"I always tell people I answered an ad in
the newspaper... right on the front page
there was this advertisement or article that was
there was this advertisement or article that was
saying 'NASA's looking for new astronauts...' "
Jack R. Lousma
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Linus Pauling
"Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of
the greatest sources of happiness in life."
Linus Pauling
Friday, February 24, 2012
George Frederic Handel
“Whether I was in my body or out
of my body as I wrote it I know not. God knows.”
George Frederic Handel
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Frederic Chopin
"Simplicity is the final achievement.
After one has played a vast quantity of notes
and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges
as the crowning reward of art."
Frederic Chopin
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Ansel Adams
"It is horrifying that we have to
fight our own government to save the environment."
Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams
Friday, February 17, 2012
Matt Groening
"Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig
and then suddenly he turns on you
with a miniature machine gun."
Matt Groening
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Susan B. Anthony
"Cautious, careful people, always
casting about to preserve their reputations...
can never effect a reform."
Susan B. Anthony
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Galileo Galilei
"In questions of science, the authority of
a thousand is not worth the humble
reasoning of a single individual."
Galileo Galilei
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Frederick Douglass
"At a time like this, scorching irony,
not convincing argument, is needed."
Frederick Douglass
Monday, February 13, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
Ossie Davis
“Any form of art is a form of power;
it has impact, it can affect change
it can not only move us, it makes us move.”
Ossie Davis
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Jules Verne
"I believe cats to be spirits come to earth.
A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud
without coming through."
Jules Verne
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Kurt Vonnegut
"Be careful what you pretend to be
because you are what you pretend to be."
Kurt Vonnegut
Monday, February 6, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Dorothea Tanning
"Keep your eye on your inner world
and keep away from ads
and idiots and movie stars,
except when you need amusement."
Dorothea Tanning
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Langston Hughes
"I tire so of hearing people say,
let things take their course. Tomorrow is
another day. I do not need my freedom
when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread."
Langston Hughes
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