I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas.
I’m frightened of the old ones.
-John Cage
Education… has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
-GM Trevelyan
All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.
-Carl Sagan
“Many fears are born of stupidity and ignorance — which you should be feeding with rumor and generalization.” -Source unknown
Every generation says, “These kids today…”
There’s a Starman waiting in the sky.
He’d like to come and meet us,
But he thinks he’d blow our minds.
-David Bowie, Starman 1972.
“When shall we live, if not now?”
-Seneca the Younger
I suppose when ants get stepped on, they
have no idea what hit them. But I’ll bet
that hasn’t stopped them from coming up
with fancy names for it, like “spontaneous
compression” or “vertical planar syndrome.”
-LeMel Hebert-Williams
source: http://www.ruminate.com
When life has got me down and I’m ready
to give up, I try to remind myself:
“I’m the one in control here.
I have the gun and the hostages.
So just back off, man, okay?”
-Dave Brennan
source: http://www.ruminate.com
“It ain’t through the eyes that you feel beauty. It’s how the heart hungers for something that makes it beautiful.” -Alfie, 1966
Good things come in small packages.
Good things come to those who wait.
So, if you’re waiting for a small
package, that must *really* be sweet.
-Wiley
source: http://www.ruminate.com