John Gushue . . . Dot Dot Dot

A thought on martyrs

"The tyrant dies and his rule is over; the martyr dies and his rule begins."
- Søren Kierkegaard

A thought on travel

"All travelling becomes dull in exact proportion to its rapidity."
- John Rusk

[The above image, of an installation - not an actual stack of luggage waiting to be claimed! - in Sacramento's airport, is from the V.H.S. photostream on Flickr.]

A thought on living with your decisions

"All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it."
- Harry S Truman

A thought on being kind to the kids

"Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you."
- Cyril Connolly

A thought on the inherently gracious

"She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table."
- Henry James

A thought on being a producer

"I often say to people that producing is the best paid form of cowardice. When you produce things you almost always get credit, if it's a good record, but you hardly ever get the blame if it's not."
- Brian Eno 

[This quote comes from a new interview with Eno on Pitchfork]

A skeptical thought on spooky things

"A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere."
- Groucho Marx

A thought on facts and science

"Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly."
- Linus Pauling

A thought on the sounds of New York

"A person who speaks good English in New York sounds like a foreigner."
- Jackie Mason

[The above image of Grand Central Station comes from the easilympressed Flickr stream.]

A thought on dusty manuscripts

"Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing."
- Sylvia Plath