no. 795

 Mel Brooks was once asked whether he was a "glass half-full" guy or a "glass half empty" guy. He said he believed the glass was half full, but he also believed that if you drank what was in it, it would kill you.

no. 794

 

no. 793

 

T. S. Elliot

no. 792

 “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

no. 791

 “Conservatism consists of just one principle: That there is an in group that the law protects, but does not bind, and an out group that the law binds, but does not protect.”

Frank Wilhoit

no. 790

 “Something future historians will struggle to explain is that, in the 21st century, all of human knowledge became instantly accessible to anyone in the world & the primary effect was to make everyone much dumber.”

David Roberts   (@drvolts)

no. 789

 “You don’t fight fascism because you are going to win, you fight fascism because it is fascism.”

Jean-Paul Sartre

no. 788

“When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.”

Socrates

no. 787

 Mark Twain on war, from his book, 'The Mysterious Stranger':

no. 786

 

no. 785

 “ Oh my god fuck off. Not everything is fixed by bending.”

Randy Milholland, after someone suggested he try yoga as a cure for his health problems. 

no. 784

 "I've been around for some time and I've noticed that them as has it in them to shine will shine through six layers of muck, whereas those who ain't shiny won't shine however much you buff 'em."

 Terry Pratchett (by way of Nanny Ogg)

no. 738

 

no. 782

 “Jazz is the only unhampered, unhindered expression of complete freedom yet produced in this country.”

Duke Ellington 

no. 781

Alvy Singer: I'm so tired of spending evenings making fake insights with people who work for "Dysentery."

Robin: "Commentary."

Alvy Singer: Oh really? I had heard that "Commentary" and "Dissent" had merged and formed "Dysentery."

From the movie, “Annie Hall”

no. 780

 Not a single one of the cells that compose you knows who you are, or cares.

- Daniel Dennett

no. 779

 

no. 778

 “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

Christopher Hitchens 

no. 777

 My wife is gone, my girl is gone, 

my books are loaned, my clothes 

are worn, I gave away a car; and 

all that happened years ago. 

Mind & matter, love & space 

are frail as foam on beer.

—Gary Snyder

no. 776

 If you want to write, you must write every single day of your life. You must read dreadful dumb books & glorious books. You must lurk in libraries & climb the stacks like ladders to sniff books like perfumes & wear books like hats upon your crazy heads. 

Ray Bradbury