November 2011
“After the earth dies, some 5 billion years from now, after it has burned to a crisp, or even swallowed by the Sun, there will be other worlds and stars and galaxies coming into being - and they will know nothing of a place once called Earth.”
—Carl Sagan (via pringle-power)
“Consumption. This is the new national pastime. Fuck baseball, it’s consumption, the only true, lasting American value that’s left … buying things … People spending money they don’t have on things they don’t need … So they can max out their credit cards and spend the rest of their lives paying 18 percent interest on something that cost $12.50. And they didn’t like it when they got it home anyway. Not too bright, folks, not too fuckin’ bright.”
—~ George Carlin (via totalmachismo)
“Why do we have to be a military superpower?
Why can’t we be a humanitarian superpower?
Instead of sending planes for bombs,
Why don’t we send planes for food and medicine?” —Howard Zinn (via greatestconstructioncrew)
Why can’t we be a humanitarian superpower?
Instead of sending planes for bombs,
Why don’t we send planes for food and medicine?” —Howard Zinn (via greatestconstructioncrew)
The Whimsical girl in her own xanadu: “ Beyond work and love, I would add two other ingredients that give... →
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“Beyond work and love, I would add two other ingredients that give meaning to life. First, to fulfill whatever talents we are born with. However blessed we are by fate with different abilities and strengths, we should try to develop them to the fullest, rather than allow them to atrophy and…
