Monday, March 17, 2003
�There�s always somebody about to ruin your day, if not your life.�
- Charles Bukowski (1920 � 1994), American author and poet: the narrator (Nicky Beane), in �Pulp�, 1994.
�Irish Americans are about as Irish as black Americans are African.�
- Bob Geldof (b. 1954), Irish rock singer: quoted in �The Observer� (London), June 22, 1986.
�Our leaders had the audacity to say the Gulf War made America feel good again. How morally corrupt are we that we need a war to feel good about ourselves?�
- Tim Robbins (b. 1958), American actor and film-maker: in the �Independent on Sunday� (London), September 10,1992.
�The most persistent sound which reverberates through man�s history is the beating of war drums.�
- Arthur Koestler (1905 � 1983), Hungarian-born British novelist and essayist: �Janus: A Summing Up�, 1978.
March 16, 2003
�History is the myth, the true myth, of man�s fall made manifest in time.�
- Henry Miller (1891 � 1980), American author: �Plexus�, 1949.
�We spend all day broadcasting on the radio and TV telling people back home what�s happening here. And we learn what�s happening here by spending all day monitoring the radio and TV broadcasts from back home.�
- P. J. O�Rourke (b. 1947), American journalist: �Gulf Diary�, Jan 31, 1991, first published in �Rolling Stone� (New York), reprinted in �Give War A Chance�, 1992.
�Here we have bishops, priests, and deacons, a Censorship Board, vigilant librarians, confraternities and sodalities, Duce Maria, Legions of Mary, Knight of this Christian order and Knights of that one, all surrounding the sinner�s free will in an embattled circle.�
- Sean O�Casey (1884 � 1964), Irish playwright: letter to the �Irish Times� (Dublin), June 8, 1957.
- Charles Bukowski (1920 � 1994), American author and poet: the narrator (Nicky Beane), in �Pulp�, 1994.
�Irish Americans are about as Irish as black Americans are African.�
- Bob Geldof (b. 1954), Irish rock singer: quoted in �The Observer� (London), June 22, 1986.
�Our leaders had the audacity to say the Gulf War made America feel good again. How morally corrupt are we that we need a war to feel good about ourselves?�
- Tim Robbins (b. 1958), American actor and film-maker: in the �Independent on Sunday� (London), September 10,1992.
�The most persistent sound which reverberates through man�s history is the beating of war drums.�
- Arthur Koestler (1905 � 1983), Hungarian-born British novelist and essayist: �Janus: A Summing Up�, 1978.
March 16, 2003
�History is the myth, the true myth, of man�s fall made manifest in time.�
- Henry Miller (1891 � 1980), American author: �Plexus�, 1949.
�We spend all day broadcasting on the radio and TV telling people back home what�s happening here. And we learn what�s happening here by spending all day monitoring the radio and TV broadcasts from back home.�
- P. J. O�Rourke (b. 1947), American journalist: �Gulf Diary�, Jan 31, 1991, first published in �Rolling Stone� (New York), reprinted in �Give War A Chance�, 1992.
�Here we have bishops, priests, and deacons, a Censorship Board, vigilant librarians, confraternities and sodalities, Duce Maria, Legions of Mary, Knight of this Christian order and Knights of that one, all surrounding the sinner�s free will in an embattled circle.�
- Sean O�Casey (1884 � 1964), Irish playwright: letter to the �Irish Times� (Dublin), June 8, 1957.
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