Quotes and Commentary 4

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.
--- John Cage

I've always wondered why conservatives want to conserve what is bad and unfair about our society, and are seemingly uninterested in preserving what is good, like the environment.

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent.
-- Sophia Loren

So, that's what my problem is!

There are two kinds of light--the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
-- James Thurber

Which one is George Bush?

I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.
-- Franklin P. Adams

I can identify with that. My web surfing is very much like this. I google one thing and end up getting sidetracked in many directions.

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.
-- David Friedman

Hear that, little Georgie?

I base my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.
— Gilda Radner

Works for me!

Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
— Michel de Montaigne

Why is this especially true about songs I hate?

Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.
— William Feather

There's nothing more sure to bring out the curmudgeon in me than a chirpy morning person.

Understanding human needs is half the job of meeting them.
— Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.

And this is one of George Bush's biggest problems. He just doesn't get it.
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Happy Holidays, everyone.