Dear Mister Jones » Quoting Quinn

A truism from Dr. Suess

mister jones — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:22:55 +0000

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind. - Dr. Suess

As an aside, am I the only one who ever thought that Dr. Suess was pronounced more like ‘Swiss’? I guess it’s kind of like how I used to think hors d’ouevres had something to do with horses.

When life gets you down, take the advice of Merlin

mister jones — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:00:56 +0000

“The best thing for being sad,” replied Merlin, beginning to puff and
blow, “is to learn something. That’s the only thing that never fails.
You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at
night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only
love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or
know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only
one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what
wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust,
never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never
dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a
lot of things there are to learn.”

– T.H. White, “The Once and Future King”

Your life is an occasion.

mister jones — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 02:18:05 +0000

“Your life is an occasion. Rise to it.”

Mr. Magorium speaking to Molly Mahoney in the movie, Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium.

Which road do I take?

mister jones — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:31:00 +0000

One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree.
“Which road do I take?” She asked.
His response was a question: “Where do you want to go?”
“I don’t know,” Alice answered.
“Then,” said the cat, “it doesn’t matter.”

Lewis Carroll
Alice In Wonderland

Exhausting all possibilities

mister jones — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 15:55:55 +0000

“When you’ve exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven’t.”

- Thomas Jefferson -