#rio

A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works. ↗

— Bill Vaughan

#fellow #gets #parking #patriot #real

Someone earlier made a remark about losing 500 soldiers and 2,200 wounded in Iraq. Those soldiers were sent there by the vote of Sen. Lieberman, Sen. Edwards and Sen. Kerry. I think that is a serious matter. ↗

— Howard Dean

#earlier #edwards #i #i think #iraq

Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs. ↗

— Guy Debord

#ignorance #periods #quotations #useful

I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't. ↗

— Jack Dee

#discard #effect #however #i #liked

I was on various anti-depressants, but not for long - I didn't function very well on them. I felt sort of flattened out. ↗

— Jack Dee

#flattened #function #i #long #out

In this movement of colors I find the essence, which does not arise from a system, or an a priori theory. ↗

— Robert Delaunay

#colors #does #essence #find #i

Yes, the European model remains superior to that of America and Japan. ↗

— Jacques Delors

#european #japan #model #remains #superior

The older I get the more I realize there's no real good guys or real bad guys, and I'm curious about how the good guys got good and how the bad guys got bad. ↗

— Ted Demme

#bad #bad guys #curious #get #good

Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These, now as of old, are not gifts of the gods: men stumble into them themselves because of their own blindness and folly. ↗

— Democritus

#blindness #excepting #folly #gifts #give

I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination. ↗

— Judi Dench

#combination #i #i think #job #seriously