The test of a democracy is not the magnificence of buildings or the speed of automobiles or the efficiency of air transportation, but rather the care given to the welfare of all the people.
-Helen Adams Keller, lecturer and author (27 Jun 1880-1968)
2024/06/27
2024/06/25
Todays Word
Fahrvergnügen
Unadapted borrowing from German Fahrvergnügen, from fahren (“to drive”) + Vergnügen (“pleasure”); popularised in the USA by Volkswagen advertisements in the 1990s.
Fahrvergnügen (uncountable)
- Driving pleasure, especially with regard to Volkswagen vehicles. quotations ▼
Volkswagen advertising § Fahrvergnügen on Wikipedia.
fahren (“to drive”) + Vergnügen (“pleasure”)
Fahrvergnügen n (strong, genitive Fahrvergnügens, plural Fahrvergnügen)
Todays Thought
Faith is a cop-out. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can't be taken on its own merits.
-Dan Barker, former preacher, musician (b. 25 Jun 1949)
2024/06/24
Todays Thought
It’s like, at the end, there’s this surprise quiz: Am I proud of me? I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth what I paid?
-Richard Bach, writer (b. 23 Jun 1936)
Todays Thought
History is a vast early warning system.
-Norman Cousins, editor and author (24 Jun 1915-1990)
2024/06/19
Todays Thought
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
-Blaise Pascal, philosopher and mathematician (19 Jun 1623-1662)
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