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Quote of the Week – Martin Luther King, Jr.

“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.” – Martin Luther King, Jr., Jan. 15, 1929, Atlanta, GA. – April 4, 1968, Lorra... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – George Carlin

“That's why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.” – George Carlin, b. 1937 – d. 2008 ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 13 2026quote of the week

Quote of the Week – Brigitte Bardot

“I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals.” – Brigitte Bardot, b. 1934 – d. 2025 ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 06 2026quote of the week

Quote of the Week – Henry Miller from Brooklyn

“Jack Kerouac has done something to our immaculate prose from which it may never recover.” – Henry Miller from Brooklyn, Dec. 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980 ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 30 2025quote of the week

Quote of the Week – Joseph Campbell

“You must give up the life you planned, in order to have the life that is waiting for you.” – Joseph Campbell, 1904–1987 ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 23 2025quote of the week

Quote of the Week – Hillel the Elder

“A single candle can light a thousand more without extinguishing itself.” – Hillel the Elder ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 16 2025quote of the week

Quote of the Week – Aldous Huxley

“The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.” – Aldous Huxley, B. 1894, UK – D. 1963, L.A. ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 09 2025quote of the week

Quote of the Week – William Burroughs

“What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and shit’s quantity.” – William Burroughs, b. 1914 Missouri – d. 1997 Kansas ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 02 2025quote of the week

Quote of the Week – Yoko Ono

“Common sense prevents you from thinking. Have less sense and you will make more sense.” – Yoko Ono ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 25 2025quote of the week

Quote of the Week – Andrea Gibson

“Come love, make me better than I was. Come teach me a kinder way to say my own name.” – Andrea Gibson, Aug. 13, 1975 – July 14, 2025 ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 18 2025quote of the week

Quote of the Week – Hannah Arendt

“The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.” – Elon Musk“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.” – Hannah Arendt, 1906-1975 ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 11 2025quote of the week

Quote of the Week – Henry Miller

“Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.” – Henry Miller from B... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 04 2025quote of the week

Quote of the Week – Mark Twain

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” – Mark Twain aka Samuel Clemens, November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910 ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 28 2025quote of the week

Quote of the Week – Jack Kerouac

“People waste all their time. They’re alive for just so long, and they waste their time on recriminations and retributions and all such nonsense.” – Jack Kerouac, b. 1922 – d. 1969 ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 21 2025quote of the week

Quote of the Week – Diane Keaton

“The best relationships develop out of friendships.” – Diane Keaton, Jan. 5, 1946 – Oct. 11, 2025 ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 14 2025quote of the week

Quote of the Week – Jane Goodall

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” – Jane Goodall, B. 1934–D. 2025 ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 07 2025quote of the week

Quote of the Week – Marshall McLuhan

“Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.” – Marshall McLuhan, b. 1911–d. 1980 ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediaquote of the weekSept 30 2025

Quote of the Week – Robert Redford

“Not taking a risk is a risk. That’s how I see it.” – Robert Redford, 1936–2025 ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediaquote of the weekSept 23 2025

Quote of the Week – Arthur Schopenhauer

“There are two kinds of people in the world. Avoid both of them.” – Arthur Schopenhauer, b.1788 Poland – d.1860 Germany ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediaquote of the weekSept 16 2025

Quote of the Week – Georgia O’Keeffe

“I have done nothing all summer but wait for myself to be myself again.” – Georgia O’Keeffe, b.1887 – d.1986 ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediaquote of the weekSept 09 2025

Quote of the Week – Ram Dass

“We’re all just walking each other home” – Ram Dass, b. Boston 1931 – d. Hawaii 2019 ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediaquote of the weekSept 02 2025

Quote of the Week – Anais Nin

“I must be a mermaid. I have no fear of depth and a great fear of shallow living.” – Anais Nin, b. Neuilly, France Feb. 1903 – d. Los Angeles Jan. 1977 ... Read More...

Aug 26 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediaquote of the week

Quote of the Week – RUMI

“Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come.” – RUMI, b. Sept. 1207 – d. Dec. 1273 ... Read More...

Aug 19 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediaquote of the week

Quote of the Week – Epictetus

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus, Died: 135 AD Greece ... Read More...

Aug 12 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediaquote of the week

Quote of the Week – Rodney King

“Can we all just get along?” – Rodney King, 1965–2012 ... Read More...

Aug 05 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediaquote of the week

Quote of the Week – Albert Camus

“It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.” – Albert Camus, b. Algeria 1913–d. France 1960 ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 29 2025quote of the week

Quote of the Week – Yogi Berra

“The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.” – Yogi Berra, 1925–2015 ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 22 2025quote of the week

Quote of the Week – Anne Lamott

“I’m here to be me, which is taking a great deal longer than I had hoped.” – Anne Lamott ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 15 2025quote of the week

Quote of the Week – Joseph Chilton Pearce

“Just because science and technology can do something, doesn’t mean it should.” – Joseph Chilton Pearce, 1926–2016 ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 08 2025quote of the week

Quote of the Week – Gore Vidal

“Never pass up a chance to have sex or appear on television.” ― Gore Vidal, b. 1925 West Point, NY – d. 2012 Hollywood Hills, CA ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 01 2025quote of the week

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