When seagulls follow the trawler it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea
Here stands the Great Machine! Its eyes are gold and silver, and its name is Urizen. Ever does it turn, marching forward into eternity, turning the blood of men into history. Caught in its terrible gears, the world wails. Turning, turning, ever turning: The end is marked by a wheel
The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man confines himself within ancient limits.
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in a culture where even the doctors are out of touch with reality, who diagnoses the sickness of society?
Image is everything is only half true:
In a world without investigative journalism, image is everything.
I think all any of us really wants is connection, and I think as a culture we've somehow fooled ourselves into thinking there's exactly one person in the world who can give it to us.
"Specialization breeds biases that ultimately aggregate as international & ideological discord, which, in turn, leads to war." ~Bucky Fuller
Never judge a man till you have walked a mile in his shoes, 'cuz by then, he's a mile away, you've got his shoes, and you can say whatever the hell you want to.
Spam was, Spam is and Spam shall be. After summer is winter, and after winter, summer. It ruled once where Man rules now; where Man rules now, it shall rule again. As a foulness shall ye know it.
Only idiots don't point out the common sense because it is common sense to point out the obvious when
it is obvious that most people are idiots.
If you believe that, I wonder what you'll believe when your eventually convinced its a lie.
We learn something every day, and lots of times it's that what we learned the day before was wrong.
-Bill Vaughn
A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.
-Bill Vaughan
If an asshole is someone that makes you question the things that you care about, then we need more assholes.
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