Utility

Jan. 7th, 2020 12:10 pm
pjthompson: quotes (quotei)
Random quote of the day:

“There is nothing truly beautiful but that which can never be of any use whatsoever; everything useful is ugly.”

—Theophile Gautier, Mademoiselle de Maupin, tr. Burton Rascoe



Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Key and Peele, Celine Dion, or Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Ugliness

Feb. 26th, 2016 11:51 am
pjthompson: quotes (quotei)

Random quote of the day:

“UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.”

—Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary

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Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Ugly

Aug. 29th, 2011 09:25 am
pjthompson: quotes (quotei)

Random quote of the day:

 

“The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.”

—James Baldwin, “The Black Boy Looks at the White Boy,” Esquire, May 1961

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

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