Quotes of the day from previous years:
| Behold, I send you forth assheep in the midst ofwolves: be ye thereforewise as serpents, andharmless asdoves. |
| ~JesusChrist ~ |
| Society cannotshare a commoncommunicationsystem so long as it is split intowarring factions. |
| ~Bertolt Brecht ~ |
| Don't put no constrictions on dapeople. Leave 'em ta hell alone. |
| ~Jimmy Durante ~ |
| Courage is poorly housed that dwells innumbers; thelion never counts theherd that are about him, nor weighs how manyflocks he has to scatter. |
| ~Aaron Hill ~ |
| I think that if thebeast whosleeps inman could be held down by threats — any kind of threat, whether ofjail or ofretribution afterdeath — then the highestemblem ofhumanity would be thelion tamer in thecircus with his whip, not theprophet whosacrificedhimself. … What has for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but an inwardmusic: the irresistiblepower of unarmedtruth, the powerful attraction of itsexample. |
| ~Boris Pasternak ~ |
| It has always beenassumed that the mostimportant things in theGospels are theethical maxims and commandments. But for me the most important thing is thatChristspeaks inparables taken fromlife, that He explains thetruth in terms of everydayreality. Theidea that underlies this is thatcommunion between mortals isimmortal, and that thewhole of life issymbolic because it ismeaningful. |
| ~Boris Pasternak ~ |
| The greatmajority of us arerequired to live alife of constantduplicity. Yourhealth is bound to be affected if,day after day, you say the opposite of what youfeel, if you grovel before what you dislike, andrejoice at what brings younothing but misfortune. Our nervous system isn't just afiction, it's part of ourphysicalbody, and oursouls exists inspace and is inside us, like the teeth in the mouth. It can't forever be violated with impunity. |
| ~Boris Pasternak ~ |
| Ibelieve thatcruelty,spite, Thepowers ofdarkness will intime Be crushed by thespirit oflight. |
| ~Boris Pasternak ~ |
| What is laid down,ordered,factual is never enough to embrace thewholetruth:life always spills over the rim of every cup. |
| ~Boris Pasternak ~ |
| Howsickness enlarges the dimensions of a man'sself to himself! he is his own exclusive object. Supremeselfishness is inculcated upon him as his onlyduty. |
| ~Charles Lamb ~ |
| Iknew I was doing things different but at the same time I was doing things that were verynatural for me … I wasn’t trying to break anyrules. But I wrote the way Iheard things. |
| ~Burt Bacharach ~ |
| Politics is developing morecomedians thanradio ever did. |
| ~Jimmy Durante ~ |
| There are many thingsworthliving for, there are a few things worthdying for, but there isnothing worthkilling for. |
| ~Tom Robbins ~ |
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The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news. ~Bertolt Brecht.
I love to lose myself in other men's minds. ~Charles Lamb (born February 10, 1775)
I am determined my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is. -Charles Lamb
What answer can we give to the families of victims of the Karabakh movement and to those who have become disabled. Why did their sons fight? And about Turkey, we cannot leave the word genocide out of our vocabulary and forget about the 1.5 million victims. ~Mikael Harutyunyan (born February 10)
Youth is ever apt to judge in haste,
And lose the medium in the wild extreme,
Do not repent, but regulate your passion:
Though love is reason, its excess is rage.
Give me, at least, your promise to reflect,
In cool, impartial solitude, and still.
No last decision till we meet again.
~Aaron Hill ~
You talk no more of that gay nation now,
Where men adore their wives, and woman's power
Draws reverence from a polished people's softness,
Their husbands' equals, and their lovers' queens;
Free without scandal; wise without restraint;
Their virtue due to nature, not to fear.
~Aaron Hill ~
Joys, which we do not know, we do not wish. ~Aaron Hill ~
Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of mettle,
And it soft as silk remains.
’Tis the same with common natures:
Use ’em kindly, they rebel;
But be rough as nutmeg-graters,
And the rogues obey you well.
~Aaron Hill ~
I say on the air all time, "if you take what I say as gospel, you're an idiot." ~Glenn Beck
When you choose the path, you choose the destination. ~Glenn Beck
Political Correctness doesn't change us, it shuts us up. ~Glenn Beck
Most times we're so focused on what we think we want that we can't appreciate how happy we already are. It's only when we forget about our problems and help others forget theirs that we realize how good we really have it. ~Glenn Beck
All men are created equal. It is what you do from there that makes the difference. We are all free agents in life. We make our own decisions. We control our own destiny. ~Glenn Beck
You cannot take away freedom to protect it, you cannot destroy the free market to save it, and you cannot uphold freedom of speech by silencing those with whom you disagree. To take rights away to defend them or to spend your way out of debt defies common sense. ~Glenn Beck
Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government's confidence and could only regain it with redoubled effort. If that is the case, would it not be be simpler, if the government simply dissolved the people and elected another? ~Bertolt Brecht.
| Don'tsleep, don't sleep, artist, Don't give in to sleep. You areeternity's hostage Acaptive oftime. |
| ~Boris Pasternak ~ |
| They don’t ask much of you. They only want you tohate the things youlove and to love the things you despise. |
| ~Boris Pasternak ~ |