04/02/11

We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't, it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions.

Jessamyn West

03/02/11

Allegory of Worldly and Otherworldly Drunkenness, ca. 1526–27
Sultan Muhammad

The secret of eternal youth is arrested development. 

-Alice Roosevelt Longworth

02/02/11

Bowl, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

 

Every increased possession loads us with new weariness. 

-John Ruskin

01/02/11

The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass.

-Martin Mull