Anxiety

"Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom." - Søren Kierkegaard

Selfishness

"Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live." - Oscar Wilde

G B Shaw sez

"When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty." - George Bernard Shaw

Hmm. I think I know where that line is for me.

"Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace." - Oscar Wilde

I'm not sad!

"The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things
that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it
some of the grace of tragedy." - Steven Weinberg

Well, I've got that covered...

"You've got everything, except one thing... madness. A man needs a little madness or else... he never dares cut the rope - and be free" - Zorba the Greek

Che Quotes

I'm no fan of Che, but some of his quotes are worth noting:

"We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it."

"If you tremble indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine."

"At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality."

Ernesto Che Guevara

Still True

"When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion."


-C. P. Snow

She is one smart cookie.

A career is wonderful thing, but you can't snuggle up to it on a cold night. - Marilyn Monroe

True, dat.

“This government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity
with which it got out of the way.” - Henry David Thoreau

Me likes this :)

"If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough" - Mario Andretti

Writers and Critics...

"Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs." - Christopher Hampton