Category Archives: Quotations

Things people said.

“Deliberation rather than grace”

Posted on July 13, 2018 by JMN

“Despite his anarchistic impulses, Wojnarowicz [pronounced voyna-ROH-vitch]  was a methodical worker, a planner. The Rimbaud series was carefully developed through notebook drawings, examples of which are on view. Self-taught, he painted the way certain writers write, with deliberation rather than … Continue reading →

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“Found Doggerel”

Posted on July 13, 2018 by JMN

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Found Doggerel “The stock market has predicted nine of the last five recessions,” said a lawyer slicker than dear guts hanging from a doorknob. Christ, the narcissism of minor differences! No one is the suppository of all wisdom. His thrusting … Continue reading →

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Ouch!

Posted on July 9, 2018 by JMN

“I don’t like country music, but I don’t denigrate people who do. And for people who like it, ‘denigrate’ means ‘put down.’ ” (Bob Newhart) (Copyright 2018 James Mansfield Nichols. All rights reserved.)

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“They are female.”

Posted on July 8, 2018 by JMN

“Maybe our leaders, who seem so quick to threaten violence or shut down the government, should spend some time with dairy cows. They are ponderous ships of milk. There are infinite births to attend. They slow time. They are female.” … Continue reading →

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How a bespoke Suit works

Posted on July 7, 2018 by JMN

“A Savile Row suit ‘rarely looks new in the conventional sense.’ Its magic ‘is that it enhances your real self into heightened fantasy, then presents this fantasy as your real self.’ “ (Lance Richardson, “House of Nutter,” reviewed by Matthew … Continue reading →

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Likability

Posted on July 7, 2018 by JMN

“As far as likability, I don’t think that I have more than most people but I try not to be rude. I like when people are polite and kind to other people. I just think life is so hard, why … Continue reading →

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Anne Tyler on Eudora Welty and endurance

Posted on July 6, 2018 by JMN

[Tyler discovered Welty’s “A Curtain of Green and Other Stories” at age 14.] “I was just flabbergasted. I said, she’s writing my life, people I know, and it’s not Shakespearean English… Later I even got to know her. She was … Continue reading →

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… And a partridge in a pear tree

Posted on July 6, 2018 by JMN

“…The Cave Rescue Organization, the oldest cave-rescue group in Britain, says it has responded to 2,927 episodes since its founding in 1935. Of those, 745 were in caves; the rest were on mountains and in disused mines or other locations. … Continue reading →

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“Epistemic Skepticism”

Posted on July 6, 2018 by JMN

“As an attitude…, epistemic skepticism consists in always second-guessing your own judgments — about yourself, other people and situations; always monitoring those judgments to make sure you’re seeing clearly, have the facts right, aren’t making any unfounded inferences or deceiving … Continue reading →

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Wiseness

Posted on July 4, 2018 by JMN

Bake bread and break it. Give kids an uphappy bringing. Untied we stand. “Magna Farta” (Oliver Cromwell) “…Thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness….” (Deuteronomy 32:15) “A dream sullied is not a lie.” (David … Continue reading →

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