Motivational, inspirational, insightful, thoughtful, neat, interesting, or just damn funny - anything goes here as long as it's a quote or discussion based around one.
I may occasionally cherry-pick/borrow/steal/ quotes I stumble upon from other sources on the web if they seem notable. But I'll also do my best to post totally original quotes I randomly come across. Either way, a good quote ought to be shared, no matter who's found it or where it's come from!!
Monday, September 7, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Joseph Roux
"A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool." - Joseph Roux
Norm Papernick
"Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad." - Norm Papernick
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Blade Runner (1982), film
“The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long - and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy.” – Eldon Tyrell, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982)
John F. Kennedy
"We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth." - John F. Kennedy
François Mauriac
"'Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are' is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread." - François Mauriac (French Writer)
George Bernard Shaw
"Martyrdom... is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability." - George Bernard Shaw
Thomas Jefferson
"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." - Thomas Jefferson
Friday, September 4, 2009
Lawrence Durrell
"It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel. If you were really sensible, you’d do something else.” – Lawrence Durrell (British Novelist)
Blade Runner (1982), film
“I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.” – Roy Batty, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982)
Glaser and Way
"The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it." - Glaser and Way
Betrand Russell
"The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution." - Bertrand Russell
Thursday, September 3, 2009
H. P. Lovecraft
"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents." - H. P. Lovecraft
Amy Benfer
“There is nothing wrong with being a sex object if your object is to have sex.” – Amy Benfer
Henry Miller
“Obscenity is a cleansing process, whereas pornography only adds to the murk” – Henry Miller (American Novelist)
Percy Bysche Shelley
“A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own.” – Percy Bysche Shelley (English Romantic Poet)
Speaking of Bodily Functions...
"I'm not here to wipe your ass; I'm just here to give you the key to the bathroom." - me, actually!
Something I unfortunately didn't say, but was definitely thinking when helping a customer on the copier today.
Something I unfortunately didn't say, but was definitely thinking when helping a customer on the copier today.
Mark Millar
"I’m always amazed to see people saying they can fire out stories and find it easy. The only thing your body can fire out easy is diarrhea and I want my comics to be a little better than that." – Mark Millar
Liam Sharp
"I can't for the life of me imagine why God would create man, but I can certainly fathom why man would need to create God."— Liam Sharp
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Seth Fisher
“Art is really just problem solving in action. You start with a few lines, then you try to balance those lines with other lines compositionally, then you balance that with trying to explain a certain space or emotion….Perspective, composition, timing, and color theory are technical skills. You have a problem, and you have this toolbox full of techniques that you use to paint a totally unique bridge from an assumption to its implications.” – Seth Fisher
Philip K. Dick
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." - Philip K. Dick
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