Posts from the ‘Art’ Category
Jul 25
America’s students are taught a bit of Latin. Not to write prescriptions for pharmaceuticals, as might be expected. They learn that E pluribus unum is Latin for Out of many, one. So when they see the motto in the Great Seal of the United States on an after-tax dollar, they know what makes America great.
“One revolution is like one cocktail, it just gets you organized for the next.” ―Will Rogers
The whirling dervish going round on the inside track is thinking about breaking the record of revolutions per minute held by a mad holy roller on the outside track. He has another think coming.
“Every revolution was first a thought in one man’s mind.”
―Ralph Waldo Emerson
“If you like Piña Coladas, and getting caught in the rain…” ―Rupert Holmes
During the Cold War, a bartender at the Hilton Caribe Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, broke the ice for the world’s first Piña Colada, and a quartet of Puerto Rico’s pro-independence hot-heads opened fire on the U.S. Capital.
“The biggest gunfight in Secret Service History was over in 40 seconds. A total of twenty-seven shots had been fired.”
―Ronald Kessler
“I only hope that we don’t lose sight of one thing – that it was all started by a mouse.” ―Walt Disney
It’s magic, how wearing a mask lets people think they are invulnerable as cartoon characters in a fantasy world sponsored by cheese.
“When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it’s because he’s so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.”
―Walt Disney
“Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.” ―Robert A. Heinlein
If we were only as smart as our phone, we’d be slim as a supermodel’s thesis.
“There are so many different kinds of stupidity, and cleverness is one of the worst.“
―Thomas Mann
“If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.” ―John F. Kennedy
Without candlepower, night is colorless. Only in the light of a flame, flaring within from near or far, are colors striking.
“The whole point is to live life and be – to use all the colors in the crayon box.”
―RuPaul
“Being able to breathe underwater would be sweet.” ―Cameron Bright
Even without the Japanese sound effects, a 17th-century haiku named for an amphibian, makes a big splash.
Old pond! / a frog jumps in / water’s sound
―Frog haiku by Matsuo Bashō; English translation by Robert Aitken
“It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.” ―Arthur C. Clarke
Today’s lesson: The intellect is a classroom and wisdom a playroom.
“Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold.”
―Joseph Chilton Pearce
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