From the "Traces of Texas" feature:
The Texas Quote of the Day concerns Houston's infamous "goo goo eyes ordinance" of 1905:
"That hereafter any male person in the City of Houston who shall stare at, or make what is commonly called 'goo-goo eyes' at, or in any other manner look at or make remarks to or concerning, or cough or whistle at, or do any other act to attract the attention of any woman or female person upon or traveling along any of the sidewalks, streets, or public ways in the City of Houston, with the intent or in a manner calculated to annoy, or to attempt to flirt with any such woman or female person, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor..."
A violation would bring a fine of not more than $100. What cost $100 in 1905 would cost $2164 in 2006.
The 'goo-goo eyes' law was on the books up through the 1950s.
The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.
Cyril Connolly
Do you think you can cure the hatreds and the maladjustments of the world by hanging them? You simply show your ignorance and your hate when you say it. You may here and there cure hatred with love and understanding, but you can only add fuel to the flames by cruelty and hate.
Clarence Darrow
“A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country.” –E W Howe
The force of a death should be enormous but how can you know what kind of man you’ve killed or who was the braver and stronger if you have to peer through layers of glass that deliver the image but obscure the meaning of the act? War has a conscience or it’s ordinary murder.
Don de Lillo
A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
Demosthenes
They said it was impossible. But they didn't know France.
-- Emmanuel Macron, yesterday night.
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?
Diogenes of Sinope
"Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant."
- Cary Grant
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
Arthur Conan Doyle
A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.
Finley Peter Dunne
“For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off.” ~Johnny Carson
@edgarblythe,
"My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it." Mark Twain
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Richard Strauss's advice to conductors: "Don't look at the trombones; it only encourages them."
@coluber2001,
Yes. Let's carry on.
hard to pick the baddist quote.
Diagalev, who had already produced Stravinsky's ballet, the Firebird, now commissioned another ballet. Stravinsky came up with the Rite of Spring, a ground-breaking, radical piece of music. Stravinsky played it for Diagalev on the piano.
Diagalev, somewhat flummoxed by its dissonance asked, "How long does it go on like this?"
Stravinsky replied, "until the end, my dear, until the end."
"My music is best understood by children and animals."
Igor Stravinsky
In every political community there are varying shades of political opinion. One of the shadiest of these is the liberals. An outspoken group on many subjects. Ten degrees to the left of center in good times. Ten degrees to the right of center if it affects them personally. Here, then, is a lesson in safe logic.
Introduction to "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" on Phil Ochs in Concert (1966)
