an everyday rebellion
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
—Thomas A. Edison
The best defense against misguided arrogance is a keen sense of humour.
—Kathryn L. Nelson
You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.
—Henry Ford
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
—Dorothy Nevill
Be systematically heroic in little unnecessary points, do every day or two something for no other reason than its difficulty, so that, when the hour of need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved or untrained to stand the test.
—Daniel Akst
I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another.
—Homer
I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
—Eleanor Roosevelt
why we need troublemakers
cheap medicine according to lord byron
mark twain on following your dreams
don’t raise your voice; improve your argument
People are easily anesthetized by overstatement.
— John Maddox
There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
—Edith Wharton
The one great sin is wasting existence. Never leave moments totally empty. If you’re too tired to read or write or think, do something you’re not too tired to do. The refrigerator. The leaves. The shoes.
—Mario Cuomo
