An important thought

"What i'm enjoying lately, and i only remember one of them off-hand, but i keep coming across aphorisms that you hear all the time and then you find you loathe when you really think about them. One of them is the Benjamin Disraeli¹ quote – "anyone who is not a liberal when he is young has no heart, and anyone who is not a conservative when he is old has no head." And my thought is, when you start creating pithy little aphorisms to justify heartlessness, you already know you've wandered off the path of righteousness."

– Dylan Brody, in WTF Episode 78

¹ More often attributed to Churchill, but actually a misattribution in both cases.

"To whom... speed means freedom of the soul."

"Kowalski drives to drive, with no real purpose for doing what he's doing. He decides to give his own life its definition and meaning, with complete freedom over his actions."

Transcribing the lyrics to "N.W.W.", i remembered what a great film Vanishing Point is. 
It quickly became clear at least two of my group had never seen it before. We are remedying this now.

Sage advice from Mr. Tom Waits

"Advice for the class of 2000: Run away and join the circus. Get a tattoo, hop a train. Plant a garden and save the seeds. Get married, have kids, wear a hat. Get good with a bullwhip. Don't lie, don't cheat, don't steal. Everyone must put beans on the table. Be devoted to the unification of the diverse aspects of yourself. Remember, most of what is essential is invisible to the eye. The quality of time you spend with someone far outweighs the quantity. And there's a lot you can do with a wah-wah pedal and a bullet mike."

— Tom Waits, Rolling Stone Millennium Special [RS 830/831], December 30, 1999

One very important thought.

I remember when I was talking to my supervisor and he highly recommended that I go and get my doctorate.

I said, "By the time I get my doctorate I'll be fifty!"

And you know what he said?

"You'll be fifty anyway."

— Edith Eva Eger, ballerina/psychiatrist, in Third Agers (BBC World Service)