QUOTIN'

"I got the shotgun. You got the briefcase. It’s all in the game, though, right?"

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:34:56 -0700

“I got the shotgun. You got the briefcase. It’s all in the game, though, right?”

- Omar

"In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few."

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:38:31 -0700

““In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.””

- Shunryo Suzuki-Roshi

"They say I can’t teach because I have a bad attitude. You know what I say? Fuck my attitude!"

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:22:32 -0700

“They say I can’t teach because I have a bad attitude. You know what I say? Fuck my attitude!”

- Phil Pierard

"All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure."

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:00:00 -0700

“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.”

- Mark Twain

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your..."

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:19:43 -0700

“If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.”

- Bruce Lee

"The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me."

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:27:00 -0700

“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.”

- Ayn Rand

"Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination...."

Tue, 04 May 2010 13:41:51 -0700

“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is nonexistent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery. celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from – it’s where you take them to.””

- Jim Jarmusch

"Happiness is like a cat, If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you; it will never come...."

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:28:49 -0800

“Happiness is like a cat, If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you; it will never come. But if you pay no attention to it and go about your business, you’ll find it rubbing against your legs and jumping into your lap.”

- William Bennett

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:02:41 -0800

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”

- Plato

"I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times,..."

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:02:21 -0800

“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

- Michael Jordan

"Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not..."

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:59:36 -0800

“Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these.”

- Susan B. Anthony

"The man who comes back through the Door in the Wall will never be quite the same as the man who went..."

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:35:00 -0800

“The man who comes back through the Door in the Wall will never be quite the same as the man who went out. He will be wiser but less sure, happier but less self-satisfied, humbler in acknowledging his ignorance yet better equipped to understand the relationship of words to things, of systematic reasoning to the unfathomable mystery which it tries, forever vainly, to comprehend.”

- Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception

"Now you’re listening to Joe Lieberman say that he will filibuster anything with a public option. Let..."

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:05:56 -0800

“Now you’re listening to Joe Lieberman say that he will filibuster anything with a public option. Let me understand this: One guy from a small state in New England is going to decide on a singular basis what’s good for the health care of 300 million people? That’s our form of government, and I don’t get it.”

- David Simon, Vice Magazine Interview

“The best argument against democracy is a five minute...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:11:08 -0800

“The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.”

-Winston Churchill

"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than..."

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:15:38 -0700

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To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not, rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common.

This is my symphony.

”

- William Henry Channing

"McNulty: Let me understand. Every Friday night, you and your boys are shootin’ craps, right?..."

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:00:00 -0700

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McNulty: Let me understand. Every Friday night, you and your boys are shootin’ craps, right? And every Friday night, your pal Snot Boogie… he’d wait til there’s cash on the ground and he’d grab it and run away? You let him do that?

Suspect: We’d catch him and beat his ass but ain’t nobody ever go past that.

McNulty: I’ve gotta ask you: if every time Snot Boogie would grab the money and run away… why’d you even let him in the game?

Suspect: Got to. This America, man.

”

- The Wire - Season One, Episode One

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:36:48 -0700

““The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.””

- Bertrand Russell

"“You have no idea what it’s like to be called into a sterile conference room with a hospital..."

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:47:00 -0700

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“You have no idea what it’s like to be called into a sterile conference room with a hospital administrator you’ve never met before and be told that your mother’s insurance policy will only pay for 30 days in ICU. You can’t imagine what it’s like to be advised that you need to “make some decisions,” like whether your mother should be released “HTD” which is hospital parlance for “home to die,” or if you want to pay out of pocket to keep her in the ICU another week.”

And when you ask how much that would cost you are given a number so impossibly large that you realize there really are no decisions to make. The decision has been made for you. “Living will” or no, it doesn’t matter. The bank account and the insurance policy have trumped any legal document.

”

- Southern Beale

"Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule."

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:51:16 -0700

““Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.””

- Friedrich Nietzsche

"When life’s knocked us around. And our childhood myths reveal themselves to be just that. The truth..."

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:06:08 -0700

“When life’s knocked us around. And our childhood myths reveal themselves to be just that. The truth feels like the biggest sucker-punch of them all: it’s not a spouse or land or a job or money that brings us happiness. Those achievements, those relationships, can enhance our happiness, yes, but happiness has to start from within. Relying on any other equation can be lethal.”

- Laura A. Munson