Quote of the Day for 2016-09-20

"[I] am inclined to believe that few attacks either of ridicule or invective make much noise, but by the help of those that they provoke."

— Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) Letter to Hester Thrale (July 5, 1783)

Donna Rice and Gary Hart sitting on a dock in Bimini (1987)

Quote of the Day for 2015-10-28

"Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better."

— Richard Hooker (1554-1600) Quoted by Samuel Johnson in the preface to A Dictionary of the English Language

The Barack Obama "Hope" poster by Shepard Fairey (2008)

Quote of the Day for 2015-08-01

"Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound; great debts are like cannon, of loud noise but little danger."

— Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) Letter to Joseph Simpson, circa 1759.

Greeks demonstrate in front of the country's parliament on February 16, 2015 in a pro-government demonstration
after Athens rejected an initial EU bailout offer as "absurd" and "unacceptable" (AFP Photo/Louisa Gouliamaki)