Found words of wisdom
I was editing my Face book profile today, I pruned my quotes. I actually am really proud of some of those on there, so I’m going to share them with you. If you are already intimately familiar with my Facebook profile, stop reading this post, and get a life beyond Facebook. Things like that can take over your life.
In no particular order…
First a excerpt by Steve Jobs at his 2005 Stanford Commencement Address:
"You know, we don’t grow most of the food we eat. We wear clothes other people make. We speak a language that other people developed. We use a mathematics that other people evolved… I mean, we’re constantly taking things. It’s a wonderful, ecstatic feeling to create something that puts it back in the pool of human experience and knowledge."
Second, a quote from Judge Richard A. Posner on a case against violent video games:
"Violence has always been and remains a central interest of humankind and a recurrent, even obsessive theme of culture both high and low … It engages the interest of children from an early age, as anyone familiar with the classic fairy tales collected by Grimm, Andersen, and Perrault are aware. To shield children right up to the age of 18 from exposure to violent descriptions and images would not only be quixotic, but deforming; it would leave them unequipped to cope with the world as we know it."
Third, me being clever:
"How come liberals are trying conserve, and conservatives are trying liberate?"
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"♥ Hz." (awwww)
Fourth, I think I heard this somewhere. Who knows where though.
"Some people say the glass is half empty, some say it’s half full. What if the glass is twice as big as it needs to be?"
Fifth, for those of you who were with me at the beginning of my art school career, you’ll remember the never ending, pedantic debate on “What is art?” Here’s what my coworker Shannon Olivarez had to say:
"Art is any piece that is intended to invoke an emotional response."
And finally sixth, a quote about a subject that caused a huge amount of controversy near the end of my art school career, a quote by Robert Orben:
“A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that ‘individuality’ is the key to success.”
I feel like I tend to live by most of these sayings. They all resonate very clearly in my consciousness and being. I hope you enjoyed them as much as I have. Feel free to use them for your self.