Quote of the Day: 30 June 2023 #QotD

“[A] terrible idea executed brilliantly has to be better than a brilliant idea executed terribly.” -Lem, Tress of the Emerald Sea
[That isn't to say that you should go off to execute every terrible idea you have, but in the absence of any other options at the time, moving forward with something is better than waiting for perfection.]

Quote of the Day: 29 June 2023 #QotD

“[W]e have higher expectations of fiction than of reality. Reality is allowed to be stranger than fiction, without us rolling our eyes and throwing the book across the room.” -Dave Freer
[That doesn't mean your mind won't boggle at times because of the astonishing things that still manage to occur, surprising you.]

Quote of the Day: 28 June 2023 #QOTD

“[S]tatistical disparities are commonplace among human beings. Many historical and cultural reasons underlie the peculiar patterns observed. But the even ‘representation’ of groups chosen as a baseline for measuring discrimination is a myth rather than an established fact.” -Thomas Sowell
[Pretending that every subset of society should perfectly reflect the proportions of racial groups (or any other manner of segmenting society) in society at large is a strange thought. But we seem to have largely accepted it.]

Quote of the Day: 27 June 2023 #QOTD

“Adventures are all very well in their place, he thought, but there’s a lot to be said for regular meals and freedom from pain.” -Tristran Thorn, Stardust
[Creature comforts are so nice, but what will you have to reflect back on if you never had the uncomfortable experiences in the first place?]

Quote of the Day: 26 June 2023 #QotD

“You can’t plan for everything or you never get started in the first place.” -Harry Dresden, Changes
[So, get going.]

Quote of the Day: 25 June 2023 #QotD

“By focusing our attention on Jesus Christ, all else around us—while still present—is viewed through our love for Him. Less important distractions fade, and we remove those things that are not in keeping with His light and character.” -Neil L. Andersen

Quote of the Day: 24 June 2023 #QOTD

“Entitled kids turn into entitled adults who continue to want the world handed to them on a silver platter. Except they’re not so cute anymore.” -Amy McCready
[Something I am working towards avoiding with my own children. Though I don't know how successfully.]

Quote of the Day: 23 June 2023

“Don’t let someone shame you for understandable worries. Fear is normal and we have it for a reason.” -Larry Correia
[This was originally written as a statement about motivations to carry a concealed weapon. But it is equally true of societal fears.]

Quote of the Day: 22 June 2023

“Knowledge is a thing that one cannot have enough of. It is the fruit of wisdom, to be eaten carefully and digested fully[.]” -Brother Methuselah, Redwall
[I guess I had always looked at wisdom as distilled from knowledge, and not as a source of knowledge. Something upon which I will need to ruminate.]

Quote of the Day: 21 June 2023

“As it turned out, the real world was a terrifying and ridiculous place where people with little sense made foolish rules that could ruin one’s life with the flick of a curtain.” -Kevin Hearne & Delilah S. Dawson
[As apt a description of any federal bureaucracy as I have ever encountered.]

Quote of the Day: 20 June 2023

“How much larger your life would be if your self could become smaller in it[.]” -G. K. Chesterton
[I am reminded of an aphorism uttered by a preeminent moral teacher. Something about losing one's life and finding it, or some such pronouncement.]

Quote of the Day: 19 June 2023

“Who you are runs deeper than your skin. A man may be handsome in aspect but black as death in his heart, you know.” -Bonifer Squoon, The Monster in the Hollows
[There is more to you than your identity of immutable characteristics, and your character matters so much more than what you look like.]

Quote of the Day: 18 June 2023

“A father should never consciously disappoint his wife or children.” -James E. Faust
[Happy Father's Day!]

Quote of the Day: 17 June 2023

“We think that the head is important, that the brain sits like a monarch on the throne of the body. But the body is powerful too, and the brain cannot survive without it.” -Eskarina Smith, I Shall Wear Midnight
[You cannot escape the reality of the physical world, as much as you might like to.]

Quote of the Day: 16 June 2023

“[I]t was the builders, not just the takers, who changed the world.” -Logna, The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England
[Destruction does change the world, and it's easier than building, but in the long run, which is the better option for creating positive change in the world?]

Quote of the Day: 15 June 2023

“Say no to death pies. Another good motto.” -Jason Walker, A World Without Heroes
[Yes, it is. So, if you ever encounter one, I hope you'll remember to say no.]

Quote of the Day: 14 June 2023

“Everything desirable is not a civil right.” -Thomas Sowell
[But we continue to treat them as thought they are.]

Quote of the Day: 13 June 2023

“Change couldn’t be stopped, it couldn’t be controlled. Sure as the debris brought in on the ceaseless tides, it would go on unendingly, for better or for worse.” -Scarlett McCain (thought), The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne
[Change is a fact of life. In fact, change is an integral part of life. But, that doesn't mean you have to accept whatever change comes your way.]

Quote of the Day: 12 June 2023

“Everyone dies, honey. Everyone. There’s no ‘if.’ There’s only ‘when.’” -Harry Dresden, Turn Coat
[I would argue that the 'how' also matters. Whether that's peacefully in your sleep, or fighting back against some kind of attack, or possibly some ignoble way of going out. But it makes a difference how you approach it.]

Quote of the Day: 11 June 2023

“If we are not careful with our thoughts, words, and actions, we may end up being entangled by the cunning tricks of the enemy, destroying our relationships with the people around us and our loved ones.” -Ulisses Soares

Quote of the Day: 10 June 2023

“Sin is a thing that writes itself across a man's face. It cannot be concealed.” -Basil Hallward, The Picture of Dorian Gray
[One hopes, but I am not convinced.]

Quote of the Day: 9 June 2023

“An armed populace is common sense. Every single one of you being able to defend your lives and liberty is common sense. Protecting your loved ones is common sense. The people being able to stand against any who would enslave them is common sense.” -Larry Correia
[Gavin Newsome can go autofornicate until he expires.]

Quote of the Day: 8 June 2023

“I never really thought of ignorance as a quality of life issue.” -Hobbes, Calvin and Hobbes
[Plenty of ignorance going around these days. Most with either no awareness or intent to remedy it.]

Quote of the Day: 7 June 2023

“Sometimes that’s what you have to do: just keep going until everything makes sense.” -Fia, Kill the Farm Boy

[Probably sometime around 1 July.]

Quote of the Day: 6 June 2023

“You can free things from alien or accidental laws, but not from the laws of their own nature.” -G. K. Chesterton
[That includes the laws of biology. Regardless of what the progressive woke-scolds would have you believe.]

Quote of the Day: 4 June 2023

“Don’t just follow your heart. Your heart will betray you.” -Podo Helmer, North! Or Be Eaten
[When you allow your life to be ruled by your emotions you will invariably end up in trouble. You need the correction of your intellect and reason.]

Quote of the Day: 4 June 2023

“The proud cannot accept the authority of God giving direction to their lives. They pit their perceptions of truth against God’s great knowledge, their abilities versus God’s priesthood power, their accomplishments against His mighty works.” -Ezra Taft Benson

Quote of the Day: 3 June 2023

“[I]t’s true that some of the most terrible things in the world are done by people who think, genuinely think, that they’re doing it for the best[.]” -Felicity Beedle, Snuff
[And the people who enable them. Many because they're just too scared to speak up and say that all of this is a bunch of nonsense that has simply gone too far.]

Quote of the Day: 2 June 2023

“Memory may not be the heart of what makes us human, but it’s at least a vital organ.” -Hoid, Tress of the Emerald Sea
[Without our memories, are we truly human. I've seen people who have lost theirs, and they are, at least, not who they once were.]

Quote of the Day: 1 June 2023

“Most pleasures are best as a seasoning, not the main course.” -Drake, A World Without Heroes
[Best not to go in for hedonism. You forget the really important things in life.]