For manipulation to… Herbert Schiller
For manipulation to be most effective, evidence of its presence should be nonexistent… It is essential, therefore, that people who are manipulated believe in the neutrality of their key social institutions.
Herbert Schiller
November 30th, 2005 - Posted in Herbert Schiller | | 0 Comments
Sometimes I get… Donna Summer
Sometimes I get bored riding down the beautiful streets of L.A. I know it sounds crazy, but I just want to go to New York and see people suffer.
Donna Summer
November 29th, 2005 - Posted in Donna Summer | | 0 Comments
I think every woman… Adela Rogers St.John
I think every woman is entitled to a middle husband she can forget.
Adela Rogers St.John
November 28th, 2005 - Posted in Other | | 0 Comments
Never wear your… Henrik Ibsen
Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.
Henrik Ibsen
Norwegian dramatist (1828 - 1906)
November 27th, 2005 - Posted in Henrik Ibsen | | 0 Comments
The modern age has… Jeremy Rifkin
The modern age has been characterized by a Promethean spirit, a restless energy that preys on speed records and shortcuts, unmindful of the past, uncaring of the future, existing only for the moment and the quick fix. The earthly rhythms that characterize a more pastoral way of life have been shunted aside to make room for the fast track of an urbanized existence. Lost in a sea of perpetual technological transition, modern man and woman find themselves increasingly alienated from the ecological choreography of the planet.
Jeremy Rifkin
November 26th, 2005 - Posted in Jeremy Rifkin | | 0 Comments
As if there were… Henry David Thoreau
As if there were safety in stupidity alone.
Henry David Thoreau
US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862)
November 25th, 2005 - Posted in Henry David Thoreau | | 0 Comments
…a man may be a… James Mellon
…a man may be a patriot without risking his own life or sacrificing his health. There are plenty of lives less valuable.
James Mellon, who paid $300 for a civil war Union army deferment
November 24th, 2005 - Posted in James Mellon | | 0 Comments
I hate mankind, for… Samuel Johnson
I hate mankind, for I think of myself as one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.
Samuel Johnson
English author, critic, & lexicographer (1709 - 1784)
November 23rd, 2005 - Posted in Samuel Johnson | | 0 Comments
No matter how… Lily Tomlin
No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up.
Lily Tomlin
US actress & comedienne (1939 - )
November 22nd, 2005 - Posted in Lily Tomlin | | 0 Comments
The bravest thing… Corra Harris
The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.
Corra Harris
November 21st, 2005 - Posted in Corra Harris | | 0 Comments
The cynics are… H. L. Mencken
The cynics are right nine times out of ten.
H. L. Mencken
US editor (1880 - 1956)
November 20th, 2005 - Posted in H. L. Mencken | | 0 Comments
Cynicism is an… Lillian Hellman
Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.
Lillian Hellman
US dramatist (1905 - 1984)
November 19th, 2005 - Posted in Lillian Hellman | | 0 Comments
Idealism is what… David T. Wolf
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.
David T. Wolf
(1943 - )
November 18th, 2005 - Posted in David T. Wolf | | 0 Comments
Make no mistake… Dan Quayle
Make no mistake about it: Operation Desert Storm truly was a victory of good over evil, of freedom over tyranny, of peace over war.
Dan Quayle, remarks at Arlington National Cemetery
US Republican politician (1947 - )
November 17th, 2005 - Posted in Dan Quayle | | 0 Comments
Love is the… John Barrymore
Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock.
John Barrymore
US actor (1882 - 1942)
November 16th, 2005 - Posted in John Barrymore | | 0 Comments
A dramatic critic… George Bernard Shaw
A dramatic critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
November 15th, 2005 - Posted in George Bernard Shaw | | 0 Comments
Lawers, I suppose,… Charles Lamb
Lawers, I suppose, were children once.
Charles Lamb
English critic & essayist (1775 - 1834)
November 14th, 2005 - Posted in Charles Lamb | | 0 Comments
Nobody wants… Alan Dershowitz
Nobody wants justice.
Alan Dershowitz
November 13th, 2005 - Posted in Alan Dershowitz | | 0 Comments
Do thou restrain… Homer
Do thou restrain the haughty spirit in thy breast, for better far is gentle courtesy.
Homer
Greek epic poet (800 BC - 700 BC)
November 12th, 2005 - Posted in Homer | | 0 Comments
Lawer: one who… H. L. Mencken
Lawer: one who protects us against robbery by taking away the temptation.
H. L. Mencken
US editor (1880 - 1956)
November 11th, 2005 - Posted in H. L. Mencken | | 0 Comments
Education is a… Laurence J. Peter
Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.
Laurence J. Peter
US educator & writer (1919 - 1988)
November 10th, 2005 - Posted in Laurence J. Peter | | 0 Comments
The days just prior… Wilson Mizner
The days just prior to marriage are like a snappy introduction to a tedious book.
Wilson Mizner
US screenwriter (1876 - 1933)
November 9th, 2005 - Posted in Wilson Mizner | | 0 Comments
A man who has never… Christopher Morley
A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.
Christopher Morley
US author & journalist (1890 - 1957)
November 8th, 2005 - Posted in Christopher Morley | | 0 Comments
Favorite color: I… Ian Shoales
Favorite color: I hate colors.
Ian Shoales
November 7th, 2005 - Posted in Ian Shoales | | 0 Comments
All general… Unknown
All general statements are false.
Unknown, The Ultimate Law
Quotations by unknown authors
November 6th, 2005 - Posted in Unknown | | 0 Comments
When a book and a… Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
When a book and a head collide and there is a hollow sound, is it always from the book?
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
(1742 - 1799)
November 5th, 2005 - Posted in Georg Christoph Lichtenberg | | 0 Comments
My father and he… Jorge Luis Borges
My father and he had one of those English friendships which begin by avoiding intimacies and eventually eliminate speech altogether.
Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine novelist & poet (1899 - 1986)
November 4th, 2005 - Posted in Jorge Luis Borges | | 0 Comments
Nothing so… Honore de Balzac
Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.
Honore de Balzac
French realist novelist (1799 - 1850)
November 3rd, 2005 - Posted in Honore de Balzac | | 0 Comments
Everything you see… Sophia Loren
Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.
Sophia Loren
US (Italian-born) movie actress (1934 - )
November 2nd, 2005 - Posted in Sophia Loren | | 0 Comments
Marriage is not… Calvin Trillin
Marriage is not merely sharing the fettucini, but sharing the burden of finding the fettucini restaurant in the first place.
Calvin Trillin
US columnist (1935 - )
November 1st, 2005 - Posted in Calvin Trillin | | 0 Comments