Bornfamous

“Never believe anything until it’s officially denied.” –Claud Cockburn

It is far too late and things are far too bad for pessimism. -Dee Hock

Shelley Winters is dead. You probably remember her as the biker granny on TV’s Roseanne, but my memories go fondly back to her many guest shots on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. She was loud, opinionated and one of a kind. I will never forget Winters’ honesty, her humor, or her voice. Winters was [...]

Most management techniques are ways of controlling people so they feel good about being controlled. –Peter Block [thanks to Dave Pollard]

Born on Jan. 2, 1968: Cuba Gooding, Jr.
“Show me the money!”

Born on Jan. 1, 1919: J. D. Salinger
“It’s funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to.”

When someone works for less pay than she can live on–when, for example, she goes hungry so that you can eat more cheaply and conveniently–then she has made a great sacrifice for you, she has made you a gift of some part of her abilities, her health, and her life. The “working poor,” as they [...]

A recent study found that wedded bliss keeps you healthy. . . . Now, I have to admit that marriage does have some stresses. There are usually some disagreements over money or how you�re going to discipline the children or if you�re even going to have children at all. But it�s really minor stuff, relatively [...]

Scarlett almost attracts all eye in black shirt and jeans with her breast half covered.”
–Caption for this photo of a resplendent, but perfectly decent Scarlett Johannson.
p.s. Comments aren’t working for some reason. Sorry. Working on it.

As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
–H.L. Mencken, Baltimore Sun columnist, [...]

“It’s funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to.” –J. D. Salinger, 1919-

“If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty.” –Rilke

“Everybody has their own private Mount Everest they were put on this earth to climb.” –gapingvoid: how to be creative

If you’re fat, no one hesitates to keep you constantly apprised of the exact status of your failure.

Our true home is in the present moment. To live in the present moment is a miracle. The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green Earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now. Peace is all around us - in [...]