Tag Archives: famous quotes

Words to Live By

“If you put your dog on the dining room table,

you mustn’t be surprised if it gobbles everything up.”

–Christopher Isherwood

Break Out the Bongos #371

“Discovering Afro-Cuban music almost blew my mind.”

–Marlon Brando, Songs My Mother Taught Me

Topdog vs. Underdog

“Underdog: Blah, blah, blah, blaaaah.
Topdog: Now Fritz, don’t make me angry. And don’t play the spiteful brat.”

“Underdog: Blah, blah, blah, blaaaah.
Topdog: Now Fritz, don’t make me angry. And don’t play the spiteful brat.”

–Fritz Perls argues with himself, In and Out the Garbage Pail
Bantam Psychology, December 1969

the reigning gestalt

“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” –Anais Nin

first post: travel light

“The past went that-a-way. When faced with a totally new situation, we tend always to attach ourselves to the objects, to the flavor of the most recent past. We look at the present through a rear view mirror. We march backwards into the future.” –Marshall McLuhan