"Rumors and reports of man's relation with animals are the world's oldest news stories, headlined in the stars of the zodiac, posted on the walls of prehistoric caves, inscribed in the languages of Egyptian myth, Greek philosophy, Hindu religion, Christian art, our own DNA. Belonging within the circle of mankind's intimate acquaintance ... constant albeit speechless companions, they supplied energies fit to be harnessed or roasted."

-- Lewis H. Lapham

#Christian Quotes #Art Quotes #Stars Quotes

“If all pleasure is relief from tension, junk affords relief from the whole life process, in disconnecting the hypothalamus, which is the center of psychic energy and libido.”
“Full democracy requires the full participation of women. Your voices are vital. The word 'vital' means necessary for life. A democracy, to be fully alive, must include all its citizens.”
“Happiness is being on the beam with life - to feel the pull of life”

Source : Agnes Martin (2005). “Schriften”, Cantz
“Wow. I've never been a VIP before. I've never even been a IP.”
“I had an old band in Scandinavia, the beginning of Mercyful Fate, so it reminds me of my roots as a teenager. We used to play songs like Grinder and all that. It's really like being a teenager again. (Laughs)”
“A bride should look at {everything} she possibly can...just so she can experiment and see what makes her really feel beautiful or glamorous or classical or whatever she desires to be on that particular day.”
“The wonder of a free-market society is that we can all do our best to package our message in an entertaining fashion and present it - and then everybody votes with their footsteps.”
“The source of genius is imagination alone, the refinement of the senses that sees what others do not see, or sees them differently.”

You may also like:

Barbara Ehrenreich
American Political figure
Brian Mulroney
Former Prime Minister of Canada
Edward Jay Epstein
Journalist
George Plimpton
Journalist
Jeff Sharlet
Journalist
Jeffrey Rosen
Academic
Sean Wilentz
Professor
Steve Stern
Author
Curtis White
Essayist