Quotation of the day for February 28, 2015

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Quotation of the Day for February 28, 2015 "One of the Mandeans' great sages was a creature named Dinanukht, who was half-book and half-man. He sat by the waters between worlds, reading himself until the end of time." - Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley, from The Mandaeans: Ancient Texts and Modern People. Submitted by: Rob Wood Feb. 27, 2015

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Quotation of the day for February 27, 2015

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Quotation of the Day for February 27, 2015 "...this is not "surveillance," it's "data collection." They say it is done to keep you safe. They're wrong. There is a huge difference between legal programs, legitimate spying, legitimate law enforcement -- where individuals are targeted based on a reasonable, individualized suspicion -- and these programs of dragnet mass surveillance that put entire populations under an all-seeing eye and save copies forever. These programs were never about terrorism: they're about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They're about power." - Edward Snowden [http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/17/world/americas/snowden-nsa-brazil-letter/] Submitted by: Rob Wood Feb. 18, 2015

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Quotation of the day for February 26, 2015

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Quotation of the Day for February 26, 2015 "Go on; do not practice art alone but penetrate to her heart; she deserves it, for art and science only can raise man to godhood." - Ludwig van Beethoven, in a 1812 letter. Submitted by: Terry Labach Feb. 19, 2015

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Quotation of the day for February 25, 2015

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Quotation of the Day for February 25, 2015 "Oh, the hell with it. I'm just going to start drinking after breakfast. And no more shaving or wearing clothes. The Four Seasons robe will do just fine." - Gary Shteyngart, writer, from the article 'Out of My Mouth Comes Unimpeachable Manly Truth: What I learned from watching a week of Russian TV'. [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/magazine/out-of-my-mouth-comes-unimpeachable-manly-truth.html] Submitted by: Terry Labach Feb. 20, 2015

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Quotation of the day for February 24, 2015

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Quotation of the Day for February 24, 2015 "Blues is not music that is supposed to bum you out. It is therapy for hard times, not the cause of hard times." - Steve Earle Submitted by: Terry Labach Feb. 18, 2015

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Quotation of the day for February 23, 2015

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Quotation of the Day for February 23, 2015 "In the 20th century we have the Future in a very big way, and I don't think we have that in the 21st century, we just have the lower case indeterminate ever going forward future. In the 20th century, the '21st century' was a very dynamic term and was used a great deal - in the 21st century we never mention the 22nd century, and culturally that's very significant." - William Gibson, writer. [https://profile.theguardian.com/user/id/14077108] Submitted by: Jean Rogers Nov. 29, 2014

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Quotation of the day for February 22, 2015

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Quotation of the Day for February 22, 2015 "Instead of humanities, students are getting amenities." - William Deresiewicz, from his book Excellent Sheep, on higher education. Submitted by: Rob Wood Feb. 18, 2015

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Quotation of the day for February 21, 2015

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Quotation of the Day for February 21, 2015 "Whenever I'm shown something, like Google Glass - I put it on, and somewhat got an idea of what it did. The first thing I did was imagining what it would look like in the display cabinet beside the cash register in a thrift shop - I try to imagine how they'll look in ten years time. It's a very good exercise for putting it in perspective. In a charity shop you'll find all the once-new technology, gathering dust as all things do. And it's not as though the stuff in the charity shop didn't radically change the world, at some point." Submitted by: Jean Rogers Nov. 29, 2014

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Quotation of the day for February 20, 2015

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Quotation of the Day for February 20, 2015 "There's an aspect of the Indie Bundle that's part of the de facto reality of all digital content distribution today, which is that everybody is already naming their own price for digital media, in that it takes the same number of clicks to pirate media as it does to buy it. It's a recurring motif among people who want to buy things that the buying process is very cumbersome. For example, for audiobooks you either have to have an account with Audible or you need to download OverDrive. No one will just shut up and take your money. Like, "Give me your credit card number, I'll give you an MP3." "So everybody is already naming their price, except the only two prices they are now allowed to name are "full retail" and "zero." Nobody's allowed to name a price in between." - Cory Doctorow [http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/interview-cory-doctorow/] Submitted by: Sid Sidner Feb. 2, 2015

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Quotation of the day for February 19, 2015

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Quotation of the Day for February 19, 2015 "Actually, it always seemed to me that the Class of '68 was the last bunch of kids not seriously despoiled in their youth by television (with its insidious brainworm commercials) and drugs. Chances were they'd spent their first years of life without a TV and had to use their imagination to entertain themselves. Perhaps they'd even played with some non-corporate-developed toys and read a few books. Sans malls, they hung out at candy stores and had milk delivered by the milkman and the doctor came to their bedrooms when they were ill. Since then, TV and the malls and the drugs have annually compounded the Big Stupid we live with now." - Donald Fagen, musician, from his book Eminent Hipsters. Submitted by: Terry Labach Nov. 26, 2014

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Quotation of the day for February 18, 2015

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Quotation of the Day for February 18, 2015 "When in the majority, Confederates protect the established order through democracy. If they are not in the majority, but have power, they protect it through the authority of law. If the law is against them, but they have social standing, they create shams of law, which are kept in place through the power of social disapproval. If disapproval is not enough, they keep the wrong people from claiming their legal rights by the threat of ostracism and economic retribution. If that is not intimidating enough, there are physical threats, then beatings and fires, and, if that fails, murder." - Doug Muder, The Weekly Sift, "Not a Tea Party, a Confederate Party". [http://weeklysift.com/2014/08/11/not-a-tea-party-a-confederate-party/] Submitted by: Sid Sidner Feb. 11, 2015

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Quotation of the day for February 14, 2015

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Quotation of the Day for February 14, 2015 Young love was kissing under bridges Kissing in cars Kissing in cafes Walking down Main Street Kisses like bright flags on the holidays In France they kiss on Main Street Amour, mama, not cheap display And we were rollin', rollin', rock and rollin' - Joni Mitchell, from her song In France They Kiss On Main Street. Submitted by: Terry Labach Dec. 17, 2012

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Quotation of the day for February 10, 2015

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Quotation of the Day for February 10, 2015 "Tell them measles contain gluten," the suggestion is made. "They'll line up around the block." - Tabatha Southey, musing on ways to convince anti-vaxxers to get immunized. [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/columnists/could-we-stop-the-anti-vaxxers-if-we-said-measles-contains-gluten/article22831586/] Submitted by: Rob Wood Feb. 9, 2015

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Quotation of the day for February 8, 2015

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Quotation of the Day for February 8, 2015 "A lot of people that buy vinyl today don't realize that they're listening to CD masters on vinyl and that's because the record companies have figured out that people want vinyl. And they're only making CD masters in digital, so all the new products that come out on vinyl are actually CDs on vinyl, which is really nothing but a fashion statement." - Neil Young, musician. Submitted by: Terry Labach Feb. 4, 2015

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Quotation of the day for February 7, 2015

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Quotation of the Day for February 7, 2015 "It may seem stupid celebrating travelling 100km when you have 18 times that distance to go, but never underestimate the power of denial." - Patrick Woodhead, adventurer, in the article Ten things no one tells you before an Antarctic expedition. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/11315994/Ten-things-no-one-tells-you-before-an-Antarctic-expedition.html] Submitted by: Rob Wood Jan. 30, 2015

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Quotation of the day for February 6, 2015

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Quotation of the Day for February 6, 2015 "Computer programming is truly a language, and let's be honest, it's foreign to a lot of people." - David Givens, Kentucky Senator, on his proposed legislation that would let school districts teach computer programming as a credit in foreign language. [http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/01/29/ky-computer-code-as-foreign-language/22529629/] Submitted by: Terry Labach Feb. 5, 2015

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Quotation of the day for February 5, 2015

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Quotation of the Day for February 5, 2015 "It was an idea I had because that summer I'd been shooting off tons of fireworks at weddings and cottages. I'd buy like $200 worth and think: That was crazy. What would happen if I bought $1,000 worth of fireworks?" - Liam Cormier, musician, on the inspiration behind Cancer Bats' video for "Satellites". Submitted by: Terry Labach Feb. 4, 2015

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