James Richardson
James Richardson
Admiral in charge of Pearl Harbor prior to the Japanese attack.
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth18 September 1878
CityParis, TX
looks window know-thyself
I don't know what's meant by Know thyself, which seems to ask a window to look at a window.
believe choices
Your choices: spend, and believe in things; save, and believe in money.
law thieves valuable
On what is valuable thieves and the law agree.
i-love-myself helping neighbor
God help my neighbors if I loved them as I love myself.
reason lost greater
Reason is the lesser faith that steers us when we have already lost a greater one.
changing-your-life easier
Easier to keep changing your life than to live it.
cutting short-cuts
The road reaches every place, the short cut only one.
doe slow-down brown
I would never accuse Willie Brown of slowing down, because he never does.
life-is
A day is only a day. But a life is only a life.
dream let-me
Let me have my dreams but not what I dream of.
writing trying hearing
When I am trying to write I turn on music so I can hear what is keeping me from hearing.
jobs boys enough
It's amazing that I sit at my job all day and no one sees me clearly enough to say What is that boy doing behind a desk?
philosophical suffering littles
The happy and the suffering probably understand life equally well, but the sufferers may see a little more clearly how little it is that they understand.
What is more yours than what always holds you back?