QUOTIN'

"When I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies, I no longer touch earth..."

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:35:16 -0800

“When I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies, I no longer touch earth with my feet. I stand in the presence of Zeus himself, and take my fill of ambrosia.”

- Ptolemy

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of..."

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:54:00 -0800

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.””

- Isaac Asimov

"What is the feeling when you’re driving away from people, and they recede on the plain till..."

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 16:47:36 -0800

“What is the feeling when you’re driving away from people, and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? It’s the too huge world vaulting us, and it’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.”

- Jack Kerouac

"There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant."

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 14:54:31 -0800

“There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The trick is in one what emphasizes. We either make ourselves happy, or we make ourselves miserable...."

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:10:00 -0700

“The trick is in one what emphasizes. We either make ourselves happy, or we make ourselves miserable. The amount of work is the same.”

- Carlos Castaneda

"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest..."

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:06:10 -0700

“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.”

- Aristotle

"It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and..."

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:13:17 -0700

“It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all be punished. But if innocence itself is brought to the bar and condemned, perhaps to die, then the citizen will say, “whether I do good or whether I do evil is immaterial, for innocence itself is no protection,” and if such an idea as that were to take hold in the mind of the citizen that would be the end of security whatsoever.”

- John Adams

"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