Comments on: Aphorisms by Anna Fitch Ferguson http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/aphorisms-by-anna-fitch-ferguson/ A blog by James Geary Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:50:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Lori ellison http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/aphorisms-by-anna-fitch-ferguson/comment-page-1/#comment-903 Lori ellison Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:40:00 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=630#comment-903 These are a trouvaille - thanks for posting them- These are a trouvaille – thanks for posting them-

]]> By: John Alejandro King http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/aphorisms-by-anna-fitch-ferguson/comment-page-1/#comment-796 John Alejandro King Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:06:29 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=630#comment-796 The *real* F-word is 'future.' The *real* F-word is ‘future.’

]]> By: John Alejandro King http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/aphorisms-by-anna-fitch-ferguson/comment-page-1/#comment-795 John Alejandro King Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:04:19 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=630#comment-795 You can't shake hands with a clenched fist. Then again, you can't do the fist bump with an open hand either. You can’t shake hands with a clenched fist. Then again, you can’t do the fist bump with an open hand either.

]]> By: John Alejandro King http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/aphorisms-by-anna-fitch-ferguson/comment-page-1/#comment-794 John Alejandro King Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:03:02 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=630#comment-794 Barry Commoner said "Nothing ever goes away." ... Whatever happened to that guy? Barry Commoner said “Nothing ever goes away.”

… Whatever happened to that guy?

]]> By: John Alejandro King http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/aphorisms-by-anna-fitch-ferguson/comment-page-1/#comment-793 John Alejandro King Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:01:45 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=630#comment-793 I found and purchased this precious gem in a used bookstore in Reston, Virginia in 1986, while on leave from shooting M-79 grenade launchers at tanks in the jungles of a certain impoverished subcontinent (and by the way, I hit at least one - tank, jungle, subcontinent, it probably doesn't matter now). Check out Anna's picture between pages 16 and 17. Not bad for the late 19th-early 20th century. Anna lived virtually her entire life 'under cover.' What would any of us know about that? I found and purchased this precious gem in a used bookstore in Reston, Virginia in 1986, while on leave from shooting M-79 grenade launchers at tanks in the jungles of a certain impoverished subcontinent (and by the way, I hit at least one – tank, jungle, subcontinent, it probably doesn’t matter now).

Check out Anna’s picture between pages 16 and 17. Not bad for the late 19th-early 20th century.

Anna lived virtually her entire life ‘under cover.’ What would any of us know about that?

]]> By: Candadai Tirumalai http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/aphorisms-by-anna-fitch-ferguson/comment-page-1/#comment-784 Candadai Tirumalai Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:49:25 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=630#comment-784 Collusive versions of the truth bury the truth. Collusive versions of the truth bury the truth.

]]> By: marty rubin http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/aphorisms-by-anna-fitch-ferguson/comment-page-1/#comment-783 marty rubin Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:45:20 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=630#comment-783 The first step is always a blind step but one must take it. When you think someone has a problem the problem is really yours. Appreciation, not possession, makes a thing ours. The first step is always a blind step but one must take it.

When you think someone has a problem the problem is really yours.

Appreciation, not possession, makes a thing ours.

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