July 26, 2010
The truth that makes people free is for the most part the truth which people prefer not to hear. ~ Herbert Sebastian Agar
July 25, 2010
Holding anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. ~ Buddha
July 24, 2010
I have said these things, not that we may disparage fasting, but that we may honor fasting; for the honor of fasting consists not in abstinence from food, but in withdrawing from sinful practices; since he who limits his fasting only to an abstinence from meats, is one who especially disparages it. ~ St. John Chrysostom
July 21, 2010
What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain. ~ Maya Angelou (from "Wouldn't Take Nothing For My Journey Now")
July 20, 2010
The church says that the Earth is flat, but I have seen the shadow on the moon and I have more faith in the shadow than in the church. ~ Ferdinand Magellan
July 18, 2010
Hi. I'm Spider Jerusalem. I smoke. I take drugs. I drink. I wash every six weeks. I masturbate constantly and fling my steaming poison semen down from my window into your hair and food. I'm a rich and respected columnist for a major metropolitan newspaper. I live with two beautiful women in the city's most expensive and select community. Being a bastard works. -- Warren Ellis (from "Transmetropolitan")
July 17, 2010
I still wonder sometimes if I am fine myself or if I have tricked myself into believing I am who I think I am. So many folks thinking and wanting you to be somebody else will confuse you if you are not very careful. It gives me nerves to worry about me. ~ Kay Gibbons (from "Ellen Foster")
July 16, 2010
Do not proceed according to rules and principals, but paint what you observe and feel. ~ Camille Pissaro
July 15, 2010
I am the blind man pulling the elephant's tail. If that's where the shit is, so be it. ~ Unknown
July 14, 2010
Destiny, chance, fate, or fortune -- they're all just ways of claiming your successes without claiming your failures. ~ Unknown
July 13, 2010
In spite of all evidence to the contrary, the entire universe is composed of only two basic substances: magic and bullshit. ~ Unknown
July 11, 2010
Civilized society, especially in its records, is fundamentally dependent on the use of paper. -- Pliny (from "Natural History")
July 09, 2010
Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed-interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose a three piece suite on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing spirit- crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked-up brats you have spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? -- Irvine Welsh (from "Trainspotting")
July 06, 2010
Bright reason will mock thee,
Like the sun from a wintry sky.
-- Percy Bysshe Shelley (from "When The Lamp Is Shattered")
Like the sun from a wintry sky.
-- Percy Bysshe Shelley (from "When The Lamp Is Shattered")
July 05, 2010
Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived lives of the parents. -- Carl Jung
July 04, 2010
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. -- George Bernard Shaw
July 03, 2010
Allegro, andante. Like life. Like a story. Like a river. -- From "Ladies Night at Finbar's Hotel"
July 02, 2010
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. -- Samuel Johnson
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