The Creative Process
"Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will." -- George Bernard Shaw Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Sunday, June 19, 2005
The Humanity Of Poetry
"Considering the ways in which so many of us waste our time, what would be wrong with a world in which everybody were writing poems? After all, there's a significant service to humanity in spending time doing no harm.... And I'd like a world, wouldn't you, in which people actually took time to think... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, June 16, 2005
In Favor Of Impeachment
"We're watching you very carefully and we're going to do everything in our power to have you [president Bush] impeached for misleading the American people. Beating a political stake in your black heart will be the fulfillment of my life..." -- Cindy Sheehan, president of the Gold Star Families for... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Patriotism
"When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and purity of its heart." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals, 1824 Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Quote For A New Millenium
"The way the situation is, we wouldn't be ready to take responsibility for a thousand years." -- Amar Mana, an Iraqi private, after he was asked when the Iraqi army will be ready, Time magazine Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, June 11, 2005
Courage
"A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward." -- Jean Paul Richter Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, June 10, 2005
Truths, Fiction And Myths
"I have attempted, however, to avoid all fiction, since fiction would debase the record, and to distinguish between reality and the myths which are likely to attach themselves..." -- Thomas Keneally, "Author's Note," Schindler's List Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, June 8, 2005
Future Wars
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." -- Albert Einstein Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, June 5, 2005
Angels Of Apathy
"There were people in Hiroshima whose shadows were printed by the blast on the concrete walls of buildings and pavement. These shadows can still be seen. Some of the bodies that made them were never found. It was as if they never existed. There are those who have seen these shadows scorched on the... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, June 4, 2005
Hate
"Always remember others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself." -- Richard M. Nixon, in his White House farewell speech Sign in to see full entry.