Todays Thought

The [Nobel] prize is such an extraordinary honor. It might seem unfair, however, to reward a person for having so much pleasure over the years, asking the maize plant to solve specific problems and then watching its responses. 

-Barbara McClintock, scientist, Nobel laureate (16 Jun 1902-1992)

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Todays Thought

Out of the quarrel with others we make rhetoric; out of the quarrel with ourselves we make poetry. 

-William Butler Yeats, writer, Nobel laureate (13 Jun 1865-1939)

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Todays Thought

I don't believe that the big men, the politicians and the capitalists alone are guilty of the war. Oh, no, the little man is just as keen, otherwise the people of the world would have risen in revolt long ago! There is an urge and rage in people to destroy, to kill, to murder, and until all mankind, without exception, undergoes a great change, wars will be waged, everything that has been built up, cultivated, and grown, will be destroyed and disfigured, after which mankind will have to begin all over again. 

-Anne Frank, Holocaust diarist (12 Jun 1929-1945)

Todays Word

 

dandiprat

PRONUNCIATION:

(DAN-dee-prat) 

MEANING:

noun
1. An inconsequential person.
2. A person of small stature.
3. A child.

ETYMOLOGY:

Of unknown origin. Earliest documented use: 1525. Dandiprat was also the name of a silver coin in 16th-century England, worth three halfpence.

USAGE:

“In return, Conservatives could dismiss Mr Corbyn as a dandiprat, a figure of no significance, and a mere grumbletonian.”
This Mugwump Is a Dandiprat; The Sunday Times (London, UK); Apr 30, 2017.

Todays Thought

It's impossible to be loyal to your family, your friends, your country, and your principles, all at the same time. 

-Mignon McLaughlin, journalist and author (6 Jun 1913-1983)