Showing posts with label world. Show all posts
Showing posts with label world. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

And desperately trying to catch up


Birthday of actress Lauren Bacall, born 1924. She was married to Humphrey Bogart.

"The whole world is about three drinks behind." -- Bogart.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Cynicism about cynicism


French author and statesman Francois-Rene de Chateuabriand was born on this day in 1768. He wrote:

"One is not superior merely because one sees the world in an odious light."

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

God's forever blowing bubbles


Today is the birthday of Francis Bacon, English philosopher and essayist. He wrote:

"The world's a bubble; and the life of man less than a span."