“The human figure is coming back into fashion in painting, and what are all those poor [expletives deleted] going to do now? They never learned how to draw.” –Thomas Hart Benton, referring to painters from the Abstract Expressionist movement, via Robert Wernick
Category: quotable
Oct 09
Quotable: Ronald Reagan
“Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.”
Sep 24
Quotable: General Sternwood from The Big Sleep
“Hum, nice state of affairs when a man has to indulge his vices by proxy.” I thought of this as I brought in donuts for the guys this morning.
Mar 01
Quotable: Scene 24
“…and the music that we play are the oldies of today and we think those kids are strange….”
Jan 07
Quotable: G. K. Chesterton
“Oscar Wilde said that sunsets were not valued because we could not pay for sunsets. But Oscar Wilde was wrong; we can pay for sunsets. We can pay for them by not being Oscar Wilde.”
Sep 11
Quotable: Ray Bradbury
“It affects us only one way: We’re angry as [expletive deleted]. And we have to find these people and kill them. It’s very simple, you can’t let them get away with this. This is a terrible, terrible thing they’ve done.” –Ray Bradbury in the Chicago Tribune, September 12, 2001.
Aug 03
Quotable: Roger Moore
“I like cats. And I don’t like people who don’t.” –Roger Moore as Rufus Excalibur ffolkes in ffolkes.
Aug 21
Quotable: Matthew Henry
“Note, it is a sin against God not to pray for the Israel of God, especially for those of them that are under our charge.” “Our rule is to pray without ceasing; we sin if we restrain in general, and in particular if we cease praying for the church.” –Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole …
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