Izaak Walton on Nature

June 23rd, 2007

Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art.

- Izaak Walton

Rene Descartes on Dreams & Dreaming

June 22nd, 2007

I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.

- Rene Descartes

William Congreve on Love

June 22nd, 2007

Say what you will, ’tis better to be left than never to have been loved.

- William Congreve

Oscar Wilde on Jobs & Working

June 21st, 2007

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

- Oscar Wilde

Betty Bender on Jobs & Working

June 21st, 2007

When people go to work, they shouldn’t have to leave their hearts at home.

- Betty Bender

Arnold Palmer on Sports

June 20th, 2007

What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.

- Arnold Palmer

John Perry Barlow on Technology

June 20th, 2007

We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair than the world your governments have made before.

- John Perry Barlow

George Will on Politics

June 19th, 2007

The unpleasant sound Bush is emitting as he traipses from one conservative gathering to another is a thin, tinny arf - the sound of a lap dog.

- George Will

Victor Hugo on Music

June 19th, 2007

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

- Victor Hugo

John McEnroe on Sports

June 18th, 2007

I’ll let the racket do the talking.

- John McEnroe