Friday, October 13, 2006

Low-Key Friday: A Time for Quotes to Ponder
An obvious starting point for today from Wikipedia:

A Friday occurring on the 13th day of any month is considered to be a day of bad luck in English and Portuguese-speaking cultures around the globe. Similar superstitions exist in some other traditions. In Greece and Spain, for example, Tuesday the 13th takes the same role. The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia, a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a phobia (fear) of the number thirteen.
Now a political quote from Ye Olde Statesman, Benjamin Franklin
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Then there's Warren Beatty who says it so well:
"You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play."
This one from William Feather could easily describe my reaction at times:
"Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious."
Finally, from Dorothy L. Sayers, an admission of sorts from this old pmPilgrim.
"A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought."
Hey, can't I just get lazy once in a while?

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