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“Artificial flight may be defined as that form of aviation in which a man flies at will in any direction by means of an apparatus attached to his body, the use of which requires personal skill. Artificial flight by a single individual is the proper beginning for all species of artificial flight, as the necessary conditions can most easily be fulfilled when man flies individually.”
Source : "The Romance of Aeronautics". Book by Charles Cyril Turner, Ch. VII Lilienthal and Pilcher, 1912.
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“The United States is broke — fiscally, morally, intellectually — and the Fed has incited a global currency war (Japan just signed up, the Brazilians and Chinese are angry, and the German-dominated euro zone is crumbling) that will soon overwhelm it. When the latest bubble pops, there will be nothing to stop the collapse. If this sounds like advice to get out of the markets and hide out in cash, it is.”
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“The work of a director can be summed up in two very simple words. Why and How.”
Source : "On Directing: Interviews with Directors". Book editing by Gabriella Giannachi, Foreword, 1999.
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“And also--to add to my problems--my parents and relatives kept telling me how they'd grown up feeling so close to the Almighty that they'd spoken to Him on a daily basis as one would speak to a friend and how, now and then, God had actually spoken back to them in the form of miracles.”
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“All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead.”
Source : "Looted". Poem by Anna Akhmatova, 1921.
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“America is two Mack trucks colliding on a superhighway because all the drivers are on amphetamines.”
Source : Liner notes for compilation album "The Broadside Tapes 1" by Phil Ochs, 1989.
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“Take Time by the forelock.”
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“What can we do to make the world's children a priority...”
