Wednesday, October 15, 2008

and more delicious too

A good tart is far more admirable than a decayed intellect.
-Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz

Monday, October 13, 2008

wow

However lousy it is to sit in your basement and pretend to be an elf, I can tell you from personal experience it's worse to sit in your basement and try to figure if Ginger or Mary Ann is cuter.
-Clay Shirky, Here Comes Everybody

Friday, October 10, 2008

nature or nurture

"This is a strange affair, very strange!" declared the Guardian. "But you seem harmless. Folks do not smile so delightfully when they mean mischief."

"As for that," said Jack, "I cannot help my smile, for it is carved on my face with a jack-knife."

-Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

but the scars are so interesting

One is never so pretty after being mended, you know.
-the dainty china Princess, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Frank Baum

Thursday, September 11, 2008

ultimate practicality

None of them is fit to work, so you may tear them into small pieces.
-Wicked Witch of the West, Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

I just don't feel motivated to run that maze

There’s no such thing as depression in mice.
-Jerry Cott, psychopharmacologist, kansascity.com

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

fight the power

Freedom is something you have to take for yourself.
-Cory Doctorow, Little Brother