Photographs were all taken by the children.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
Thank you, Churchill. You encouraged me today....
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
A joke is a very serious thing.
I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.
If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.
Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it.
My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.
Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.
The first quality that is needed is audacity.
War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
A joke is a very serious thing.
I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.
If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.
Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it.
My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.
Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.
The first quality that is needed is audacity.
War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Time to Change the World, or me?
Take 4.... seriously... I keep writing this blog and deleting, and writing and deleting... not sure if I should spew about all that is wrong, or encourage only the good and the things full of light. Darkness likes attention. I have learned that. Darkness likes darkness and hates light...
My children are growing up, and they are full of light... and I want to wage war ahead of them to eliminate the darkness, especially where it seems to affect them most, but all that does is seem to make the darkness greater... so now what? How to teach lambs to live amongst lions? To be wise as serpents, innocent as doves...? Seriously!!! How do you teach that?!!! I am so full of anger at the ones that seem blind, but they think that I am blind, and I have to ask myself... am I? Can lambs be taught to avoid wolves? Should they be taught to avoid wolves, or is there a way to grow steel wool?
My children are growing up, and they are full of light... and I want to wage war ahead of them to eliminate the darkness, especially where it seems to affect them most, but all that does is seem to make the darkness greater... so now what? How to teach lambs to live amongst lions? To be wise as serpents, innocent as doves...? Seriously!!! How do you teach that?!!! I am so full of anger at the ones that seem blind, but they think that I am blind, and I have to ask myself... am I? Can lambs be taught to avoid wolves? Should they be taught to avoid wolves, or is there a way to grow steel wool?
Sunday, September 5, 2010
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