Men cannot not live by exchanging articles, but producing them. They live by work not trade. – John Ruskin
To be able to ask a question clearly is two-thirds of the way to getting it answered. – John Ruskin

Men cannot not live by exchanging articles, but producing them. They live by work not trade. – John Ruskin
To be able to ask a question clearly is two-thirds of the way to getting it answered. – John Ruskin
There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation. – John Ruskin
Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding hesitation, doing as well as they can, what practical work lies at hand. – John Ruskin
I want to be taken seriously as the type of musician that plays stuff like an electric rake. I mean, how seriously do you take someone like Spike Jones? They take him pretty seriously – a really good musician who made a great contribution in terms of humor, which is part of what I try to do too. – Eugene Chadbourne