Reposted by Buck QuivasQuotes from the Forum @stoicquotes.bsky.social · 8h“Associate with people who are likely to improve you.” – Seneca #stoic #philosophy #wisdom 0135
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 8h“If anyone would take two words to heart and take pains to govern and watch over themselves by them, they will live an impeccable and immensely tranquil life. The two words are: persist and resist.” - Epictetus 010
Reposted by Buck QuivasQuotes from the Forum @stoicquotes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026“If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you’re needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.” – Seneca #stoic #philosophy #wisdom 092
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 10/10/2026“Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue.” — Zeno 000
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is quite the list.static.klipy.comBobby Hill Reading & Sipping Hot CocoaALT: Bobby Hill Reading & Sipping Hot Cocoa 000
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I’d like to “stretch the limits of patience with my self-indulgent behaviour.” Sounds better than my normal work week. 000
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Life is as good as nice wine and good steak can make it on a Wednesday business trip. Cheers!static.klipy.comGrandpa's Thumbs Up at WeddingALT: Grandpa's Thumbs Up at Wedding 020
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Refineries aren’t talking about shutting in yet due to the track of the storm. Without oil production it will reduce refinery runs. 010
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Most of the facilities have shut down in the path of the storm. It’s not a damage issue - it’s a shut in & removing people from platforms issue. Hopefully won’t be a problem for more than a few day. 010
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 08/10/202610% reduction of Gulf output is significant. Especially when another Gulf is at 90% reduction. 020
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026You also weren’t told that “pie advisor” was a real profession? 020
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I think Devil’s Tower photobombed the dog. Just saying. 030
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026static.klipy.comMichael Scott's Facepalm MomentALT: Michael Scott's Facepalm Moment 010
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT7I...youtube.comDinosaur Jr - Just Like HeavenYouTube video by dinosaurjnr 000
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026static.klipy.comRyan Gosling Funny Laughing MomentALT: Ryan Gosling Funny Laughing Moment 000
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026And this is quite lovely... listening while working so need to give it a proper listen without distractions but really quite good. 010
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Nothing like a great line from a noir crime novel. 010
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 14/09/2026“I awoke feeling hollower than a dug-out canoe, and disappointed that I didn’t have a bad hangover to occupy my day.” - Phillip Kerr, “March Violets” 110
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026“Excessive dress prevents the body from moving freely. Excessive wealth interferes with the movements of our soul.” — Demosthenes 000
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 11/09/2026static.klipy.comTony Soprano: Yeah, I can see thatALT: Tony Soprano: Yeah, I can see that 010
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Almost spit out my bourbon from this response. And it was last call… that may have actually been the saddest story. 080
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026You’re just going to hang up on him after 15 minutes? 000
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Luckily it’s not the saddest story… either Cormac McCarthy or other Larry McMurtry books hold that title. But the casting is going to be a bitch. 000
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It’s not 1984, Handmaid’s Tale, Fahrenheit 451, or even the Matrix… it’s Terminator 2 (that’s right the SEQUEL!) that is real dystopian future fortune teller. 130
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026“Friends are warmer than gold when you're old. And keeping them is harder than you might suppose” - Purple Mountains Cool line when you are young. Hits a lot harder when you are old. 000
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026There are many for me. Depends on the city, the drinks, the company. Belle & Sebastian, Waylon Jennings, Phillip Glass (weird night), Smog, Dean Martin (yes - I was on the Strip).. tonight it’s Songs Ohia. Cheers friends. 000
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026You’re walking around a city late a night. Going from bar to bar. What’s your song? The one that is in your head… the one that either is driving you for fun, driving you for the next encounter with an interesting stranger? 100
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026As someone who plays in that arena… I agree.static.klipy.comRyan Reynolds: Yeah, Pretty MuchALT: Ryan Reynolds: Yeah, Pretty Much 000
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026There are all the typical novels being thrown out to read that reflect on tyranny. You’ve read 1984 for what tyranny looks like. Read March Violets for how ordinary people talked themselves into it. 000
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I just started making a dent in my “Listen to Umit playlist” on my flight today. And you drop more good tracks?!? 011
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 05/09/2026“Sinful people had once accepted their right to punish others - and most of our misfortunes started from this.” - Tolstoy 000
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 05/09/2026WCW/NIN/Chaucer mashup?!? Close the internet for the night. It won’t get better than this. 010
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Good end to a fairly shite week. Thank you. Do Red Wheelbarrow next… or not, you aren’t a Poetry Jukebox. 000
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 03/09/2026“War creates no absolutely new situation; it simply aggravates the permanent human situation so that we can no longer ignore it.” - CS Lewis 000
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026“Intolerant and power-hungry priests and pastors bring about the negation of religion.” — Willam Warburton 000
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026“The philosopher’s lecture-hall is a hospital—you shouldn’t walk out of it feeling pleasure, but pain, for you aren’t well when you enter it.” — Epictetus 010
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Was that not supposed to make you laugh?!? I guess we have a similar sense of humor.static.klipy.comDon Draper Gives Thumbs Up in Mad MenALT: Don Draper Gives Thumbs Up in Mad Men 040
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Mood... this one is for @usdhuga.bsky.social music.apple.com/us/album/sou...music.apple.comSoulville by Ben Webster Quintet on Apple MusicAlbum · 1957 · 10 Songs 010
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 29/08/2026static.klipy.comSeinfeld: George's Genius IdeasALT: Seinfeld: George's Genius Ideas 000
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Continued mood. Curating for the reading. It’s working. classical.music.apple.com/us/album/795...classical.music.apple.comDrumming by Steve Reich - Apple Music ClassicalListen to Drumming by Steve Reich. 1987. 4 tracks. 57 minutes. 000
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Mood. (Also I’m reading Cat’s Cradle & this works well). @usdhuga.bsky.social classical.music.apple.com/us/recording...classical.music.apple.comMusic for 18 Musicians recording by Steve Reich - Apple Music ClassicalListen to Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians performed by Steve Reich. 1997. 14 tracks. 1 hour 8 minutes 110
Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 25/08/2026“I’ll never be ashamed to quote a bad writer with a good saying.” —Seneca 010
