tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post7784912463552356108..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Wisdom Is Where You Find ItFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-36629612141198450692015-09-24T10:58:04.637-04:002015-09-24T10:58:04.637-04:00Well said Francis.
Being an avid baseball fan, an...Well said Francis.<br /><br />Being an avid baseball fan, and growing up with a dad that was an avid Yankee fan, I was aware of Yogi early on in life. And like others, I've grown to appreciate his wisdom more as I grow older.<br /><br />And neat how you slipped that Q.E.D. from my high school geometry in there.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531009878166988406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-5082831586434368632015-09-24T09:26:34.235-04:002015-09-24T09:26:34.235-04:00"A 'perfect world' would find Man int..."A 'perfect world' would find Man intolerable. We would shortly be extinct." <br /><br />Sort of the same ideas a Roy's (and what you hint at in later paragraphs): Man would find a perfect world intolerable.<br /><br />I'm reminded of the Twilight Zone episode where a gambler dies and finds himself in a place where he wins every bet. After 20 minutes or so, he turns to his his "benefactor" and asks if he could maybe lose a bet or two for the thrill or to break the monotony. "This is heaven," the gambler implies, "but couldn't we spice it up?"<br /><br />The "benefactor" laughs and informs him this is hell. <br /><br />I've heard Yogi Berra quotes my whole life. At first they seemed like quirky sayings from some daffy baseball player - a catcher at that.<br /><br />The older I got, the more Zen and insightful Yogi seemed.<br /><br />I'm sure other cultures and nations have memorable figures like Yogi. (Winston Churchill, the greatest statesman and orator of the 20th century, imho, comes to mind.) For me, Yogi Berra is an American icon right up there with Will Rogers.<br /><br />I would bet many French socialists and American democrats would denigrate Yogi as a buffoon. The Chinese might not "get" him at all - or maybe they would. . . Confucious, after all.<br /><br />But, to me, there's something very American in Yogi's wordplay. It's simple, direct and (reduntantly) unpretentious.<br /><br />Tim Turnerfurballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15779319678886254479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-6291311834902881642015-09-24T09:10:50.451-04:002015-09-24T09:10:50.451-04:00Very well presented. We all need a little more Yog...Very well presented. We all need a little more Yogi (or people like him) in our lives.Bob Parishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12035056505595113844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-26719253503923969922015-09-24T07:22:09.359-04:002015-09-24T07:22:09.359-04:00"Because of human restlessness, mankind would..."Because of human restlessness, mankind would grow rebellious under any utopian domination, and would break out once more in violent discontent—or else expire of boredom."<br /><br />Russell Kirk<br /><br />http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/detail/ten-conservative-principles/<br /><br />Roy Lofquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16536815900678298041noreply@blogger.com