Quotes of the day

"People who are strangers to liquor are incapable of talking about literature."

-Mo Yan

The Chinese novelist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012. He is best known in the West for Red Sorghum Clan, which was made into the movie Red Sorghum.

Damned.Right.

"It seems, in your anger, you killed her." 
―Emperor Palpatine, lying to Darth Vader about his wife's death.

Chiana: Our money's alive! 
Rygel: You realize what that means? 
Chiana: They're eating the ship! 
Rygel: Yes, but... we're poor. 

Farscape:Liars, Guns and Money Part 2 - With Friends Like These...

Never hate a man for the color of his skin...because once you get to know him, there's so many other reasons to hate him.

• I have no idea, seriously.

mm..i'm a little bit lonely these days.-bill murray, rushmore

Believe in life! Always human beings will progress to greater, broader, and fuller life.

W.E.B. Du Bois

Historian, activist, and writer W.E.B. Du Bois (born February 23, 1868) cofounded the NAACP and wrote The Souls of Black Folk, a collection of essays that is considered a seminal work of African-American literature.

We are all here on earth to help others;
what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

“Ask for work. If they don't give you work, ask for bread. If they do not give you work or bread, then take bread.”
― Emma Goldman

"Doubt grows with knowledge."

―Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

You can take thousands of words to describe the depths and intricacies of science fantasy to someone, or you can show them a lightsaber.From this article

"Soul of the mind, key to life's ether. Soul of the lost, withdrawn from its vessel. Let strength be granted, so the world might be mended... so the world might be mended..."
―Maiden in Black, Demon's Souls.

Umbasa!

You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
Johnny Cash
(it was his bday yesterday)

"The only source of knowledge is experience" Albert Enstein

"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."George Bernard Shaw

"Potato" me and other 8,963,038 people.

A word has power in and of itself. It comes from nothing into sound and meaning; it gives origin to all things.

N. Scott Momaday

Happy 81st birthday, N. Scott Momaday! The writer tapped into his Kiowa heritage and his experiences at Jemez Pueblo to write House Made of Dawn, which won a Pulitzer Prize and spawned a renaissance of books by Native Americans.

"You get what everyone gets. You get a lifetime."
―Death, in Sandman

it's conversation between Death & his adopted daughter from Dis<3world series..

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Everything is under control...

"While we often think that rules limit behaviour, the imposition of constraints also creates expression."
-Ian Bogost

" The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."

Dr. Seuss

Theodor Geisel (born March 2, 1904), a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, acquired his pseudonym as a student at Dartmouth. He was caught drinking with friends and, as punishment, was forced to drop out of his extracurricular activities. That didn't stop him from continuing to write for the campus humor magazine using his mother's maiden name, Seuss.

"'Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?'

'To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.'

'The dog did nothing in the night-time.'

'That was the curious incident,' remarked Sherlock Holmes.'"

Exchange between Inspector Gregory &Sherlock Holmes

-Silver Blaze

"The two most common elements in the Universe are hydrogen and stupidity."
/Harlan Ellison/

When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
-Tecumseh

It's enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment.

Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

Early in their marriage, Gabriel García Márquez (born March 6, 1927) and his wife boarded a Greyhound bus along with their young son to travel through the American South. Márquez wanted to make the trip because of his interest in the writing of William Faulkner.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

guess who said that.