#commentary

And pictures of perfection, as you know, make me sick and wicked. ↗

— Jane Austen

#commentary #humor #snark #humor

It's not oil that runs the world, it's shame. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#racial-politics #social-commentary #political-philosophy

Democracy is the worship of jackals by jackasses. ↗

— H.L. Mencken

#democracy

Two people, two hands, and two songs, in this case "Big Shot" and "Bette Davis Eyes." The lyrics of the two songs provided no commentary, honest or ironic, on the proceedings. They were merely there and always underfoot, the insistent gray muck that was pop culture. It stuck to our shoes and we tracked it through our lives. ↗

— Colson Whitehead

#life #music #pop-culture #songs #life

As music becomes less of a thing--a cylinder, a cassette, a disc--and more ephemeral, perhaps we will begin to assign an increasing value to live performances again. ↗

— David Byrne

#social-commentary #music

To me, the best zombie movies aren’t the splatter fests of gore and violence with goofy characters and tongue in cheek antics. Good zombie movies show us how messed up we are, they make us question our station in society… and our society’s station in the world. They show us gore and violence and all that cool stuff too… but there’s always an undercurrent of social commentary and thoughtfulness. ↗

— Robert Kirkman

#gore #introspective #social-commentary #society #violence

I know the pundits and the news media have carried a lot of commentary about cameras in the courtroom, and there's a lot of controversy about it as a result of the Simpson case. But I have not had enough time to step back and enough time to evaluate that. ↗

— Lance Ito

#back #cameras #carried #case #commentary

...If you genuinely believe that only the death of a loved one can motivate a human being to take up a cause...then get your pathetic, cynical ass out of my way so I can do my job! ↗

— Mark Waid

#commentary #literary-criticism #death

A hero would die for his country, but he'd much rather live for it. ↗

— Aaron Sorkin

#social-commentary #inspirational

We will not be dictated to by men with less intelligence, energy, initiative and ambition than we ourselves possess. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

#intelligence