Sunday, September 14, 2008

The Frictionary # 195

Here is another page taken from The Frictionary:

1856. Love is the music, sex is only the instrument. (Isabel Allende)

1857. The worst superstition is to consider our own tolerable. (Doris Lessing)

1858. Heat will dilate bodies. That is why days are longer in summer than in winter. (Léo Campion)

1859. A caricature is putting the face of a joke on the body of a truth. (Joseph Conrad)

1860. Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. (John Christian) * 
* Often attributed to John W. Gardner

1861. Sadness is but a wall between two gardens. (Kahlil Gibran)

1862. Advertising is like porn (...): you fast-forward through the boring stuff. (Justin Feinstein)

1863. Knowledge is often mistaken for intelligence. This is like mistaking a cup of milk for a cow. (?)

1864. The less ideas we have, the more we hold on to them. (Bertrand Vac)

1865. Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying. (Fran Lebowitz)

That's all for this edition. Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Subscribe and receive this weekly blog in your in-box. Have a great week.

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