March 08, 2004

*Quotes of the Day

"The Creator is a comedian whose audience is afraid to laugh." -H. L. Mencken
"The man's desire is for the woman; the woman's desire is for the desire of the man." -Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Heard on Mancow this morning...

"We don't have Osama, but we have that evil Martha Stewart."

Posted by Jennifer at March 8, 2004 08:49 AM

Comments

Sorry to quibble, but that Mencken quote is not original with him. Voltaire said it first, afaik:

God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

Posted by: mallarme at March 8, 2004 02:20 PM

Quibbles encouraged. That's how we learn.

Posted by: Jennifer at March 8, 2004 02:24 PM

Well, to be honest, I said that only because some people think that sort of thing is pedantic. If so, I am a pedant, but it doesn't bother me (much). :)

Posted by: mallarme at March 8, 2004 07:24 PM


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