Category Archives: QOTD
Quote of the Day
Gotta Love Ebert (Best Line of the Day)
Season of the Witch :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews
Ever since Bergman’s “The Virgin Spring” was remade as “Last House on the Left,” his work has suggested a rich mine for homage.
You know I am a fan of Nic Cage and Ron Perlman (whose very existence made the “Hellboy” movies possible). Here, like cows, they devour the scenery, regurgitate it to a second stomach found only in actors and chew it as cud. It is a noble effort….
“The rim of the planet is on fire! As you scan your eye around Earth’s circumference, you’re seeing every sunrise and every sunset in the world, all of them, all at once.” – Science blows my mind again
Teddy Roosevelt was a Progressive, Not a Republican
"The old parties are husks, with no real soul within either, divided on artificial lines, boss-ridden and privilege-controlled, each a jumble of incongruous elements, and neither daring to speak out wisely and fearlessly on what should be said on the vital issues of the day." [mjh: Spoken more than 100 years ago!]
"Let individuals contribute as they desire; but let us prohibit in effective fashion all corporations from making contributions for any political purpose, directly or indirectly." [mjh: Struck down by the “Conservative” Supreme Court.]
"A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues."
"This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in." – Theodore Roosevelt
(Mind you, Teddy said and did a lot of things I don’t agree with. I just chafe when Republicans claim they are the party of Teddy or Lincoln — in name only.)
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.” – Groucho Marx
Hat tip to NewMexiKen. That one is a bit wordier than most Groucho quotes – almost like Mark Twain or Will Rogers.
NewMexiKen gathered some goodies here:
Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.’ ~Lao Tzu [you’re already perfect | zen habits]
Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.’ ~Lao Tzu [you’re already perfect | zen habits]
“A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu
‘A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.’ ~Lao Tzu [from the best goal is no goal | zen habits]