December 2011
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Go in peace, and peace be upon you.
– Steve Mason, The Beta Band
The last thing Steve said at the last ever Beta Band gig. It has stayed with me since, and I think it is suitable for saying goodbye to 2011. 2012, I wonder what it will bring.
Happy New Year people!
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When you break rules, break ‘em good and hard.
– Nanny Ogg, Wyrd Sisters, Terry Pratchett
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a...
– George Washington
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The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Death: “THERE ARE BETTER THINGS IN THE WORLD THAN ALCOHOL, ALBERT.”...
– Terry Pratchett
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It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the...
– Ansel Adams
And indeed to also save our livelihoods, freedom, and basic well being.
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Ginger: You know what the greatest tragedy is in the whole world?…...
– Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures
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Ike aku, ike mai; kokua aku, kokua mai.
Recognise others, be recognized; help...
– Hawaiian Proverb (via jatecson)
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All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the...
– Abraham Lincoln
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And what would humans be without love?”
“Rare,” said Death.
– Terry Pratchett, Sourcery
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…think about your legacy, do you really want for your legacy to be that you were...
– Derrick Jensen at Occupy DC 7-10-11 (via photomgraphy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l5fY5efB6s&feature=share
Fuck I love this man. “A Language Older Than Words” is probably the most remarkable book that I have ever read.
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[Man] sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to...
– The Dalai Lama (via anticapitalist)
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We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment.
– Margaret Mead
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I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my...
– Ray Charles
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Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.
– Terry Pratchett
Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn’t believing. It’s where...
– Terry Pratchett, Pyramids
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No matter what we call it, poison is still poison, death is still death, and...
– Derrick Jensen
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