{"id":513,"date":"2006-08-19T10:52:29","date_gmt":"2006-08-19T10:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2006\/08\/19\/random-quotes\/"},"modified":"2006-08-19T10:52:29","modified_gmt":"2006-08-19T10:52:29","slug":"random-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2006\/08\/19\/random-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since everyone else is doing it<\/a>, I’ll go along with the game, and post five random quotes that “reflect who you are or what you believe,” chosen from the randomizer at quotationspage.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This actually took a while, because I’m not wild about most of what they throw out. I’ll throw in a bonus sixth quote, though, because this one:<\/p>\n

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“Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.” –John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

is pretty lightweight, but accurate.<\/p>\n

More serious quotes after the cut.<\/p>\n

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“This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what
\nto do with it.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)<\/p>\n

“The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change
\neverything – or nothing.” –Nancy Astor (1879 – 1964)<\/p>\n

“Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men,
\nbut from doing something worthwhile.” –Sir Wilfred Grenfell (1865 – 1940)<\/p>\n

“An idea isn’t worth that much. It’s the execution of the idea that
\nhas value. If you can’t convince one other person that this is
\nsomething to devote your life to, then it’s not worth it.” –Joel Spolsky, Sink or Swim, SXSW 2006<\/p>\n

“But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply
\nthat all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at
\nColumbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright
\nbrothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.” –Carl Sagan (1934 – 1996)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If you think this has provided any deep insights into my character, well, you’re doing better than I am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since everyone else is doing it, I’ll go along with the game, and post five random quotes that “reflect who you are or what you believe,” chosen from the randomizer at quotationspage.com. This actually took a while, because I’m not wild about most of what they throw out. I’ll throw in a bonus sixth quote,… Continue reading Random Quotes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}