| thoughts for the month |
may 06: youre not a slob, Jack. Youre just dirty--Heidi Stromberg (friend of Jack Spiegelman) June 06: sex is over rated. Its much less important than defecation. You can live a lifetime without sex but two weeks without a bowel movement will kill you"-- Sir William Osler (physician) july 06: there is a fine line between genuis and insanity. I have erased this line--oscar levant aug 06: sportswriter: you made $100,000 last year--twice the salary of the president of the U.S. How do you justify this income? Babe Ruth: I had a better year. sept 06: insomnia means you arent working hard enough--ann oct 06: I put into my paintings the colors i like. I leave it for the colors to get along with each other--picasso nov 06: how dirty the toilet depends on how bad you have to poop--anonymous dec 06: a milestone has been reached w when 51% of the people on the obit page are younger than you--hl mencken jan 07: people are irritating. And no one is more irritating than a family member--frederica wyatt |
oscar levant
portrait by richard avedon
portrait by richard avedon
girl in a chair
by picasso
by picasso
feb 07: most writers dont know how to write--harold ross (founder and editor of the New Yorker) march 07: 90% of human behaviour is motivated by the desire to appear on television--Kenneth tynan, writer april 07: I am going to--or I am about to--die. either expression is correct--last words of jacques Poussin, 18th century french grammarian may 07: before you can be great you have to be be good--truman capote june 07: sonny liston, asked by a reporter why he chose not to participate in a freedom march down south and sonny said: "because my ass aint dog proof" |
May '05: A typewriter will never replace a warm body--Henry Miller June '05: you know when they stop laughing at the jokes that the relationship is doomed--Jack July '05: Why get married? Just find a woman you hate and buy her a house"--Rod Stewart August '05: A kind word and a gun will get you a lot further than a kind word alone--Al Capone Sept '05: you whose mother never said no--Lebanese insult Oct '05: that which is too dumb to be spoken is sung--voltaire Dec '05: you can write a book in a month. But a decent sentence is the work of a lifetime--jack Jan '06: a woman asked me why I drink. I said: I drink for 3 reasons. When something good happens-- to celebrate. When something bad happens--to forget. And when nothing happens--to make something happen--charles bukowski . Feb '06: people seldom read a book given to them by others-- samuel johnson march '06: a womans body is the closest we will ever come to paradise--albert camus april 06: there are two offers you should never refuse: to have sex and to appear on television--david brown, producer |
