I pray I’ve done my work so, that when I’ve gone from here, in all the turmoil through the wreckage and rumble, when someone finds themselves digging through the ruins, they’ll find me. Somewhere in that wreckage, they’ll find something they can use, that I left behind. And if I’ve done that, then I’ve accomplished something in life. ~James Baldwin
“In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.”
― Napoléon Bonaparte
“You take the lies out of him, and he'll shrink to the size of your hat; you take the malice out of him, and he'll disappear.”
~Mark Twain
“To recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.” Oscar Wilde.
I listened to Joe Louis fight on the radio. Not because I knew to plan it but because my stepfather loved boxing. eb
'There's never been a boxer better than Joe Louis. You'd take one shot from him and you were sure he'd have seven or eight more coming for you. Certainly Muhammad Ali was the greatest man ever to fight, but not the greatest boxer.' - George Foreman
'I used to tease Joe Louis by reminding him that I was the greatest of all time. But Joe Louis was the greatest heavyweight fighter ever.' - Muhammad Ali
'I define fear as standing across the ring from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early.' - Max Baer
'Joe Louis, to me, was the finest human being God put on this earth in every way.' - Angelo Dundee
'Joe Louis is the greatest heavyweight champion of all time.' - Joe Frazier
'Every time I hear the name Joe Louis my nose starts to bleed.' - Tommy Farr
'When you're a great finisher, you’ll become popular. Joe Louis was a great finisher.' - Mike Tyson
'He was a credit to his race – the human race.' - Jimmy Cannon
Spit on your own and you can't do anything, but if you all spit together you can drown the bastards.
Bob Crow
"Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words." --Mark Twain
A few words from Werner Herzog to cheer you up for the weekend.
‘Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.’
Jack Benny: "There are only five real people in Hollywood. Everybody else is Mel Blanc."
