Quotes That Connect

Priority

2008-07-30T04:22:00.000-07:00

"We got plenty of money in Washington. What we need is more priority."—President Bush

Once again Clear and Present Danger:

Helicopter owner: Of course, you just have to leave a deposit.
Jack Ryan: How much is that?
Helicopter owner: Two million dollars.
Jack Ryan: Umm...
[Shows a CIA business card]
Jack Ryan: Would you take a company check?

Something Interesting To Note

2008-07-20T07:05:00.000-07:00

"And, if we lost, then who win? Did Al Qaida win? When on the floor of the House of Representatives they cheer - they cheer - when they pass a withdrawal motion that is a certain date for surrender, what were they cheering? Surrender? Defeat?"
John McCain

From "Zero Wing":

"All your base are belong to us!"

Preparedness

2008-07-10T18:38:00.000-07:00

"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is 'to be prepared." Dan Quayle

From the Lion King

Banzai: "Yeah, be prepared! We'll be prepared... for what?"

2008-07-04T00:00:00.000-07:00

"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success." --Henry Ford

Connection from Independence Day:

President Thomas Whitmore, "Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. "Mankind." That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom... Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution... but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night!" We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!"

History is incredible, and sometimes inspiring.

A Politician and a Penguin

2008-06-29T07:30:00.000-07:00

"We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made." Dan Quayle

From Madagascar

Skipper the Penguin: "Smile and wave boys!"

A Song and Rumi

2008-06-28T13:29:00.000-07:00

“You are quaffing drink from a hundred fountains: whenever any of these hundred yields less, your pleasure is diminished. But when the sublime fountain gushes from within you, no longer need you steal from the other fountains.” --Jalal ad-Din Rumi

Connects to: "Deeper Well" song

Partial lyrics:

The sun burned hot, it burned my eyes
Burned so hot I thought I'd died
Thought I'd died and gone to hell
Lookin' for the water from a deeper well
I went to the river but the river was dry
I fell to my knees an I looked to the sky
I looked to the sky and the spring rain fell
I saw the water from a deeper well

Well...lookin for the water from a deeper well
Well...lookin for the water from a deeper well

Julia Child and a Harrison Ford Movie

2008-06-27T20:16:00.000-07:00

“In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport.” Julia Child

Connection from Clear and Present Danger

Captain Ramirez: "The chicken is in the pot, over."
Clark: "Cook it!"

It also seems to pervade military code...

Bushism and Top Gun

2008-06-23T01:03:00.000-07:00

"The question is, who ought to make that decision? The Congress or the commanders? And as you know, my position is clear -- I'm a commander guy." --George W. Bush

From Top Gun

Maverick: That's right! Ice... man. I am dangerous.

Makes sense to me...

Plausible Deniability

2008-06-19T09:24:00.000-07:00

"Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement."--Ronald Reagan

Connection:

"I know nothing!" Seargent Schultz from Hogan's Heros

Mysteries of Felines

2008-06-18T08:03:00.000-07:00

“I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.” --Jules Verne

Connection from That Darn Cat!

Zeke Kelso: "You mean you want me to trail the cat as if he's a person?"
Mr. Newton: "Unless it would be easier to trail him as a cat!

Different contexts perhaps, but then again maybe not so different!

The Sea and Love and Life

2008-06-17T06:16:00.000-07:00

Connections, as always, are many in permeutation. And, as always, here's the on directly on my mind as of this moment:

"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” Jalal ad-Din Rumi

“The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.” --Professor Aronnax from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea"

The Beginning: Bushism and the 5th Element

2008-06-16T22:44:00.000-07:00

In this blog I find things people have said, and find a thematic connection to a story or movie.

First off, here's something from our President:

"And so the fact that they purchased the machine meant somebody had to make the machine. And when somebody makes a machine, it means there's jobs at the machine-making place." --George W. Bush, Mesa, Arizona, May 27, 2008

And now for the connection, from The Fifth Element:

[robot cleaners move to clean broken glass] Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg, "...Now, think about all those people that created them. Technicians, engineers, hundreds of people who'll be able to feed their children tonight so those children can grow up big and strong and have little teeny weeny children of their own, and so on and so forth. Thus, adding to the great chain... of life."

Crazy, no?

Follow Your Dreams and Have Good Marketing

2008-06-16T19:54:00.000-07:00

Do what you do so well that they will
want to see it again and bring their friends.
--WALT DISNEY

And now the comparision from Field of Dreams

The Voice: "If you build it he will come."

Know what you're looking for, and don't forget to keep it real.