Quote of the Day for 2016-07-15

"And the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."

— Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) Leviathan, part 1, chapter 13 (1651)

The death of Eric Garner, at the hands of NYPD officers, in Staten Island, New York, as recorded by his friend, Ramsey Orta (July 17, 2014)

Quote of the Day for 2016-06-24

"Very occasionally, if you really pay attention, life doesn’t suck."

— Joss Whedon (1964-    ) "It's Shakespeare's Fault," liner notes to Once More, With Feeling (2002)

Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, Chris Evans as Captain America, Joss Whedon as The Director, and Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, on the set of The Avengers (2011)

Quote of the Day for 2016-06-05

"The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. No, not at all. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be."

— Robert Fulghum (1937-    ) It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It (1988)

Pastorale by Rupert Bunny (1893)

Quote of the Day for 2015-09-19

"Come on, you sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever?"

— Daniel Daly (1874-1937) During the Battle of Belleau Wood, June 6, 1918. Quoted by Floyd Gibbons in And They Thought We Wouldn't Fight

La Brigade Marine Americaine au Bois de Belleau by Georges Scott (1918), published in L'Illustration