Quote of the Day

Just a little thing I thought of trying out - music, film, politics, philosophy, just about anything. Maybe sometimes it will generate conversation, sometimes not.

after winning a poker hand on a bluff:

"sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand."

Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke

 

Quote of the Day:

I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.

Dalai Lama

 

Albert Einstein

 

I might not be on line tomorrow so I'm getting in early with my new "Quote of the Day" for tomorrow -- I don't know how this effects the space/time continuum. Ask Spock.

Quote of the day for tomorrow:

We declare Shenanigans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsczbJhuO1A

 

I had to look that Einstein one up but its a great quote.

Shenanigans happens every day and it is indeed a sad state of affairs.

 

Danke.

I didn't find the translation. ;-(

 

[video=youtube;krD4hdGvGHM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krD4hdGvGHM[/video]

 

If I had known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.

Mickey Mantle

 

But I can understand you. That is good.

I always hope that my english is tolerable. Sometimes it is difficult to explain my thoughts.

 

Dalai Lama

 

Miss Jean Louise. Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passing.

http://movieclips.com/tmJG3-to-kill-a-mockingbird-movie-your-fathers-passing/

 

Oscar Wilde spent a lot of time getting stabbed in the rear.

 

No, not my primary inspiration to go to law school. I read it in high school as many do and saw the movie. Liked it but no, it didn't inspire me. What inspired me about the book is when my Criminal Law professor walked in for one the last classes of first semester -- when everyone was worn out, torn down, dejected and wondering why they hadn't gone for an MBA instead of law and he pulled out a copy of TKAM and read that entire chapter. He then gave a short talk about how only a small percentage of the population become lawyers and a smaller percentage of that number do trial work, helping, no matter what side or whether civil and criminal, through one of the most tense and scary parts of their life. He also talked about the fact that Atticus Finch did so with the greatest of integrity and that is what won him the respect reflected in the above quote. Most of us in the lecture hall, especially those plqnning to do trial work (myself included) were teary and weepy by the time he was done.

So, I can't say To Kill a Mockingbird was my inspiration to become a lawyer it became an inspiration and reassured me that despite all the jokes and cynical comments the practice of the profession is a noble and honorable undertaking. While I have had occasion over the years to go against a few counselors who have no principles, cut corners and are dishonest, in my experience the vast majority of attorneys will provide zealous advocacy but not to the point of ignoring the ethics of the industry.

 

Here is another bit of esoterica related To Kill a Mockingbird. I remember this rumor as far back as high school.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5244492

I think its undisputed that the fey little boy neighbor, Dill, was based on Capote, who was Harper Lee's neighbor. Despite the interview linked I tend to believe he had at least some hand in writing the novel.