jperceval

jperceval
  • Updated:May 16, 2012 4:31 pm
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  • Member Since:July 24, 2001 11:20 am
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March 29
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"I'm a professional cynic, but my heart's not in it..." -- Blur, "Country House"

"When people tell me they are happy, my ass begins to twitch." --Luc Tessiyer

"Writing comes easy. All you have to do is stare at a blank piece of paper until your forehead bleeds." --Douglas Adams

"I may not be endangered, but I'm constantly annoyed." --Bucky Katt

"The years teach us much the days never knew." --Ralph Waldo Emerson

"In wildness is the preservation of the world." -- Henry David Thoreau

"Whatever happened to childhood dreams? Why isn't this a room full of ballerinas and firemen?" --Tom Rhodes

"A whole long life spent tuning strings
And will it now mean anything
But empty chords that only bring
An endless, voiceless sorrowing..."
--Duncan Sheik, "Time and Good Fortune"

"Our house was a temple to The Book. We owned thousands, nay millions of books. They lined the walls, filled the cupboards, and turned the floor into a maze far more complex than Hampton Court's. Books ruled our lives. They were our demigods."
--Nick Bantock, Griffin & Sabine, An Extraordinary Correspondence

"Tradition is a trap, it allows people to stick their head in the sand. Everything in the past was so quaint, so charming. Times were simpler. Kids didn't have sex. Neighbors knew each other. It's a freaking fairy tale. Things sucked then, too. It just sucked without indoor plumbing." --Luke Danes

"For every good woman there’s a dirty little wolf just ready to lead her astray. You can’t help it, he’s got the eyes, the chin, the chest hair you could carpet your dining room with. . .I mean, what’s a woman to do? We’re not made of steel for God’s sake." --Babette Dell

"Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain." --Martin Mull

"...democracy is the eagle on the back of a dollar bill, with 13 arrows in one claw, 13 leaves on a branch, 13 tail feathers, and 13 stars over its head. This signifies that when the white man came to this country, it was bad luck for the Indians, bad luck for the trees, bad luck for the wildlife, and lights out for the American eagle." --Johnny Carson

"...reason has been a part of organized religion
ever since two nudists took dietary advice from
a talking snake." ~Jon Stewart

 

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