March 2010

Great Quotes

I offer all good men the opportunity to rise above their principles. —Huey Long

Some words paint the soul a deeper shade. Implore is one of those words. It smells of oily kings, musky bedrooms and a man’s final desperate moments. —Matthew

Frank Kermode wrote, ‘It seems there’s a sort of calamity built into the texture of life.’ To hold happiness is to hold the understanding that the world passes away from us, that the petals fall and the beloved dies. No amount of mockery, no amount of fashionable scowling will keep any of us from knowing and savoring the pleasure of the sun on our faces or save us from the adult understanding that it cannot last forever. —Amy Bloom*

Dogs are obsessed with happiness. —James Thurber

In a democracy, people get the government they deserve. —Rocky Garber

Dear Tea Partiers,

Where were you guys during the Bush Administration? You could have been revolting against the giant prescription drug giveaway, the nation building, Miranda rights for terrorists, deficit spending, bank bailouts, stimulus spending, the giant spooky domestic spy agency—it just goes on and on. Small wonder you tea partiers are pissed off; it’s hard enough being security guards for the country club without the white wigs and the monkey suits.

Fortunately there’s still time to renounce your Medicare, SSI and VA benefits.

—Legendary

P.S. If the milk is sour, will putting it back in the fridge make it better next time?

This month, mankind is largely unworthy of my genius. —Legendary

* Amy Bloom, ‘The Rap on Happiness’, The New York Times, Jan. 29, 2010.