nothing – Stories and Quotes from the Mind* and Keyboard of A.A.Forringer

Greed

Posted on May 16, 2019May 8, 2019 by aaforringer

Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing. Ben Stein

Benjamin Jeremy Stein (born November 25, 1944) is a conservative American writer, lawyer, actor, and commentator on political and economic issues. A graduate of Columbia University, Stein began his career in law, graduating as valedictorian from Yale Law School. He attained early success as a speechwriter for U.S. presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Later, he entered the entertainment field and became an actor, comedian, and Emmy Award-winning game show host. He is most well-known on screen as the economics teacher in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) and as Dr. Arthur Neuman in The Mask (1994) and Son of the Mask (2005).

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Fail

Posted on January 29, 2019November 12, 2018 by aaforringer

I’d rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed. Robert H. Schuller

Robert Harold Schuller (September 16, 1926 – April 2, 2015) was an American Christian televangelist, pastor, motivational speaker, and author. In his five decades of television, Schuller was principally known for the weekly Hour of Power television program, which he began hosting in 1970 until his retirement in 2010. Schuller began broadcasting the program from the Neutra Sanctuary, with the encouragement of longtime friend Billy Graham after Schuller visited him in 1969. He was also the founder of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California, where the Hour of Power program was later broadcast.

Personally I find most pastors a little officious, and the thought of a personal god bothers me, but I like the sentiment of the quote.

Crystal Cathedral: OMG! Poser tweets as Schuller

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Miracles

Posted on June 11, 2015May 26, 2015 by aaforringer

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist. Einstein’s work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). Einstein is best known in popular culture for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc² (which has been dubbed “the world’s most famous equation”). He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his “services to theoretical physics”, in particular his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect, a pivotal step in the evolution of quantum theory.

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Anger

Posted on February 11, 2014January 26, 2014 by aaforringer

There is nothing that can be done with anger that cannot be done better without it. Dallas Willard

Dallas Albert Willard (September 4, 1935 – May 8, 2013) was an American philosopher also known for his writings on Christian spiritual formation. He was longtime Professor of Philosophy at The University of Southern California, teaching at the school from 1965 until his death in 2013 and serving as the department chair from 1982 to 1985.