Gerard Zarella

Good morning. "You may not be able to alter reality, but you can alter your attitude towards it, and this, paradoxically, alters reality. Try it and see." ~ Margaret Atwood 12/18/1939 Canadian Novelist

Good morning. "There are two kinds of power you have to fight. The first is the money, and that's just our system. The other is the people close around you, knowing when to accept their criticism, knowing when to say no." ~ Martin Scorsese 11/17/1942 American Director

Good morning. "Surely one of the most visible lessons taught by the twentieth century has been the existence, not so much of a number of different realities, but of a number of different lenses with which to see the same reality." ~ Michael Arlen 11/16/1895 American Writer

Good morning. "The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind." ~ Justice Felix Frankfurter 11/14/1882 US Supreme Court

Good morning. "Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power." ~ P. J. O'Rourke 11/14/1947 American Comedian

Good morning. "Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life." ~ Robert Louis Stevenson 11/13/1815 Scottish Author

Good morning. "When it comes to controlling human beings, there is no better instrument than lies. Because you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts." ~ Michael Ende 11/12/1912 German Writer

...The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake, they call Gitche Gumee
Superior, they said, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early"
The Edmund Fitzgerald - November 10, 1975
~ Gordon Lightfoot

Good morning.
"In a musty old hall in Detroit, they prayed
In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral
The church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-nine times
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald...

Good morning. "The old man, of whom we know how he has become what he is, is more of an individual than the young man; for it is only in the course of an eventful life that men are differentiated into full individuality." ~ Erich Auerbach 11/9/1892 German Writer

#OriginalPhotography

#OriginalPhotography

#OriginalPhotography

#OriginalPhotography

#OriginalPhotography

Good morning. "Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit." ~ Martha Gellhorn 11/8/1908 American Journalist

Good afternoon. "The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the fulfilment of its own nature, which was to fall and fall." ~ Helen Garner 11/7/1942 Australian Novelist

...They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today." ~ Zig Ziglar 11/6/1926 American Author

Good morning. "People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things - to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure...

Good morning. "Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be." ~ George A. Sheehan 11/5/1918 American Writer

... but makes up his or her mind on the basis of the facts and the presentation of those facts at the time. That defines what I am." ~ Walter Cronkite 11/4/1916 American Journalist

Good morning. "A liberal to me is one who - and it suits some of the dictionary definitions - is unbeholden to any specific belief or party or group or person ...

Good morning. "I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it always." ~ Andre Malraux 11/3/1901 French Author

Good morning. "The judiciary must not take on the coloration of whatever may be popular at the moment. We are guardian of rights, and we have to tell people things they often do not like to hear." ~ Chief Justice Rose Bird 11/2/1936 California Supreme Court

#OriginalPhotography

#OriginalPhotography

#OriginalPhotography

#OriginalPhotography

#OriginalPhotography

#OriginalPhotography