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| Hobbies: | I'll tell you later | | Hot spots: | I'll tell you later | | Favorite things: | Sushi, Art (movies, music), Politics, Science (math, physics and biology), Philosophy and Health | | Last reading: | Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan | | Common interests: | Exercising, Coffee and conversation, Hobbies and crafts, Movies / Videos, Music and concerts, Playing cards, Playing sports, Political interests, Shopping / Antiques, Travelling |
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| Date me: | A critical-thinker and a thought-leader, I am an honest, clean, open minded, healthy, funny, sensitive and upstanding member of society :-)
Here are some quotes I find inspirational hopefully they will tell you more about me:
Every morning get up and take a good, hard look at your adversary for the day... the person in the mirror; The ink from a scholar is worth more than the blood of a martyr -- Nasir Jones; Science literacy is a vaccine against the charlatans of the world that would exploit your ignorance -- Neil Tyson; The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks -- Christopher Hitchens; A science is any discipline in which the fool of this generation can go beyond the point reached by the genius of the last generation -- Max Gluckman; Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science -- Edwin Powell Hubble; The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an island in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land -- Thomas Henry Huxley; That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence -- Christopher Hitchens; Explain your anger instead of expressing it, and you will find a solution instead of arguments -- Unknown; Family isn�t always blood, it�s the people in your life who want you in theirs: the ones who accept you for who you are, the ones who would do anything to see you smile and who love you no matter what -- Maya Angelou.; Look beyond your doubts and limitations -- Mike Rodriguez; Worry never robs tomorrow of it's sorrow, it only saps today of its joy -- Lea Buscaglia; The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn -- Alvin Toffler; I consider myself to be just one among 7 billion human beings. If I were to think of myself as different from others, or as something special, it would create a barrier between us. What makes us the same is that we all want to lead happy lives and gather friends around us. And friendship is based on trust, honesty and openness -- Dalai Lama; Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it -- Mark Twain; To a child "love" is spelled "T-I-M-E" -- Mac Anderson & Lance Wubbels; Watch your thoughts for they become your words. Watch your words for they become your actions. Watch your actions for they become your habits. Watch your habits for they become your character -- Unknown; From my experiences in life, I can say that your smile is the most powerful weapon against the enemy. It can keep you healthy. Be happy in your life, leave all your sadness, live for today and dream for tomorrow -- Hamde Abu Rahma; Not making a decision leaves life to make decisions for you. It is in itself a decision -- Joslyn Walker; The typical lawmaker of today is a man wholly devoid of principle -- a mere counter in a grotesque and knavish game. If the right pressure could be applied to him he would cheerfully be in favor of polygamy, astrology or cannibalism -- H.L. Mencken; The difference between a moral man and a man of honour is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught -- H.L. Mencken; Morality is doing right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right -- H.L. Mencken; The chocie to have a great attitude is something nobody or no circumstance can take from you -- Zig Ziglar; The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little -- Zig Ziglar; The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want now -- Zig Ziglar; It's true, spectacular preparation always precedes spectacular performance -- Zig Ziglar; Positive thinking in an negative situation is not naive.. it's leadership -- Zig Ziglar; Negative people don't want solutions. Solutions mean they have to work to find something else to be negative about! -- Zig Ziglar; There will always be people in your life who treat you wrong. Be sure to thank them for making you strong -- Zig Ziglar; When you have money, think of the time when you had none -- Japanese Proverb; Being wealthy is not accomplished by earning massively, but by spending less than you earn -- Anonymous; Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right -- Isaac Asimov; Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge' -- Isaac Asimov; Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived -- Isaac Asimov; The inability to forget is infinitely more devastating then the inability to remember -- Mark Twain; In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act -- George Orwell; Be gentle with your thoughts, "The forceps of our minds are clumsy and crush the truth a little in taking hold of it." -- HG Wells; Optimism shouldn't be a personal disposition. You want flight attendants to be "optimistic", pilots to be "pessimistic" not the opposite -- Nassim N. Taleb; Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face -- Mike Tyson; A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials -- Chinese Proverbs; I see only with deep regret that God punishes so many of His children for their numerous stupidities, for which only He Himself can be held responsible; in my opinion, only His non-existence could excuse Him -- Albert Einstein; Atheism is a conclusion, not a belief -- Unknown; Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire -- Epictetus; When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger -- Epictetus; Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants -- Epictetus; Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen -- Epictetus; It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them -- Epictetus; Only the educated are free -- Epictetus; First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak -- Epictetus; If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid -- Epictetus; | | What I want: | Friends for now. |
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