Monday, July 16, 2007

Penn Jillette

"Technology adds nothing to art. Two thousand years ago, I could tell you a story, and at any point during the story I could stop, and ask, Now do you want the hero to be kidnapped, or not? But that would, of course, have ruined the story. Part of the experience of being entertained is sitting back and plugging into someone else's vision." [Quotes of the Day]

Don Marquis

"If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you." [Quotes of the Day]

Bertrand Russell

"Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise." [Quotes of the Day]

Sunday, July 8, 2007

W. H. Auden

"Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh." [Quotes of the Day]

Saturday, July 7, 2007

R. Buckminster Fuller

"Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering."
[Quotes of the Day]