quotes for 2011

The problem with hatred and violence is that they intensity the fears of the white majority, and leave them less ashamed of their prejudices toward Negroes. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.



No country is so wild and difficult but men will make it a theater of war. ~Ambrose Bierce



Fils: used to distinguish a son from his father when they have the same given name.



Start every day with a smile and get it over with. ~W.C. Fields



I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. ~Jorge Luis Borges



There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. ~George Carlin, Brain Droppings, 1997



When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird. He was laying there and something struck me. Why do we call this fun to kill this creature who was as happy as I was when I woke up this morning. ~Marv Levy



Nothing travels faster than light, with the possible exception of bad news, which follows its own rules. ~Douglas Adams



If you sincerely desire a truly well-rounded education, you must study the extremists, the obscure and "nutty." You need the balance! Your poor brain is already being impregnated with middle-of-the-road crap, twenty-four hours a day, no matter what. Network TV, newspapers, radio, magazines at the supermarket... even if you never watch, read, listen, or leave your house, even if you are deaf and blind, the telepathic pressure alone of the uncountable normals surrounding you will insure that you are automatically well-grounded in consensus reality. ~Ivan Stang, High Weirdness By Mail If you smile at someone, they might smile back. ~Author Unknown



It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing. ~Mariane Moore, "A Grave," Collected Poems, 1951



To exaggerate is to weaken. ~Jean Francois de La Harpe, Melanie, 1770



Fish is meant to tempt as well as nourish, and everything that lives in water is seductive. ~Jean-Paul Aron



How many times can you subtract 7 from 83, and what is left afterwards? You can subtract it as many times as you want, and it leaves 76 every time. ~Author Unknown



Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences. ~Norman Cousins



It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper. ~R. Serling



A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. ~Henry Adams



Grandchildren don't stay young forever, which is good because Pop-pops have only so many horsey rides in them. ~Gene Perret



By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. ~Benjamin Franklin (Thank you, Kyle.)



We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public. ~Bryan White



No modern idea has affected history more than the passion of nationalism. ~Charles R. Poinsatte, Understanding History Through the American Experience