Quote of the Day

[megri]

"A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life. It tells us that for every human being there is a diversity of existences, that the single existence is itself an illusion in part, that these many existences signify something, tend to something, fulfill something; it promises us meaning, harmony and even justice." ~ Saul Bellow

[megri]

"A time is marked not so much by ideas that are argued about as by ideas that are taken for granted. The character of an era hangs upon what needs no defense. Power runs with ideas that only the crazy would draw into doubt. The "taken for granted" is the test of sanity... In these times, the hardest task for social or political activists is to find a way to get people to wonder again about what we all believe is true. The challenge is to sow doubt." ~ Lawrence Lessig

[megri]

"I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance." ~ Socrates

[megri]

"A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind." ~ John Maynard Keynes

[megri]

"Fearing no insult, asking for no crown, receive with indifference both flattery and slander, and do not argue with a fool." ~ Aleksandr Pushkin

[megri]

"There are always good parts. They may not pay what you want, and they may not have as many days' work as you want, they may not have the billing that you want, they may not have a lot of things, but—the content of the role itself—I find there are many roles." ~ Anne Bancroft

[silverwolfwing]

By our esteemed Mahatma Gandhi:

"Hate the sin, love the sinner."

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."

[baboons_in_the_night]

All night I was in Paris Hilton.
Not all that expensive and worth every penny!
;)

[silverwolfwing]

nice baboon...you just ended a good quote chain (keyword: good)

[megri]

We must keep it open


History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)

[megri]

Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle. ...... Ken Hakuta

[nameeta]

Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds. --Buddha

[megri]

If I knew I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself.
Mickey Mantle (1931 - )