Quotes of the day, July 14
The nuclear program is not the only issue dividing Iran and the US. Iran's role in the region is also creating conflicts. For example, you support the Shiite Houthi militias in Yemen whereas the US is on the side of the coalition led by Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad Javad Zarif
May 8
In snowboarding, you're constantly aware that people are so technically brilliant at what they do, and you feel like, "Ugh, I'll never be able to do that."
Cary Fukunaga
May 7
Freedom can be a full-time job if you let it.
Pearl Cleage
May 6
All work is as seed sown; it grows and spreads, and sows itself anew.
Thomas Carlyle
May 5
To be able to see in concrete terms what was created in a fraction of a second is a rare luxury. Even though fixed in time, a photograph evokes as much feeling as that which comes from music or dance. Whatever the mode – from the snapshot to the decisive moment to multi-media montage – the intent and purpose of photography is to render in visual terms feelings and experiences that often elude the ability of words to describe. In any case, the eyes have it, and the imagination will always soar farther than was expected.
Ralph Gibson
May 4
One ought to sink to the bottom of the sea, probably, and live alone with one's words.
Virginia Woolf
