Quote of the Day for 2015-07-31

"Always remember others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself."

— Richard Nixon (1913-1994) Final speech before White House staff, August 9, 1974

Drawing of Muhammad by Bosch Fawstin, top award winner at the "Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest" in
Garland, TX, May 3, 2015, which was attacked by two gunmen. (Depictions of Muhammad are forbidden in Islam.)

Quote of the Day for 2015-07-30

"Epigrams succeed where epics fail."

— Persian proverb

 Banksy's version of The Silent Highwayman (1858) stenciled on the side of The Thekla in Bristol, UK (April 2005)

Quote of the Day for 2015-07-29

"Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly ... is having to accept it."

—William Faulkner (1897-1962) Requiem for a Nun, Act 2, scene 1

A Japanese post card from the late 19th century, which shows three geisha imitating the Three Wise Monkeys.
Left to right they are: Mizaru (see no evil), Iwazaru (speak no evil), and Kikazaru (hear no evil).