Morality is the weakness of the mind. Arthur Rimbaud Television: chewing gum for the eyes. Frank Lloyd Wright
US architect (1869 - 1959) Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering. Tom Stoppard
British dramatist & screenwriter (1937 - ) My object all sublime I shall achieve in time... W. S. Gilbert, The Mikado, 1885
English librettist & writer of comic operettas (1836 - 1911) People who go broke in a big way never miss any meals. It is the poor jerk who is shy a half slug who must tighten his belt. Robert Heinlein, Excerpt from the notebooks of Lazarus Long, "Time Enough for Love"
US science fiction author (1907 - 1988) Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board. Henry David Thoreau, "Walden," the Conclusion
US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862) Insanity: a perfectly rational adjustment to the insane world. R. D. Laing America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization. Georges Clemenceau
French politician (1841 - 1929) Paying alimony is like feeding hay to a dead horse. Groucho Marx
US comedian with Marx Brothers (1890 - 1977) The best years are the forties; after fifty a man begins to deteriorate, but in the forties he is at the maximum of his villainy. H. L. Mencken
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