Quote O' The Day

[Krandall]

'It is possible that the most important decision in the history of therapy was the idea that it should be paid for by the hour.' -Jay Haley


Among the most important and influential figures in the history of 20th century psychotherapy, author, therapist and educator Jay Douglas Haley pioneered family therapy during the 1950s and '60s during his time at the Mental Research Institute near Stanford University.

[Krandall]

'It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering... makes men petty and vindictive. ' -W. Somerset Maugham


Among the most famous and prolific of 20th century English writers, W. Somerset Maugham has also enjoyed plenty of fame on the big screen -- filmmakers have been adapting his novels and short stories for the movies for almost nine decades, beginning with The Magician in 1926, and extending through over three dozen films, the most recent being The Painted Veil in 2006, with Naomi Watts.

[Krandall]

'The most precious things in speech are pauses. ' -Ralph Richardson


Sir Ralph David Richardson was one of the great English actors of the early 20th century, although some of his contemporaries -- such as Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud -- are somewhat better remembered, even though Richardson was the first among them to be knighted by the crown. While much of his best work was on the stage, Richardson was nominated for a pair of Oscars and won a BAFTA in 1952. Richardson exclusively drove a motorcycle for most of his life, even into his late 70s.

[Krandall]

'The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.'  -Desmond Morris

The British zoologist and ethologist Desmond Morris is best known for his worldwide best-selling book The Naked Ape, among several that he's published, about where and how humans fit into the evolutionary scheme of things. Also famous as a surrealist painter, Morris first came to fame as the host of the ITV show Zoo Time in the 1950s.

[dragonz]

'The Raptor Source is not a quad bike forum, it is a human zoo.'  -

[Colorado700R]

We must be the zookeepers then, cause we always get to shovel up the shit

[Krandall]

'All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others. ' -Cyril Connolly


Cyril Connolly is chiefly remembered today as an influential literary critic, but he did manage to do some of his own writing, including one of the earliest known spoofs of James Bond, 1962's Bond Strikes Camp, in which 007 gets himself involved in some exploits that skirt the notions of decency. First published in London Magazine and later by a local press, the book had the support of Bond's creator, Ian Fleming.

[dragonz]

'All Raptor source people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on charming people. ' -Cyril Squrrel

[Krandall]

Money is good for bribing yourself through the inconveniences of life. '  -Gottfried Reinhardt


The son of the great Austrian theater director Max Reinhardt, Gottfried Reinhardt was not quite the success his father was; he worked in Hollywood as a producer and director of mostly forgettable films during the 1950s and 1960s, with the exception, perhaps, of being listed as a producer on John Huston's adaptation of The Red Badge of Courage.

[Krandall]

Without justice, our lives have no value. '  -Anonymous


Today's quote comes from an unidentified Chinese man in an HBO documentary entitled China's Disaster. The man's only child was killed in 2008's Great Sichuan Earthquake, which killed almost 70,000 people, including 10,000 children. Most of the children were crushed when the schools they were attending collapsed, revealing extremely poor construction standards for many of the buildings. The documentary follows a group of grieving parents who undertake a protest march demanding justice for their children from the government and insisting they explain why the schools were so poorly constructed.

[Krandall]

'I sometimes envy the man in the street who has never learned to drink for himself. '  -N.F. Simpson


English playwright Norman Frederick Simpson published his first play in 1957, and although he's since written for radio, television and film, he's most closely associated with the Theater of the Absurd that developed in the 1950s and 1960s and included more familiar names such as Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco.

[Krandall]

'Pay no attention to what the critics say; no statue has ever been put up to a critic. '  -Jean Sibelius


Perhaps the most famous Finnish composer in the history of Western music, Sibelius is known chiefly for his seven symphonies, composed largely in the first part of the 20th century. Unlike, presumably, his contemporary critics, Sibelius does have a monument dedicated to him and his achievements. Located in Helsinki, the Sibelius Monument is a massive, 24-ton example of abstract art that uses over 600 steel pipes to represent the effect of his music on the listener.

[Krandall]

 Colorado700R: tweakers and squirrels have similar habits

[Peelz]

Colorado700R: tweakers and squirrels have similar habits

care to elaborate? 

[Krandall]

Colorado700R: tweakers and squirrels have similar habits

care to elaborate? 

[Today at 09:51:37 AM] Colorado700R: nuts in mouth....check
[Today at 09:51:49 AM] Colorado700R: hyper active ....check