Quote of the Day, 7-31-09

“Once upon a time laments about the pitiful condition of the Arabs were restricted to the printed media. Now more than 500 Arabic satellite stations broadcast their mournful dirge 24 hours a day, seven days a week.” -Al-Ahram Weekly

Quote of the Day, 7-23-09

“Welcome to the Information Age! Where the voices in your head may freely converse with the digital avatars of similar paranoids who reside thousands of miles from your bunker!” -Sadly, No!

Quote of the Day, 3-10-09

“Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” -John 15:13 (NIV)

Quote of the Day, 3-4-09

“[River comes out of a vision to find herself holding a gun, which Mal takes from her.] Mal: Fully loaded, safety off. This here is a recipe for unpleasantness. [to Simon] Does she understand that? River: She understands. She doesn’t comprehend. Mal: Well, I’m glad we’ve made that distinction.” -Firefly

Quote of the Day, 3-3-09

“[Book pulls out a rifle.] Book: This should do. Zoe: Preacher, don’t the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing? Book: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.” -Firefly

Quote of the Day, 3-2-09

This week’s quotes come courtesy of the wonderful sci-fi series Serenity. “(Wash is playing with plastic dinosaurs.) Wash: (as Stegosaurus) Yes…yes. This is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it…this land. (as Allosaur) I think we should call it your grave! (as Stegosaurus) [...]

Quote of the Day, 2-27-09

“Experience teaches that a strong memory is generally joined to a weak judgment.” -Michel de Montaigne, Essays

Quote of the Day, 2-26-09

“For truth itself does not have the privilege to be employed at any time and in every way; its use, noble as it is, has its circumscriptions and limits.” -Michel de Montaigne, Essays

Quote of the Day, 2-25-09

“It is more of a job to interpret the interpretations than to interpret the things, and there are more books about books than about any other subject: we do nothing but write glosses about each other.” -Michel de Montaigne, Essays

Quote of the Day, 2-24-09

“A man must be a little mad if he does not want to be even more stupid.” -Michel de Montaigne, Essays