Archive for the 'Quotes' Category

Easy Listening

Saturday, August 5th, 2006

Living in the city, and being in close proximity to many strangers, one overhears (involuntarily) many things. New York has an entire site devoted to the strange things one hears. From today:
He Is Almost Certainly Going to Wait
Girl in lacy red tank top, black bra and low-cut pants, with a lower-back tattoo, on cell: […]

True Love Truth

Sunday, February 5th, 2006

I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me fortelling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.
-Pietro Aretino,satirist and dramatist (1492-1556)
(courtesy of my cousin Jason)

Making Decisions

Thursday, June 30th, 2005

“Somewhere along the line of development we discover what we really are, and then we make our real decision for which we are responsible. Make that decision primarily for yourself because you can never really live anyone else’s life.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

Bilingual Benefits

Saturday, April 16th, 2005

“To know another language is to possess another soul.”
-Unknown (Sometimes attributed to Charlemagne)

On Addictions to Being Right

Wednesday, April 13th, 2005

“Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one’s self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily; and why older persons, especially if vain or important, cannot learn at all. “
~Thomas Szasz,
Author, Professor of Psychiatry (1920- )
Thanks to Jason for finding […]

What People are Saying about D’Net

Friday, April 1st, 2005

Just thought I’d post some of the rave reviews that are rolling in from around the globe:
“Don’t misunderestimate Gary and the dykstraNet team.”
-George Bush

“I love dykstraNet. I need your new number. Call me.”
-Paris Hilton

“dykstraNet or die.”
-pDiddy

“Hell no. I had no idea what Kojo was up to because I’ve been reading dykstraNet non-stop since March […]

Visualize the News

Saturday, March 19th, 2005

Thanks to Jay for the tip on tenbyten

This cool little application is possible because we are getting more sophisticated about what we put on the world wide web. The internet is playing host to much more these days than simple web pages. In the early days, if you ever looked at the html […]

You Know What Time it is

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2005

“Nothing isn’t Real”
-Flava Flav referring to his reality TV show, Strange Love .