Archive for December, 2006

Why do Blogs Matter?

Tuesday, December 26th, 2006

“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.” - A. J. Liebling (1904 - 1963)

A. J. Liebling knew why blogs would be important, even if he never lived to see the “press” liberated.

Great Quotations to End the Year

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

Gustave Flaubert

“The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeois.”

 

Sacha Guitry

“You can pretend to be serious; you can’t pretend to be witty.”

 

Unknown

“Eat a live toad the first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.”

 

Evan Esar

“A husband is like a fire, he goes out when unattended.”

 

George Bernard Shaw

“I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.”

 

John Kenneth Galbraith

“Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.”

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