Source: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975)
Monthly Archives: March 2019
“A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.” ~ Charlotte Bronte
Don’t ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up. ~ Robert Frost
Samuel Johnson Quote
The world is not yet exhausted; let me see something tomorrow which I never saw before. ~ Samuel Johnson (1709 – 1784)
A Pondering Moment
so… as for discussing politics and religion can be serious or comedic just saying
Henry Rollins Quote
People are best on records and books because you can turn them off or put them back on the shelf. ~Henry Rollins
You don’t need a silver fork to eat good food. ~ Paul Prudhomme
Living in a world… Alfred E. Newman
We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons. ~ Alfred E. Newman
In the Halls of Justice the only justice is in the halls. ~ Lenny Bruce
The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word. ~ Mata Hari
Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted. ~ Jules Renard
Andrew Shaffer Coffee Quote
You can survive up to three weeks without food. You can only survive for three days without water. No one knows how many days you can survive without caffeine. ~ Andrew Shaffer
A man is getting old when he walks around a puddle instead of through it. ~ R. C. Ferguson
It is perfectly okay to write garbage—as long as you edit brilliantly. ~ C. J. Cherryh
Carolyn Janice Cherry Pen Name: C. J. Cherryr, American writer of speculative fiction.
These are international criminals, and the spineless Democrats are doing nothing about it. ~ Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American poet, Born: March 24, 1919
You cannot create experience. You must undergo it. ~ Albert Camus
We do not have to visit a madhouse ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“The only reason to write is from love.” ~ Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim, Composer, Born: March 22, 1930
Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you. ~ Louis L’Amour
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others. ~ Albert Camus
Sometimes human places, create inhuman monsters. ~ Stephen King
Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison. ~ Lord Chesterfield
Lord Chesterfield – British Statesman 1694 – 1773
Behold, my friends, the spring is come; ~ Sitting Bull
Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it. ~ Russell Baker
Russell Baker – American journalist 1925-2019
A book is like a man: ~ John Steinbeck
A book is like a man: clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For every flowering thought there will be a page like a wet and mangy mongrel, and for every looping flight a tap on the wing and a reminder that wax cannot hold the feathers firm too near the sun. ~Continue reading “A book is like a man: ~ John Steinbeck”
Propaganda is amazing. People can be led to believe anything. ~ Alice Walker
Alice Walker – American Author, Critic 1944-
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. ~ Harper Lee
“A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.” ~ Jim Morrison
Seven Words
brain waves are in smooth sailing mode
Peter Ustinov Quote
If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can’t be done. ~ Peter Ustinov (1921 – 2004)
Never fight an inanimate object. ~ P. J. O’Rourke
Sunday Morning
Quiet Sunday morning Wispy clouds Naked trees Nobody around
Three Words
I am me
Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them. ~ Mark Twain
After your death you will be what you were before your birth. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer
Time is a cruel thief to rob us of our former selves. We lose as much to life as we do to death ~ Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
All perception of truth is the detection of an analogy. ~ Henry David Thoreau
I trust everyone. I just don’t trust the devil inside them. ~ Troy Kennedy-Martin
Troy Kennedy-Martin, Scottish born film and television screenwriter (1932 – 2009)
All colors will agree in the dark. ~ Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, English philosopher and statesman (1561-1626)
Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake. ~ Wallace Stevens
A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well. ~ Dan Rather
There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home. ~ Ken Olsen
Source: Time magazine (1977)
Until you make peace with who you are, you will never be content with what you have. ~ Doris Mortman
Time has a wonderful way of showing us what really matters. ~ Margaret Peters
Everything is politics. ~ Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain (1924)
Four Words
living in the now
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell. ~ Karl Popper
Karl Popper – Austrian-British philosopher and professor 1902-1994
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. ~ Steven Wright
We think in generalities, but we live in detail. ~ Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead (1861 – 1947)
Four Words
to be: I am
Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it. ~ Henry David Thoreau
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. ~ Sir Richard Steele
Alexander Graham Bell Quote
“The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking.” ~ Alexander Graham Bell, B. March 3, 1847 – D. August 2, 1922
Books – Arnold Lobel
Books to the ceiling. Books to the sky. My pile of books is a mile high. How I love them! How I need them! I’ll have a long beard by the time read them. ~Arnold Lobel
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain – and most fools do. ~ Dale Carnegie
To err is human; to forgive, infrequent. ~ Franklin P. Adams
Franklin P. Adams, (1881 – 1960)
Walking In The Snow
walking in the freshly falling snow clearing out my head now feel like a newly born human being
The beginning is always today. ~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, (1797 – 1851)
“Take a walk on the wild side.” ~ Lou Reed
Lou Reed, B. March 2, 1942 – D. October 27, 2013
