quote of the day #070510

It is difficult to speak adequately or justly of London. It is not a pleasant place; it is not agreeable, or cheerful, or easy, or exempt from reproach. It is only magnificent.

- Henry James

quote(s) of the day #110410

Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.

- Samuel Johnson

quote of the day #251108

I'm not bitter, I'm just unsweetened.

- Threadless

quote of the day #290508

If you don’t have the guts to save yourself you probably deserve to be fucked.

- Dirty Writer

progress process

Without contraries there is no progression.
- William Blake

I wish I have more time coupled with the patience to blog.
It's been mad at work recently and I don't see the situation improving any time soon.

I'm so looking forward to some time off.

quote of the day #231107

Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.

- Frank Herbert

quote of the day #081007

Water that is too pure has no fish.

- Zen teacher Ts'ai Ken T'an

discuss disgust

Nearly a year and a half.
No news, no word of thanks, nothing.
Just two heavy boxes collecting dust in a corner.
While there was time and money to be gallivanting around the world, and wining and dining and sixty-nining, there was no time nor money for a phone call, an email or a text message.
Of course I had to make the long distance call to ask the word "how?".
Of course I have to wait another six months before anything can be done.
Of course I'm asking for it.
Of course all I can do is to rant in a little cyber corner.
But of course.
Because I am but a fool.
Ah but what a fool.

A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not get out.
- Saul Bellow

quote of the day #050907

Love your job, but never fall in love with your company because you never know when the company stops loving you.

- Narayana Murthy

quote of the day #150707

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow".

- Mary Ann Radmacher

quote of the day #250607

The brave don't live forever, but the cautious don't live at all.

- Timothy Luce

quote of the day #020607

...Spend any amount of time around people, you get your heart broke. Treachery, hypocrisy, promise of love. Look into the mouth of a person and you'll find lies, wriggling there like maggots, waiting to grow wings. The world has gone mad. A man could kill from sun up, to sunset, and still his work would never be done.

- Earnest Edward Dell
CSI Season 7 Episode 10

quote of the day #160507

Wanting to reform the world without discovering one's true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.
- Sri Ramana Maharshi

quote of the day #080307

The truth is, a moral compass can only point you in the right direction, it can't make you go there. Our culture preaches that you shouldn't be ashamed of anything you do anymore. And unfortunately this city is built on the principle that there's no such thing as guilt. "Do whatever you want, we won't tell." So without a conscience, there's nothing to stop you from killing someone. And evidently you don't even have to feel bad about it.

- Gil Grissom (William Petersen)
CSI Season 7

quote of the day #170107

Say no to people when you should. Don't be a rubbish bin.
- Bobby Chen
Taiwanese singer

dr house cool

I know everyone says they have a wonderful crew and certainly that can't be the case. We can't all be wonderful. Somebody somewhere is working with a crew of drunken thieves. But it's not me.
- Hugh Laurie
Golden Globes 2007, Best Actor for House

唉

少年不识愁滋味，爱上层楼。爱上层楼，为赋新词强说愁。
而今识尽愁滋味，欲说还休。欲说还休，却道天凉好个秋。
近来愁似天来大，谁解相怜。谁解相怜，又把愁来做个天。
都将今古无穷事，放在愁边。放在愁边，却自移家向酒泉。

- <<采桑子>>辛弃疾

quote of the day #291206

Women are like diamonds. They have to be cut before they can sparkle.
- Annie Yi, Taiwanese actress
on how pain helps women grow

I must be a sparkly one then.

quote of the day #131206

If you're bothered about getting shot - here's a thing - don't join the army.
- Noel Gallagher
on troops who complain when injured in Iraq

quote of the day #121006

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
- Lao Tzu