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Satire's nature is to be one-sided, contemptuous of ambiguity, and so unfairly selective as to find in the purity of ridicule an inarguable moral truth.

E.L. Doctorow

Satire's nature is to be one-sided, contemptuous of ambiguity, and so unfairly selective as to find in the purity of ridicule an inarguable moral truth.

E.L. Doctorow

Tags: balance, bias, fairness, ridicule, satire, truth

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Tags: god, mothersday, children, mother

I have, I admit, a low tolerance for detached chronicling and cool analysis.

Leslie Fiedler

I have, I admit, a low tolerance for detached chronicling and cool analysis.

Leslie Fiedler

Tags: cool, tolerance, admit, analysis

Tony and Peg have two kids, Terry-Lynn and Harvey, both of whom are enrolled in so many extracurricular and afterschool clubs that they hardly ever see their parents. If Terry-Lynn is in Girl Guides,...

Rebecca McNutt

Tony and Peg have two kids, Terry-Lynn and Harvey, both of whom are enrolled in so many extracurricular and afterschool clubs that they hardly ever see their parents. If Terry-Lynn is in Girl Guides,...

Rebecca McNutt

Tags: afterschool, anime, beautiful, butterfly, caterpillar, change, cheater, children, coffee, drawing

The chip that functions abnormally will be desoldered, as they say.

Charles Stross

The chip that functions abnormally will be desoldered, as they say.

Charles Stross

Tags: androids, chip, computer, computers, hammer, humor, nail, robots, soldering

Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.

James Joyce

Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.

James Joyce

Tags: first lines, ireland, opening lines, shaving

La bellezza è raramente dolce o consolatoria. Quasi l'opposto. La vera bellezza è sempre un po' inquietante.

Donna Tartt

La bellezza è raramente dolce o consolatoria. Quasi l'opposto. La vera bellezza è sempre un po' inquietante.

Donna Tartt

Tags: donna tartt, frasi, libro, narrativa

Even in former days, Korea was known as the 'hermit kingdom' for its stubborn resistance to outsiders. And if you wanted to create a totally isolated and hermetic society, northern Korea in the years...

Christopher Hitchens

Even in former days, Korea was known as the 'hermit kingdom' for its stubborn resistance to outsiders. And if you wanted to create a totally isolated and hermetic society, northern Korea in the years...

Christopher Hitchens

Tags: 1953, china, curtis lemay, division of korea, hermit kingdom, japan, joseph stalin, kim il sung, korea, korea under japanese rule

Can you surf really well, then?I looked at Grover, who was trying hard not to laugh.

Rick Riordan

Can you surf really well, then?I looked at Grover, who was trying hard not to laugh.

Rick Riordan

Tags: athena, funny, humor, myth, mythology, olympians, percy jackson, posiedon, the lightning thief, zeus

Over the years I have come to understand three things about the police: 1) They cover up virtually everything involving a police officer. 2) They will not enforce the laws for people that they do not...

Steven Magee

Over the years I have come to understand three things about the police: 1) They cover up virtually everything involving a police officer. 2) They will not enforce the laws for people that they do not...

Steven Magee

Tags: about, blatantly, court, cover, drug, enforce, everything, faked, federal, fines

In everything, depend upon yourself, but work in harmony with all things. Do not depend even upon the Infinite, but learn to work and live in harmony with the Infinite. The highest teachings of the Ch...

Christian D. Larson

In everything, depend upon yourself, but work in harmony with all things. Do not depend even upon the Infinite, but learn to work and live in harmony with the Infinite. The highest teachings of the Ch...

Christian D. Larson

Tags: depend, harmony, infinite, oneness, perfect, power, principle, promise, supreme, work

Pay it forward with free compliments. They are returned in due time. NetworkEtiquette.net

David Chiles

Pay it forward with free compliments. They are returned in due time. NetworkEtiquette.net

David Chiles

Tags: compliment, compliments, free, golden rule, internet etiquette, netiquette, pay it forward, social media

We have an infinite supply of information and yet we cannot read.

R.F. Georgy

We have an infinite supply of information and yet we cannot read.

R.F. Georgy

Tags: digital age, dostoevsky, existentialism, feyodor dostoevsky, information, notes from the underground, philosophy, progress

Spring is the time to bloom like a flower with all our beauty. It is the time to spread the fragrance of our love and fill the air with joy.

Debasish Mridha

Spring is the time to bloom like a flower with all our beauty. It is the time to spread the fragrance of our love and fill the air with joy.

Debasish Mridha

Tags: beauty, debasish, debasish mridha, inspirational, love, mridha, philosophy, spread the fragrance of our love, spring

It's terrible to have to fear that your powers will activate at any given moment. Especially when you draw close to people... and find that your only choice is to pull away. It's overwhelming when you...

Zechariah Barrett

It's terrible to have to fear that your powers will activate at any given moment. Especially when you draw close to people... and find that your only choice is to pull away. It's overwhelming when you...

Zechariah Barrett

Tags: allegory, bonds, david laskaris, emotions, fear, liberation, powers, release, rp, separation

The only crime is pride.

Sophocles

The only crime is pride.

Sophocles

Tags: american culture, decline of western civilization, ethics and moral philosophy, morality, narcissism, narcissism epidemic, narcissists, pride, reality tv, religion

Not everything that is seen is visible.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Not everything that is seen is visible.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Tags: eye opener, humorous, inspirational, observation, proverbs, seen, sight, visibility, wise words

The most precious gifts you can think of are not ends in themselves. They all lead to God. Ultimately, that is what all His gifts are for.

John Piper

The most precious gifts you can think of are not ends in themselves. They all lead to God. Ultimately, that is what all His gifts are for.

John Piper

Tags: discipleship, grace of god, prayer

The hype cheapens the hyped, as right things are then made wrong by exaggeration.

Criss Jami

The hype cheapens the hyped, as right things are then made wrong by exaggeration.

Criss Jami

Tags: accuracy, advertisement, business, cheap, deceit, dishonesty, exaggeration, honesty, hype, integrity

Chemistry has energy and it's meant to be felt.

Stacy Snapp-Killian aka StacyK

Chemistry has energy and it's meant to be felt.

Stacy Snapp-Killian aka StacyK

Tags: bachelorette, bachelorhood, chemistry, couples, family, love, marriage, relationship, spiritually
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