It’ s the principles NOT the practices that we have to keep.
Geneva Overholser, 2009 repeated by Jay Rosen on Rebooting the News, #14, 6/22/2009
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Swoopy on the Skepticality Podcast 2/12/2006
Wed, 08/13/2008 - 13:15 — BruceLerner"....dedicated to smacking the quacks, debunking the bunk, and shedding the light of critical thought and reason into the dark and scary world that is our every day lives."
To feel that one has a place in life - George Edward Woodberry
Wed, 11/25/2009 - 23:36 — BruceLernerTo feel that one has a place in life solves half the problems of contentment.
George Edward Woodberry in the Associated Press.
Not everything that is faced can be changed - James Baldwin
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 19:23 — BruceLerner“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
James Baldwin, quoted in MSNBC.com
Tribute to human optimism - Michael Markman
Wed, 09/23/2009 - 15:35 — BruceLernerTribute to human optimism: we call them elevators or lifts even though they spend half their time going down. @Mickeleh on Twitter 5:42 PM Sep 18th 2009
The world isn't made of nerf - @DDog
Mon, 09/21/2009 - 21:14 — BruceLernerThe world isn't made of nerf, there are sharp edges and you can get hurt. - @DDog 6/24/2009 on Twitter
Nothing is really work - James M. Barrie
Thu, 09/03/2009 - 22:52 — BruceLerner"Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else." - James M. Barrie
Other quotes by J. M. Barrie here.
"Your own experience ...." - Dr. Steven Novella
Mon, 08/24/2009 - 23:02 — BruceLerner"Your own experience is grotesquely flawed."
Dr. Steven Novella, 8/20/2009 at the The Connecticut Drinking Skeptically Meetup in regard to one's ability to trust their memory and even perception.
The willingness to accept responsibility - Joan Didion
Mon, 08/17/2009 - 20:40 — BruceLerner“The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.”
Joan Didion
Nothing is impossible - Weiler
Sat, 08/15/2009 - 16:01 — BruceLernerNothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.
- Writer/critic A. H. Weiler.
