For May 19, 2008
“In the view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here. Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law.
The humblest is the peer of the most powerful.”
~John Marshall Harlan (1833-1911) Dissenting opinion, Plessy v. Ferguson 163 U.S. 537, 559 (1896).
For January 21, 2008
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”
~Martin Luther King Jr.
For July 30, 2007
"Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language."
~Henry James
For June 4, 2007
“The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you’re learning you’re not old.”
~Rosalyn S. Yalow
For May 28, 2007
"The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it."
~Thucydides
For May 21, 2007
"No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless."
~Denis Waitley
For May 7, 2007
"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."
~John Wooden
For April 16, 2007
"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives."
~Jackie Robinson
For April 9, 2007
"On my income tax 1040 it says 'Check this box if you are blind.' I wanted to put a check mark about three inches away."
~Tom Lehrer
[Happy 79th!]
For April 2, 2007
"You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen."
~Joe DiMaggio, on Opening Day
[Go Mariners!!]
For February 26, 2007
"Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest."
~Larry Lorenzoni
For February 19, 2007
[In honor of this week's holiday...] "Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser - in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough."
~Abraham Lincoln
For January 15, 2007
"It's snowing still. And freezing. However, we haven't had an earthquake lately."
~Winnie The Pooh (A.A. Milne)
For January 1, 2007
"New Year's Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual."
~Mark Twain
For November 27, 2006:
"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person.
Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us."
~Albert Schweitzer
For November 6, 2006:
"It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish."
~J.R.R. Tolkien
For September 11, 2006:
"Justice without strength is helpless, strength without justice is tyrannical..."
~Blaise Pascal
For September 4, 2006:
[In honor of all those going back to school this week...]
"Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog."
~Doug Larson
For August 21, 2006:
“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.”
~Sir John Lubbock
For August 14, 2006:
"Your integrity will affect your destiny; don't leave home without it."
~Clarence E. Hodges
For June 19, 2006:
“A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.”
~Rita Mae Brown
For June 12, 2006:
"An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence."
~Honore de Balzac
For May 1, 2006:
"In the middle of a difficulty lies opportunity."
~Albert Einsten
For March 27, 2006:
"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade."
~Charles Dickens
For March 20, 2006:
"A knowledge of the path cannot be substituted for putting one foot in front of the other."
~M.C. Richards
For March 13, 2006:
"You will never find time for anything, you must make it."
~Charles Buxton
For March 6, 2006:
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
~William Butler Yeats
For February 27, 2006:
"Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing."
~Harriet Braiker
For February 20, 2006:
"It is never too late to be what you might have been."
~George Eliot
(Restored and converted into office space by attorney David Leen in 1986)