Mother's Day - May 11, 2025

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. Robert Browning

My mother is a walking miracle. Leonardo DiCaprio

I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me. Antonio Villaraigosa

My mother's wonderful. To me she's perfection. Michael Jackson

My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso. Pablo Picasso

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly. Ambrose Bierce

There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother's age. Benjamin Spock

Pope Francis

We all have the duty to do good. Pope Francis

I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner. Pope Francis

A Christian who does not pray for those who govern is not a good Christian. Pope Francis

Earth Day - April 22

Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. John Muir

Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man. Stewart Udall

It makes a big difference to recycle. It makes a big difference to use recycled products. It makes a big difference to reuse things, to not use the paper cup - and each time you do, that's a victory. Emily Deschanel

Easter - April 20, 2025

God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, 'I love you.' Billy Graham

A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act. Mahatma Gandhi

There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter. Gordon B. Hinckley

During the first 13 centuries after the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, no one thought of setting up a creche to celebrate Christmas. The pre-eminent Christian holiday was Easter, not Christmas. Nancy Pearcey

Val Kilmer - December 31, 1959 – April 1, 2025

There was no one around called 'Val' when I was young, so I wanted to be John or Bill. Now I like it. Val Kilmer

Why do women get paid less money? It doesn't make any sense. Val Kilmer

Most films made about the future acquiesce toward death, and I don't want to be told how to define my future. Val Kilmer

 

April

The greatest lesson I learned that year in Mrs. Henry's class was the lesson Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to teach us all: Never judge people by the color of their skin. God makes each of us unique in ways that go much deeper. Ruby Bridges

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever. Charles Lamb

When I was about ten years old, I gave my teacher an April Fool's sandwich, which had a dead goldfish in it. Alan Alda

Baseball Opening Day March 27, 2025

You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen. Joe DiMaggio

If you want to see a bunch of happy Americans, go out to opening day at any baseball stadium in the land. Ben Fountain

Baseball's Opening Day is full of time-honored traditions: the President throws out the first ball, the Cubs' starting pitcher walks away with a 54.00 ERA, the Royals get mathematically eliminated from the pennant race. Rob Sheffield

Opening day. All you have to do is say the words and you feel the shutters thrown wide, the room air out, the light pour in. In baseball, no other day is so pure with possibility. No scores yet, no losses, no blame or disappointment. No hangover, at least until the game's over. Mary Schmich

First Day of Spring March 20, 2025

Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!' Robin Williams

In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours. Mark Twain

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. Rogers Hornsby

Saint Patrick's Day - March 17

Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me. Saint Patrick

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. Dave Barry

"May you have all the happiness and luck that life can hold—and at the end of your rainbows may you find a pot of gold." Old Irish Blessing

March

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. Charles Dickens

One swallow does not make a summer, but one skein of geese, cleaving the murk of March thaw, is the Spring. Aldo Leopold

I am never at my best in the early morning, especially a cold morning in the Yorkshire spring with a piercing March wind sweeping down from the fells, finding its way inside my clothing, nipping at my nose and ears. James Herriot

Snow

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. John Ruskin

The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love. Margaret Atwood

Seasonal change in Los Angeles is often a very subtle thing. It's not as if we finally stop having to shovel the snow out of our driveways and can put our parkas back in the closet. Henry Rollins

Presidents Day

We, the people. Manifest Destiny. Conceived in liberty. Fear itself. Ask not. Morning in America. United we stand. Yes, we can. In times of great change and tumult, presidents seek to inspire beleaguered Americans by reminding them of their national identity. Ron Fournier

Now, today is the day we honor, of course, the Presidents, ranging from George Washington, who couldn't tell a lie, to George Bush, who couldn't tell the truth, to Bill Clinton, who couldn't tell the difference. Jay Leno

All of the American presidents, certainly all of the notable ones, have been pretty original. Michael J. Knowles

Valentine's Day

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. Charles M. Schulz

Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another. Thomas Merton

I think that Valentine's Day is only as good as you want it to be. You know, I don't think it should be anything fancy, nothing crazy. As long as you're spending time with that person that's special, I think that's a great Valentine's Day. Prince Royce

February

No one's ever achieved financial fitness with a January resolution that's abandoned by February. Suze Orman

Every February, we reflect on and honor the achievements, struggles, and icons that comprise Black history. As a proud, Black man running for office and raising two young, Black boys in the South, I am acutely aware that I stand on the shoulders of giants. Jaime Harrison

January is always a good month for behavioral economics: Few things illustrate self-control as vividly as New Year's resolutions. February is even better, though, because it lets us study why so many of those resolutions are broken. Sendhil Mullainathan

February is always a bad month for TV sports. Football is gone, basketball is plodding along in the annual midseason doldrums, and baseball is not even mentioned. Hunter S. Thompson

Winter 2025

There are only two seasons - winter and Baseball. Bill Veeck

There's nothing better than curling up with a good book and sitting in front of the fire on winter evenings. Leo Sayer

The problem with winter sports is that - follow me closely here - they generally take place in winter. Dave Barry

Inauguration Day 2025

President Donald J. Trump

Here's Trump's platform

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/platform

Here's the full Republican platform

https://gop.com/about-our-party/

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24795758-read-the-2024-republican-party-platform/

Donald Trump quotes. No matter your opinion of him, let's hold him to these promises and do all we can to help him deliver.

From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. From this moment on, it's going to be America First.

We will make America strong again. We will make America proud again. We will make America safe again. And we will make America great again.

It is time to show the whole world that America is back - bigger and better and stronger than ever before.

It is time to remember that old wisdom our soldiers will never forget: that whether we are black or brown or white, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots, we all enjoy the same glorious freedoms, and we all salute the same great American Flag.

The American People will come first once again. My plan will begin with safety at home - which means safe neighborhoods, secure borders, and protection from terrorism. There can be no prosperity without law and order.

Americans want great schools for their children, safe neighborhoods for their families, and good jobs for themselves. These are the just and reasonable demands of a righteous public.

Quotes for the Martin Luther King Jr holiday

Next week is Martin Luther King Jr holiday. Here are a few quotes from MLK 

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

The time is always right to do what is right.

A few more new year quotes

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. Oprah Winfrey

Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word. Goran Persson

I have no way of knowing how people really feel, but the vast majority of those I meet couldn't be nicer. Every once in a while someone barks at me. My New Year's resolution is not to bark back. Tucker Carlson