“Every morning, to earn my bread,
I go to the market where lies are bought.
Hopefully
I take up my place among the sellers.”

Bertolt Brecht - “Hollywood” from “Poems in Exile” (1942)

“Is there anything more pathetic than a monster who keeps asking please? please? please?”

Brett Easton Ellis - “Lunar Park” (2005)

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“Only two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the former.”

Albert Einstein

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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”

Mark Twain

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“Education… has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.”

G. M. Trevelyan

I’ve added a reading list page which I will update frequently.
The link is at the bottom right of every page.

“My biggest problem with the phrase ‘white power’ is my distaste for redundancy.”

Merkley

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“It’s like being unchained from a lunatic.”

George Melly, discussing the positive side of impotence.

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As if it mattered

April 4, 2007

“Brits will on average be enjoying over 3.5 eggs each over the Easter weekend alone. But over a quarter don’t know why handing them out symbolises the birth of Jesus…”

Somerfield Supermarket press release

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“There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation resisted”

James Branch Cabell

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“I have known many troubles in my life, and most of them never happened.”

Mark Twain

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