SEVAREID'S LAW: The chief cause of problems is solutions.
The Completely Condensed Christian Gospel
I have not.
I shall not.
-- Booboo
"I'm absolutely convinced that all poets, all real poets, are rebels. I don't demand that all poets write political poetry. Any kind of honesty is rebellion." -- Yevgeny Yeutushenko
"I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love and an outlaw in Peru." -- part of a student's essay in an application to NYU (via Mark Zeuhlke {and God knows where HE got it} via John Shinnick)
"Slang is language that takes off its coat, spits on its hands and goes to work." -- author unknown
"What garlic is to salad, insanity is to art." -- author unknown
"The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from." -- author unknown
"CYNICAL: a word invented by optimists to describe realists." -- possibly Ambrose Bierce, according to author-finder Breton Bienvenue
"I can always count on my friends to be around when they need me." -- author unknown
"When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail." -- Abraham Maslow (thanks to author-finder Steve Miller)
"Eat well, stay fit, die anyway." -- author unknown
"Theatre is life. Film is art. Television is furniture." -- author unknown
"Scriptures, n.; the sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based." -- Ambrose Bierce in THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY (thanks to author-finder Breton Bienvenue)
"A man who envies our family is a man who needs help." -- Lisa Simpson on THE SIMPSONS
"The mind is a wonderful thing. It starts working the minute you're born and never stops until you get up to speak in public." -- Roscoe Drummond (via an ad in VIDEO SYSTEMS Magazine)
"Even mud gives the illusion of depth." -- Marshall McLuhan (via PROJECT MCLUHAN)
"There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are." -- Somerset Maugham (via THE WRITER'S PAGE)
WAITRESS: What are you rebelling against?
JOHNNY: What do ya got?
-- Marlon Brando expressing his oft-copied leather-clad bravado in THE WILD ONE
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it." -- Yogi Berra (via Steve Miller/Ten Quotes)
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." -- Samuel Beckett (via the NOVEL ADVICE newsletter)
