“Militarism has been by far the commonest cause of the breakdown of civilizations. The single art of war makes progress at the expense of all the arts of peace.”
― Arnold Joseph Toynbee
@edgarblythe,
That's the reason why nations spend more on warfare than welfare.
"You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty."
--Sacha Guitry
I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.
Jonathan Swift
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
"We look forward to the time when the power of love will replace the love of power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace."
-- W. E. Gladstone
“Like other Americans, I've reconciled myself to the idea that an animal's life has been sacified to bring me a meal of pork or chicken. However, industrial meat production -- which subjects animals to a life of torture -- has escalated the karmic costs beyond reconciliation.”
― Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
"Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else."
---Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Here in Britain, of course, it's Thank **** We Got Those Weird Jesus Bastards On The Boat Day”
― Warren Ellis
@edgarblythe,
Same to you and your family.
My sister just called from Ohio to wish us a Happy Thanksgiving too!
“We're going to meet a lot of lonely people in the next week and the next month and the next year. And when they ask us what we're doing, you can say, We're remembering. That's where we'll win out in the long run. And someday we'll remember so much that we'll build the biggest goddamn steamshovel in history and dig the biggest grave of all time and shove war in it and cover it up.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
“Turkey Bacon. It's like saying "shoot" instead of "****." It just doesn't quite carry the moment.”
― George Takei, Oh Myyy!
“In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it 'Christmas' and went to church; the Jews called it 'Hanukkah' and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say 'Merry Christmas!' or 'Happy Hanukkah!' or (to the atheists) 'Look out for the wall!”
― Dave Barry
"There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless. Observe the ass, for instance: his character is about perfect, he is the choicest spirit among all the humbler animals, yet see what ridicule has brought him to. Instead of feeling complimented when we are called an ass, we are left in doubt."
-- Mark Twain's "A Whisper To The Reader" from "Pudd'nhead Wilson" (1894)
“Carpe Scrotum. Seize life by the testicles”
― Rowena Cherry, Knight's Fork
