Thoughts For Our Times

Some quotes for today:

No one is “self-made”:
"None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody—a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns—bent down and helped us pick up our boots."
--Thurgood Marshall

We will fight to the death for the freedom to be like everyone else:
"When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other."
--Eric Hoffer

Creativity is often about stealing:
“Imitation is the sincerest form of television.”
--Fred Allen

Those who claim to proclaim the truth deserve our skepticism:
"There are no whole truths; all truths are half- truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil."
--Alfred North Whitehead

Mantra from the 90s TV show “The X-Files” that is missing three words:
“The truth is out there.”
(Words missing: “and in here.”)

And finally,
"Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century."
--Dame Edna Everage