Relatively Serious
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) Letters-- A good marriage is that in which
each appoints the other guardian of his solitude.
Rex Stout on Life from An Informal Interview with Rex
Stout-- What a wonderful thing it [life] is. Anything that can be as exciting,
as dull, as interesting, as fruitful, as fruitless, all the things that life can be, and
then try to give it a meaning, too. . . well, nuts!
Rex Stout on Art from An Informal Interview with Rex Stout
-- I would call anything art that has in it an element of human imagination. And that
means, therefore, that I wouldn't rule out any human product if it has an element of
imagination in it. A man can make a chair, and if somehow he gets some of his own unique
personality into that chair, you could call it art.
Not So Serious (see also our humor of the day page, for
humorous quotes, jokes and bons mots.)
Kellogg Allbran from The Profit --The world is like a grain of sand only much,
much, larger.
2. Anon Career of an Actor: Who's Tom Blake. Get me Tom Blake. Get me a Tom
Blake type. Who's Tom Blake.
Churchill, Winston S., from Painting As A Pastime' What shall I do with all my books?' was the question; and the answer, 'Read them,' sobered the questioner. But if you cannot read them, at any rate handle them and, as it were, fondle them. Peer into them. Let them fall open where they will. Read on from the first sentence that arrests the eye. Then turn to another. Make a voyage of discovery, taking soundings of uncharted seas. Set them back on their shelves with your own hands. Arrange them on your own plan, so that if you do not know what is in them, you at least know where they are. If they cannot be your friends, let them at any rate be your acquaintances. If they cannot enter the circle of your life, do not deny them at least a nod of recognition.
Charles Darwin: A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which
isn't there.
Milton Shulman: I knew a mathematician who said, 'I do not know as much as God, but I know
as much as God did at my age.
From the Movies:
The Thing I don't know what it is but it's weird and it's pissed off!
Risky Business I can't believe I've got a trig exam tomorrow and I'm being
chased by Guido the killer pimp.
The Jerk It's not the money, it's the stuff.
Night of the Creeps Girls, the good news is, you're dates are here, the bad news
is, they're dead.
Tom and Carol and Ted and Alice Alright, then, after the orgy we'll go see Tony
Bennett sing.
Have a favorite quote you want to share?.
Let us know on our feedback page