Things will be bright in P.M. A cop will shine a light in your face.
Just as I'm opposed to political fascism, I'm opposed to economic fascism. I think that until major institutions of society are under the popular control of participants and communities, it's pointless to talk about democracy.
-- Noam Chomsky
Who cares about the victim if the gesture is beautiful?
-- Laurent Tailhade
So so is good, very good, very excellent good:
and yet it is not; it is but so so.
-- William Shakespeare, "As You Like It"
You have an unusual magnetic personality. Don't walk too close to
metal objects which are not fastened down.
If the federal government can't even count how many laws there are, what chance does an individual have of being certain that they are not acting in violation of one of them?
-- Moxie Marlinspike
Q: How many Bell Labs Vice Presidents does it take to change a light bulb?
A: That's proprietary information. Answer available from AT&T on payment
of license fee (binary only).
When we have undermined the patriotic lie, we shall have cleared the path for the great structure where all shall be united into a universal brotherhood -- a truly free society.
-- Emma Goldman
The bay-trees in our country are all wither'd
And meteors fright the fixed stars of heaven;
The pale-faced moon looks bloody on the earth
And lean-look'd prophets whisper fearful change.
These signs forerun the death or fall of kings.
-- Wm. Shakespeare, "Richard II"
You will be married within a year.
Q: How many gradual (sorry, that's supposed to be "graduate") students
does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: "I'm afraid we don't know, but make my stipend tax-free, give my
advisor a $30,000 grant of the taxpayer's money, and I'm sure he
can tell me how to do the gruntwork for him so he can take the
credit for answering this incredibly vital question."
Q: How many Californians does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Five. One to screw in the light bulb and four to share the
experience. (Actually, Californians don't screw in
light bulbs, they screw in hot tubs.)
Q: How many Oregonians does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Three. One to screw in the light bulb and two to fend off all
those Californians trying to share the experience.
From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
-- Louis Blanc
One should always be a little improbable.
-- Oscar Wilde
The Revolution aimed at new arrangements; insurrection leads us no longer to let ourselves be arranged, but to arrange ourselves.
-- Max Stirner
States are violent to the extent that they have the power to act in the interests of those with domestic power.
-- Noam Chomsky
Our being is becoming, not stasis. Our science is utopia, our reality is eros, our desire is revolution.
-- Murray Bookchin
Don't Worry, Be Happy.
-- Meher Baba
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.
-- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
Avoid reality at all costs.