Every civilization is, among other things, an arrangement for domesticating the passions and setting them to do useful work. – Aldous Huxley Category: Civilization
Progress is man’s ability to complicate simplicity. – Thor Heyerdahl, Fatu-Hiva Category: Civilization
People don’t like the true and simple; they like fairy tales and humbug. – Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, Journal, 2 March 1861 Category: Civilization
The reputations of the nineteenth century will one day be quoted to prove its barbarism. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Uses of Great Men” (lecture) Category: Civilization
Every time I get up in the morning, melodies occur to me and I start trying to shape lyrics to melodies. – Andrew Bird Category: Morning
The best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for him there. – George Bernard Shaw, The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God, 193 Category: Gardens
Rock Hudson wasnt my type. Hes a great guy and had a great sense of humor. – Tab Hunter Category: Humor
My inspiration is art… because without art, we would just be stuck with reality. – Daniel R. Lynch Category: Art