Some inspirational words I found in the basement at Fall Down Gallery.
Clever things make people feel stupid, and unexpected things make them feel scared.
Futurama
(Inspiration for my next career.)
The impulse to perfection cannot exist where the definition of perfection is the arbitrary decision of authority. That which is born in loneliness and from the heart cannot be defended against the judgment of a committee of sycophants.
The idea that the nation’s culture can be shaped by mandating the nationality of prime-time content on TV networks and radio stations is as antiquated as it was flawed to start with. And we’re wasting money and time by continuing to force media outlets to comply.
I was going to make fun of Nickelback, but then I decided to just move on with my life.
I will solve your problem, and you will pay me. […] You can use what I produce, or not, but I will not do options, and either way you will pay me.
Paul Rand
Words for designers and freelancers to live by.
Oh, wait, oh geez! I forgot about revenge against my enemies! Okay… revenge against all my enemies, they should die like pigs in Hell! That would be the fourth wish!
…and of course, my fifth wish would be for all the children of the world to join hands and sing in the spirit of peace and harmony.
Be in love with yr life
Be crazy dumbsaint of the mind
Blow as deep as you want to blow
Write what you want bottomless from the bottom of the mind
Remove literary, grammatical and syntactical inhibition
Write in recollection and amazement for yourself
It’s a known fact in advertising circles that only idiots click on ads — and yet advertisers still think that click-through rates mean something, and that a higher click-through rate means a better ad. It’s the measurement fallacy: people tend to think that what they can measure is what they want, just because they can measure it. And it’s endemic in the online advertising industry.
A reminder to myself
We have developed speed but we have shut ourselves in:
machinery that gives abundance has left us in want.
Our knowledge has made us cynical,
our cleverness hard and unkind.
We think too much and feel too little:
More than machinery we need humanity;
More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness.
Soma is what they would take when
hard times opened their eyes
Saw pain in a new way
High stakes for a few names
Racing against sunbeams
Losing against fig trees
A dollar used to purchase a median-price, single-family California home in 1980 would have grown to $5.63 in 2007, and to $2.98 in 2010. The same dollar invested in the Dow Jones Industrial Index would have been worth $14.41 in 2007, and $11.49 in 2010.
Now what is a wedding? Well, Webster’s dictionary describes a wedding as the process of removing weeds from one’s garden.
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I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
