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Quotation of the Day for February 28, 2010"If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them." - Bob Dylan Submitted by: Reddy, Michael Feb. 2, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for February 27, 2010"Extroverts are energized by people, and wilt or fade when alone," writes Jonathan Rauch in The Atlantic. "In contrast, after an hour or two of being socially `on,' we introverts need to turn off and recharge. This isn't antisocial. It isn't a sign of depression. It does not call for medication. For introverts, to be alone with our thoughts is as restorative as sleeping, as nourishing as eating. Our motto: `I'm okay, you're okay - in small doses."' - Wendy Dennis, in House and Home magazine, December 2009. Submitted by: Lynn Kisilenko Feb. 23, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for February 26, 2010"Adding together the component partial utilities, the rational herdsman concludes that the only sensible course for him to pursue is to add another animal to his herd. And another; and another.... But this is the conclusion reached by each and every rational herdsman sharing a commons. Therein is the tragedy. Each man is locked into a system that compels him to increase his herd without limit--in a world that is limited. Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons. Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all." - Garrett Hardin, from The Tragedy of the Commons (1968). [http://www.garretthardinsociety.org/articles/art_tragedy_of_the_commons.html] Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Feb. 18, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for February 25, 2010"You know, traditional history creates passivity because it gives you the people at the top and it makes you think that all you have to do is go to the polls every four years and elect somebody who's going to do the trick for you. And no. We want people to understand that that's not going to happen. People have to do it themselves." - Howard Zinn, historian, in a December 2009 interview with Bill Moyers. Zinn, the author of A People's History of the United States, died on January 27, 2010. Submitted by: Terry Labach Jan. 28, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for February 24, 2010Unless to think you'll park or capture it More thoroughly. You are neither here nor there, A hurry through which known and strange things pass As big soft buffetings come at the car sideways And catch the heart off guard and blow it open. - Seamus Heaney, from "Postscript". Submitted by: Kathleen Magone Feb. 19, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for February 23, 2010"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Feb. 18, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for February 22, 2010I like my fiction with a chaser of beer Real short words and a vision that's clear I don't want no Wilde, no Thomas Hardy Don't want no Roth or Dumas at my party No Saul Bellow, no F. Scott Fitzgerald No Graham Greene or no Lewis Carroll Hemingway, he's the one I read Real straight shooter gives me what I need Hemingway, always gets it right With a simple syntax and a prose that's tight - Paul Quarrington and Martin Worthy, of the band Porkbelly Futures, from their song Hemingway. Quarrington, a novelist as well as a musician, died of lung cancer on January 21, 2010. [http://porkbellys.com] Submitted by: Terry Labach Jan. 28, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for February 21, 2010"In a country where advertising in glossy magazines seems years away, and a swimsuit competition as unlikely as lasting peace, Khalwat is no more than a brave, awkward woman celebrating some distant ideal of beauty. But maybe that's what Afghanistan needs more of: some hope, some dreams, some fake eyelashes, and a homegrown vogue or two." - Kim Barker, in Kabul Makeover, from The Atlantic, (March 2010 issue). [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/201003/afghan-model] Submitted by: Bubba Yarfkowitz Feb. 16, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for February 20, 2010Blonde we like wins Downhill (Last name rhymes with "Bonn") There once was a lawyer from the IOC, who called us to protect "intellectual property." "During the Olympics", she said with a sneer "your site can't use an Olympian's name even if they use your gear." "No pictures, no video, no blog posts can be used..." Even if they are old? "No!", she enthused. While Olympians chase gold the IOC pursues green. Cough up millions, or your logo cannot be seen. Except there it is, on top of countless heads! Tax free endorsements the IOC dreads. And so it is with a wink and a nudge that we would like to congratulate a skier whose name we must fudge. Her hair is long and blonde Last name rhymes with the German city of Bonn. Congratulations Women's Downhill winner -- from all of us here at UVEX (no longer an IOC sinner). - John Rowles, of sporting goods maker UVEX, on how the racketeers of the International Olympic Committee tried to prevent them from mentioning their clients' names. [http://www.uvexsports.com/2010/02/blonde-we-like-wins-downhill-last-name.html] Submitted by: Terry Labach Feb. 19, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for February 19, 2010"Meek young men grow up in libraries believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have given, forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries when they wrote these books." - Ralph Waldo Emerson, in "The American Scholar" Submitted by: Terry Labach Feb. 9, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for February 18, 2010"It all just kind of reminds me of obnoxious expats I've met here, who used to live in Prague and are now all leaving Berlin for either Istanbul or Shanghai, because those are the new It Cities to live in. They're bitchy at new Berlin arrivals, 'You really should have been here ten years ago, back then this city really meant something. Now it's too clean.' I would tell them that I prefer having an apartment I don't have to heat with coal, and that whole running water every single day thing, but they would just look at me with that whole 'How adorably bourgeois of you' look, and I won't get invited to the vegan potluck at the squat next week. That's fine! I don't like textured vegetable protein anyway." - Jessa Crispin, founder of Bookslut magazine. [http://www.bookslut.com/blog/archives/2010_02.php#015726] Submitted by: Chris Doherty Feb. 16, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for February 17, 2010"I definitely believe that it is easier to teach someone to hack Python than it is to teach them to be smart." - Sean True, VP of R&D at Safecore, on how the prerequisites for a hiring could be considered flexible. Submitted by: Duffy O'Craven Feb. 9, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for February 16, 2010"Even more consequential, though, is the fast-growing swath of voters who can summon no affinity for either party. As in other aspects of modern American life, brand allegiance in politics is at an all-time low; more than a third of Americans (and more than half of all Massachusetts voters) identify themselves as independents rather than as members of the blue team or the red. The most prevalent ideology of the era seems to be not liberalism nor conservatism so much as anti-incumbency, a reflexive distrust of whoever has power and a constant rallying cry for systemic reform." - Matt Bai, "The Great Unalignment", New York Times, 20 January 2010. [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/magazine/24fob-wwln-t.html] Submitted by: Chris Doherty Jan. 26, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for February 15, 2010"The more people who believe something, the more apt it is to be wrong. The person who's right often has to stand alone." - Soren Kierkegaard Submitted by: Reddy, Michael Feb. 9, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for February 14, 2010I found her in the morning at the table Hung over and staring in her spoon I tried to make some cakes on the griddle She just laughed and sang her little tune "Your love's like Tennessee tobacco It's killing me but all I want is more Your heart's a broken little chapel But I love its dusty pews and creaky floors" - Danny Michel, from his song Tennessee Tobacco [www.dannymichel.com] [Happy Valentine's Day! -eds.] Submitted by: Terry Labach Feb. 7, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for February 13, 2010In their quest for concision, writers of newspaper headlines are, like Robert Browning, inveterate sweepers away of little words, and the dust they kick up can lead to some amusing ambiguities. Legendary headlines from years past (some of which verge on the mythical) include "Giant Waves Down Queen Mary's Funnel," "MacArthur Flies Back to Front" and "Eighth Army Push Bottles Up Germans." The Columbia Journalism Review even published two anthologies of ambiguous headlinese in the 1980s, with the classic titles "Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim" and "Red Tape Holds Up New Bridge." For years, there was no good name for these double-take headlines. Last August, however, one emerged in the Testy Copy Editors online discussion forum. Mike O'Connell, an American editor based in Sapporo, Japan, spotted the headline "Violinist Linked to JAL Crash Blossoms" and wondered, "What's a crash blossom?" (The article, from the newspaper Japan Today, described the successful musical career of Diana Yukawa, whose father died in a 1985 Japan Airlines plane crash.) Another participant in the forum, Dan Bloom, suggested that "crash blossoms" could be used as a label for such infelicitous headlines that encourage alternate readings, and news of the neologism quickly spread. - Ben Zimmer, in the New York Times. [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/magazine/31FOB-onlanguage-t.html] Submitted by: Chari Anang Feb. 6, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for February 12, 2010"This book came out of what was all around me, which was something I never expected -- that my friends would die," Mr. Roth said. "If you're lucky, your grandparents will die when you're, say, in college. Mine died when I was a schoolboy. If you're lucky, your parents will live until you're somewhere in your 50's; if you're very lucky, into your 60's. You won't ever die, and your children, certainly, will never die before you. That's the deal, that's the contract. But in this contract nothing is written about your friends, so when they start dying, it's a gigantic shock." - Philip Roth, writer, from a New York Times profile, April 25, 2006. Submitted by: Terry Labach Feb. 2, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for February 11, 2010I've got obligations and responsibilities Corroding stucco and dental fees I got LDL and credit card bills A little more grey and a little blue pill Bosses and families who think they know it all I can see the writing but the print's too small A fixed rate mortgage tied around my neck Got a minivan straight up for my vette I just can't watch em throw their lives away So I pound on the floor and hear myself say You play your music too loud I can't hear myself think You party all night you have too much to drink You drive too fast and you dress like a slob Too busy looking for fun instead of finding a job But I look in the mirror I don't understand When did I become a cranky old man Yeah when I look in the mirror I don't understand I'm too damn young to be a cranky old man - Arun Lakra, from the song Cranky, recorded on the SubPlot A album, Tragic Romantic Mocku Fantasy. [http://www.subplota.com] Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Jan. 25, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for February 10, 2010"First of all: what is work? Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relatively to other such matter; second, telling other people to do so. The first kind is unpleasant and ill paid; the second is pleasant and highly paid. The second kind is capable of indefinite extension: there are not only those who give orders, but those who give advice as to what orders should be given. Usually two opposite kinds of advice are given simultaneously by two organized bodies of men; this is called politics. The skill required for this kind of work is not knowledge of the subjects as to which advice is given, but knowledge of the art of persuasive speaking and writing, i.e. of advertising." - Bertrand Russell, from In Praise of Idleness [1932]. Submitted by: Terry Labach Feb. 4, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for February 9, 2010"Up to that time Romans had been content to practise virtue; everything was lost when they began to study it." - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, on the dangers of study, from Discourse on the Arts and Sciences [The First Discourse]. Submitted by: Terry Labach Feb. 2, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for February 8, 2010"You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it." - Art Buchwald Submitted by: Reddy, Michael Jan. 26, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for February 7, 2010"If I had given less time and thought to my craft, I should have made up a hackneyed tale about being the son of a rich official who had driven me from home, a tale about a domineering father and a downtrodden mother. But I didn't make this mistake. A well devised story needn't try to be like real life. Real life is only too eager to resemble a well-devised story." - Isaac Babel, from My First Fee. Submitted by: Terry Labach Jan. 20, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for February 6, 2010"All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's autobiography." - Federico Fellini, film director. Submitted by: Dorene Smith Jan. 26, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for February 5, 2010Both read the Bible day and night, But thou read'st black where I read white. - William Blake, from his poem The Everlasting Gospel. Submitted by: Terry Labach Feb. 4, 2010 |
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Quotation of the Day for February 4, 2010"I think that [the filmmakers] probably were somewhat unaware of the context of the footage." - Ira Nadel, professor of English at the University of British Columbia, on the use of clips from the film Olympia in a promotional video for the 2010 Winter Olympics torch relay. Clips from Olympia, which documents the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, were edited to obscure its connection to the Nazis. [http://www.ctvolympics.ca/torch/news/newsid=29734.html] Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Feb. 3, 2010 |
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