Good Convo Quotes & Sayings

The Lady takes most mortals unto her bosom by maladies of the colon."
"Death by constipation? — Steven Erikson

The more specific the interpretation suggested by a picture, the less happy I am with it. — Philip-Lorca DiCorcia

When people talk to me about picture hunters, I very quietly laugh. I'm not a hunter of pictures, I'm a fisher of pictures. — Robert Doisneau

The best innovations - both socially and economically - come from the pursuit of ideals that are noble and timeless: joy, wisdom, beauty, truth, equality, community, sustainability and, most of all, love. These are the things we live for, and the innovations that really make a difference are the ones that are life-enhancing. And that's why the heart of innovation is a desire to re-enchant the world. — Gary Hamel

There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can hurt. — George Herbert

Supermarkets in Denmark have experimented with adding a second bar code to packages of meat that when scanned at a kiosk in the store brings up on a monitor images of the farm where the meat was raised, as well as detailed information on the particular animal's genetics, feed, medications, slaughter date, etc. Most of the meat in our supermarkets simply couldn't withstand that degree of transparency; if the bar code on the typical package of pork chops summoned images of the CAFO it came from, and information on the pig's diet and drug regimen, who could bring themselves to buy it? Our food system depends on consumers' not knowing much about it beyond the price disclosed by the checkout scanner. Cheapness and ignorance are mutually reinforcing. — Michael Pollan

I'd be happier on a horse," Makin said.
"I'd be happier on a giant mountain goat," I said. "One that shat diamonds. Until we find some, we're walking. — Mark Lawrence