Quote of the Day

[DannMcGrew]

Just when I'm finally beginning to build up some momentum with my writing, I'm interrupted by the sound of a marshmallow falling into a heap of feathers on the other side of town

Sandra Newman
Author of THE HEAVENS, THE COUNTRY OF ICE CREAM STAR, HOW NOT TO WRITE A NOVEL

 

[zmunkz]

It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give it up because by that time I was too famous.

( Usually attributed to Robert Benchley )

 

[Parson]

Quote of the Day​ ​

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”​

— Robert Heinlein, “Time Enough for Love” (1973)​

 

[therapist]

The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense.

—Tom Clancy

 

[THX1138]

One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
G.K. Chesterton: Orthodoxy

 

[Harpo]

 

[Parson]

The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.”

— Hannah Arendt, “The Origins of Totalitarianism” (1951)

 

[BAYLOR]

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears that this is true.

James Branch Cabell

 

[BAYLOR]

Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice Doggie "until you can find a rock.

Will Rogers

 

[BAYLOR]

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the tastes of the American public

H L Mencken

 

[BAYLOR]

" Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity ; and im not sure about the universe ."

Albert Einstein

 

[Pyan]

"The cream rises to the top. So does the scum."

Anon

 

[msstice]

I shut the door to keep out Falsehood
Then I heard Truth cry out "But how will I enter?"

- The Same Road/The only Road - Rabindranath Tagore

 

[BAYLOR]

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher

Ambrose Bierce