"Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light." — Joseph Pulitzer
Artwork by Steve Powers
“From out there on the moon, politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out, and say - Look at that, you son of bitch.” - Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14
NASA photo of Mitchell getting lost on the moon, as we learned that our perceptions change out there!
A screaming song is good to know in case you need to scream. - Ruth Krauss
Illustration by Maurice Sendak
“My mother never allowed me to be the nice girl. I’ve always walked into a room absolutely thinking I belonged.” - Shonda Rhimes
Photo MGM, Charlotte Greenwood, 1928.
Comprehension declines as the number of hyperlinks in a document increases. - Rolf Dobelli https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/apr/12/news-is-bad-rolf-dobelli
Illustration by John Holcroft
“What if we are wrong about climate change, and we create a better world for nothing?” - Anonymous
Time exists in order that everything doesn’t happen all at once, and space exists so that it doesn’t all happen to you. - Susan Sontag
Words and images of others I find idiocyncratic, intriguing and inspirational.
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