December 28, 2011

quotes out of context

The famously genial grin turned into a rictus of senile fury: I was looking at a cruel and stupid lizard.

She was the only girl to have ever asked questions about his obsessive interests — chemistry, libertarian politics, the small drone aircraft he was building in his kitchen — as though she actually cared to hear his answer.

And, not to be outdone, Damon Runyon added: “Diamond-Studded Ball-Buster.”

As Fran Lebowitz said, “If you’re going to tell the truth, you better be funny. Otherwise, they will kill you.”

His pamphlet on “The Necessity of Atheism,” published anonymously in 1811 when he was 18, got him expelled from Oxford and disowned by his family, but he stood by it all the same.

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  1. Sheila Ryan on December 28th, 2011 at 8:55 pm

    I almost don’t want to follow the first link. The sentence is so good that I’m afraid of a let-down. A contextual let-down.

  2. Deron Bauman on December 28th, 2011 at 9:05 pm

    I think it’ll live up to your expectations.

  3. Sheila Ryan on December 28th, 2011 at 10:13 pm

    Yep. A cruel and stupid lizard.

  4. Deron Bauman on December 28th, 2011 at 10:18 pm

    Pretty much sums it. Still think I need to do an Adam Curtis-esque Reagan documentary.

  5. Joshua on December 29th, 2011 at 4:44 am

    2. Bookmarks and trumpets.

  6. Daryl Scroggins on December 29th, 2011 at 12:15 pm

    Great Johnathan Ree article at the last link–thanks.

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