” -Ann Landers (pseudonym of Esther Pauline Friedman ‘Eppie’ Lederer (1918 - 2002))

“Successful people build each other up. They motivate, inspire, and push each other. Unsuccessful people just hate, blame, and complain.” -Author Unknown
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“Success in life is a matter not so much of talent or opportunity as of concentration and perseverance.” -C. W. Wendte (Charles William Wendte (1844 - 1931))

“Ninety-nine percent of success is built on failure.” -Charles F. Kettering (Charles Franklin Kettering (1876 - 1958))

“Successful people do not wait for opportunities; they go looking for them.” -Author Unknown
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“Failure is the line of least persistence.” -W. A. Clark

“What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail?” -Robert H. Schuller (Robert Harold Schuller (1926 - 2015))

“The greatest barrier to achievement and success is not lack of talent or ability but rather the feeling that achievement and success, above a certain level, are outside our self-concept - our image of who we are and what is appropriate to us.” -Nathaniel Branden (born Nathan Blumenthal (1930 - 2014))
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“When you are making a success of something, it’s not work. It’s a way of life. You enjoy yourself because you are making your contribution to the world.” -Andrew Granatelli

“Success isn’t getting it right the first time . . . it’s doing it until you get it right.” -Author Unknown

“There are far too many people out there who are stifling their own success because they are afraid to make the first move. Can you imagine what an amazing world this would be if we all fearlessly stepped into our full potential?” -Cara Alwill Leyba: “Fearless & Fabulous” (August 2014)
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“The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.” -Napoleon Hill (Oliver ‘Napoleon’ Napoleon Hill (1883 - 1970))

“Success is that old ABC - ability, breaks, and courage.” -Charles Luckman (1909 - 1999)
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“Failure lies not in falling down but rather in not getting up.” -Author Unknown

“For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘Book of Proverbs,’ chapter 24, verse 16

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“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” -Herman Cain (1945 - 2020)

“Giving up is the only sure way to fail.” -Gena Showalter
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“Failure . . . failure . . . failure . . . failure . . . failure . . . failure . . . failure . . . SUCCESS!!!” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.” -Oliver Goldsmith (1728 - 1774)

“The more successful you are, the more mistakes you will make. People who don’t do anything, don’t make mistakes.” -Robert Anthony (Robert Newton Anthony (1916 - 2006))
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“Instead of spending our lives running towards our dreams, we are often running away from a fear of failure or a fear of criticism.” -Eric Wright

“The most successful people are not necessarily the most popular.” -Author Unknown

“Fear of failure leads to failure.” -Author Unknown
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“Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.” -Robert T. Kiyosaki-Robert T. Kiyosaki (Robert Toru Kiyosaki (born 1947)): “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” (1997) at https://www.richdad.com/

“If the usual way to achieve success is by first making some mistakes, then it would be a mistake not to go ahead and make mistakes.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Some people spell success only one way: m-o-n-e-y. Other people spell success f-u-n, l-o-v-e, g-a-r-d-e-n, a-n-i-m-a-l-s, f-r-i-e-n-d-s, c-h-u-r-c-h, or f-a-m-i-l-y. Many spellings exist, and how you spell success for yourself is for you to decide.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“Success doesn’t come to you; you go to it.” -T. Scott McLeod

“The next best thing to winning is losing! At least you’ve been in the race.” -Nellie Hershey Tullis (Nellie Helen Hershey Tullis (1872 - 1964))
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“An Unfailing Success Plan: At each day’s end, write down the six most important things to do tomorrow; number them in order of importance, and then do them.” -Author Unknown

“The successful man is the average man, focused.” -Author Unknown
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“I am not concerned that you have fallen - I am concerned that you arise.” -Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)

“Genius is often only the power of making continuous efforts. The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it - so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience, would have achieved success. As the tide goes clear out, so it comes clear in. In business sometimes prospects may seem darkest when really they are on the turn. A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1859 - 1915)): as quoted in the “Electrical Review” (about 1895); also in Evelyn Briggs Baldwin: “The Search for the North Pole” (1896), page 520; later published in Elbert Hubbard: “FRA Magazine: A Journal of Affirmation” (1915); and in Alice Hubbard, editor: “An American Bible” (1918)

“I couldn’t wait for success . . . so I went ahead without it.” -Jonathan Winters (Jonathan Harshman Winters III (1925 - 2013))
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“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” -Robert Collier (1885 - 1950)

“There is only one success . . . to be able to spend your life in your own way, and not to give others absurd maddening claims upon it.” -Christopher Morley (Christopher Darlington Morley (1890 - 1957)): “Where the Blue Begins” (1922)

“Failures are not something to be avoided. You want to have them happen as quickly as you can so you can make progress rapidly.” -Gordon Moore (Gordon Earle Moore (1929 - 2023)): as quoted in Laura Schmitt: “An Interview with Gordon Moore” (May 2000)
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“He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.” -Herman Melville (1819 - 1891): ‘Hawthorne and His Mosses’ published in “The Literary World” (17 and 24 August 1850); published anonymously, as ‘By a Virginian Spending July in Vermont’

“The Lord would want you to be successful. He would. You are His sons and His daughters. He has the same kind of love and ambition for you that your earthly parents have. They want you to do well and you can do it.” -Gordon B. Hinckley (Gordon Bitner Hinckley (1910 - 2008))

“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love for what you are doing!” -Pelé (pseudonym of Edson Arantes do Nascimento (1940 - 2022))
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“Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.” -Henry van Dyke (Henry Jackson van Dyke, Junior (1852 - 1933))

“My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.” -Helen Gurley Brown (1922 - 2012)

“A failure is not always a mistake; it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.” -B. F. Skinner (Burrhus Frederic Skinner (1904 - 1990))
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“Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day, while failure is simply a few errors in judgement, repeated every day. It is the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgements that leads us to either fortune or failure.” -Author Unknown

“Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it.” -Richard Bach (Richard David Bach (born 1936))

“Success is waking up in the morning, whoever you are, wherever you are, however old or young, and bounding out of bed because there’s something out there you love to do, that you believe in, that you’re good at - something that’s bigger than you are, and you can hardly wait to get at it again today.” -Whit Hobbs
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“There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them.” -Tom Krause

“I can give you a six-word formula for success: ‘Think things through - then follow through.” -Eddie Rickenbacker (1890 - 1973)

“Success is following the pattern of life one enjoys most.” -Al Capp (Alfred Gerald ‘Al’ Capp (1909 - 1979))
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“Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.” -Bobby Unser (Robert William ‘Bobby’ Unser (1934 - 2021))

“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)

“It is infinitely more exciting to live a life of catastrophic failures than a life of could-haves, should-haves, and would-haves.” -M. H. Meng (Moh Hon Meng)
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“Behind every successful man there are a lot of unsuccessful years.” -Bob Brown

“Success is dependent on effort.” -Sophocles (496 B.C.E. - 406 B.C.E.)

“Success isn’t how far you get, but the distance you travel from where you start.” -Author Unknown
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Are we as individuals prisoners of a fate that is beyond our control - or can we courageously escape to the freedom of being able to make our own destinies?
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“I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing.” -Ronald Reagan (Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911 - 2004)): First Inaugural address (20 January 1981)

“We each choose between two lives: the one given to us, and the one we can make.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

“A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and our success, that we take control.” -Robert F. Bennett (born 1933)

“Don’t let anyone tell you what you can or cannot do, or cannot achieve. Just don’t allow it. It’s wrong. It’s so wrong. Be what you want to be - and prove them wrong.” -Emma Watson (Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson (born 1990))

“I am master of my own destiny, and I can make my life anything that I wish it to be.” -John Dennis McDonald (1906 - 1998)
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‘Determinism’ is a belief that events are controlled by external forces which are beyond our control, while ‘Free Will’ is the idea that we can have an effect on events.

“Life is a compromise between fate and free will.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915)): “A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard” (1911), page 36

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate,
     Can circumvent or hinder or control
The firm resolve of a determined soul.
-Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850 - 1919): “Maurine: And Other Poems” (1888), ‘Will’ page 145, lines 1 through 3

“You can begin to shape your own destiny by the attitude that you keep.” -Michael Beckwith
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“Your life is in your hands, to make of it what you choose.” -John Kehoe

Watch Your Ways

Watch your thoughts;
     they become words.
Watch your words;
     they become actions.
Watch your actions;
     they become habits.
Watch your habits;
     they become character.
Watch your character;
     it becomes your destiny.

By Author Unknown
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“Whatever limits us we call Fate.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

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“When life feels like being a bird trapped inside a cage, one might try to find a way out that leads to freedom.” -Author Unknown
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“We make our own fortunes and we call them fate.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881): “Miriam Alroy” (1870)

“Every man makes his own fate.” [Non-literal modern parlance]
“Every man is the architect of his own fortune.” [translation to English]
“Faber est suae quisque fortunae.” [original Latin]
-Claudius (Appius Claudius Caecus (340 B.C.E. - 273 B.C.E.))
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“If the average person realized the power he wields over his life and destiny, he would live in a perpetual state of wonder and thanksgiving.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)

“Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.” -Ralph Blum

“Create your own destiny, because if you don’t, others will.” -Author Unknown
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“Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.” -William Jennings Bryan (1860 - 1925): “America’s Mission” (22 February 1899) speech in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, as quoted in “The Book of Public Speaking,” Volume 2

“Your word is your magic wand. The words you speak create your own destiny.” -Florence Scovel Shinn (1871 - 1940)
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“Up to a point a man’s life is shaped by environment, heredity, and movements and changes in the world about him. Then there comes a time when it lies within his grasp to shape the clay of his life into the sort of thing he wishes to be. Only the weak blame parents, their race, lack of good fortune, or the quirks of fate. Everyone has it within his power to say, ‘This I am today, that I will be tomorrow.’” -Louis L’Amour (born Louis Dearborn LaMoore (1908 - 1988))

“A man’s fate is his own temper; and according to that will be his opinion as to the particular manner in which the course of events is regulated. A consistent man believes in destiny - a capricious man in chance.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881): “Vivian Grey” (1826), ‘A Visit to a Celebrated Diplomatist’

“If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow.” -William McFee (1881 - 1966)
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Cassius: Men at some time are masters of their fate:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
-William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Julius Caesar” (1599), Act I, Scene 2, lines 230 through 232
Often paraphrased as, “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”

“Destiny is all about the choices we make and the chances we take.” -Author Unknown

“Man was predestined to have free will.” -Hal Lee Luyah
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“I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” -Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965)

“You are the designer of your destiny. You are the author, you write the story, the pen is in your hand, and the outcome is whatever you choose.” -Abraham Hicks (via Esther Hicks (born 1948))
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I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul.
-W. E. Henley (William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903)): “Invictus” (1875); type of work: poem

“Just because fate doesn’t deal you the right cards, it doesn’t mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.” -Les Brown (Leslie Calvin ‘Les’ Brown (born 1945)) at https://lesbrown.com/

“I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.” -G. K. Chesterton (Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936)): as quoted in “Illustrated London News” (29 April 1922)

“Everything starts with yourself - with you making up your mind about what you’re going to do with your life.” -Tony Dorsett (Anthony Drew ‘Tony’ Dorsett, Senior (born 1954))
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“A wise man shall overrule his stars, and have a greater influence upon his own content than all the constellations and planets of the firmament.” -Jeremy Taylor (1613 - 1667): as quoted in Reginald Heber: “The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor” (1822), book IV, chapter II, section vi

“Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.” -Euripides (about 480 B.C.E. - 406 B.C.E.): “Bellerophon,” fragment 298: as quoted in Arthur Richard Shilleto, editor and translator: “Plutarch’s Morals: Ethical Essays” (1888), page 293

“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.JimRohn.com

“No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.” -Agnes de Mille (1905 - 1993)

“We are what we think. We are what we say. We are what we believe. We are what we do. So isn’t it wonderful that we are completely in charge of all that we are?” -Regina Cates
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“There is no fate but what we make.” -John Brancato and Michael Ferris: “Terminator Salvation” (2010) movie, words of character John Connor

“Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.” -Samuel Smiles (1812 - 1904): “Character” (1871), page 371

“A belief in an unchangeable, fixed destiny is fatalism, which commonly happens in the absence of hope and optimism.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of man. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881): “Vivian Grey” (1827), volume II, book VI, chapter 7

“Do not take the agenda that someone else has mapped out for your life.” -John C. Maxwell (John Calvin Maxwell (born 1947)) at https://www.maxwellleadership.com/

The Winds of Fate

One ship drives east and another drives west
With the selfsame winds that blow.
     ’Tis the set of the sails
     And not the gales
Which tells us the way to go.

Like the winds of the sea are the ways of fate;
As we voyage along through life,
     ’Tis the set of a soul
     That decides its goal,
And not the calm or the strife.

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850 - 1919) (1916)

“When fate hands us a lemon, let’s try to make a lemonade.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnagey (1888 - 1955))): “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living” (1944)

“He picked up the lemons that Fate had sent him and started a lemonade-stand.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915)): “Selected Writings of Elbert Hubbard” (1922), page 237

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“If you don’t like the road you’re on, find another one.” -Author Unknown

Here’s a sigh to those who love me,
     And a smile to those who hate;
And, whatever sky’s above me,
     Here’s a heart for every fate.
-George Gordon Noel Byron (also known as Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)): “To Thomas Moore” (1817), stanza 2

“Some people succeed because they are destined but most because they are determined.” -Author Unknown

And now for your Personal Destiny anagram: The letters in the word ‘predestination’ can be rearranged to spell the phrase ‘I pertain to ends.’

“The sin, both of men and of angels, was rendered possible by the fact that God gave them free will.” -C. S. Lewis (Clive Staples Lewis (1898 - 1963)): “Miracles” (1947)

“Our history is not our destiny.” -Alan Cohen: as quoted in Eric Allenbaugh: “Wake-Up Calls: You Don’t Have to Sleepwalk Through Your Life, Love, or Career!”
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“Control your own destiny or someone else will.” -Jack Welch (John Francis ‘Jack’ Welch, Junior (born 1935))

“Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us, but in what we make out of what they do to us.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878 - 1969): “On Being A Real Person” (1943)

“It is almost more important how a person takes his fate than what it is.” -Wilhelm von Humboldt (Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Humboldt (1767 - 1835))

“We must believe in free will - we have no choice.” -Isaac Bashevis Singer (born Izaak Zynger or Icek Zynger (1903 - 1991)): as quoted in Stefan Kanfer: ‘Isaac Singer’s Promised City’ published in the “City Journal” (Summer 1997) magazine

“Personality, too, is destiny.” -Erik Erikson (1902 - 1994)

“Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire.” -Orison S. Marden (Orison Swett Marden (1848 - 1924))

“If you don’t run your own life, somebody else will.” -John Atkinson

“My will shall shape my future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man’s doing but my own. I am the force: I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. My choice, my responsibility; win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny.” -Elaine Maxwell
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“He who picks up one end of a stick picks up the other. He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878 - 1969)

All are architects of Fate,
     Working in these walls of Time;
Some with massive deeds and great,
     Some with ornaments of rhyme.
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882): “The Seaside and the Fireside” (1849), ‘The Builders,’ stanza 1

“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” -Jimmy Dean
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“Be a creator of circumstances rather than just a creature of circumstances. Be proactive rather than reactive.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com

“Whatever the place allocated us by providence, that is for us the post of honor and duty. God estimates us not by the position we are in, but by the way in which we fill it.” -Tryon Edwards (1809 - 1894): as quoted in Tryon Edwards, editor: “A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern” (1891) page 545

“Your life will be no better than the plans you make and the actions you take. You are the architect and builder of your own life, fortune, destiny.” -Alfred A. Montapert (Alfred Armand Montapert (1906 - 1997))

“Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds. They have within themselves the power to become free at any moment.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt (Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)): address to the Pan American Union (14 April 1939)

“It’s choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.” -Jean Nidetch (Jean Evelyn Nidetch (1923 - 2015))
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“If you don’t take charge of shaping your destiny, others will do it for you.” -Eric Allenbaugh

“We create our fate every day we live.” -Henry Miller (Henry Valentine Miller (1891 - 1980))
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“Do not allow circumstances or people to determine your fate. Look beyond your immediate circumstances and the nearby people to the greater and ever-expanding horizon of all possibilities.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

I do not know beneath what sky
Nor on what seas shall be thy fate;
I only know it shall be high,
I only know it shall be great.
-Richard Hovey: “Unmanifest Destiny”
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“All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)

“The future isn’t written. It can be changed. You know that. Anyone can make their future whatever they want it to be.” -Bob Gale, screenplay: “Back to the Future,” ‘Part III’ (1990), words of character Doc Emmett Brown (portrayed by actor Christopher Lloyd) to character Marty McFly (portrayed by actor Michael J. Fox)

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