Friday, June 17, 2005
“Morality which is based on ideas, or on an ideal, is an unmitigated evil.”
- D. H. Lawrence (1885 – 1930), English writer, poet and critic: “Fantasia of the Unconscious”, 1922.
“They wouldn’t be heroes if they were infallible, in fact they wouldn’t be heroes if they weren’t miserable wretched dogs, the pariahs of the earth, besides which the only reason to build up an idol is to tear it down again.”
- Lester Bangs (1948 – 1982), American rock journalist: in “Creem” (London), March 1975, reprinted in “Psychotic Reactions & Carburetor Dung”, 1987.
“The enemy of idealism is zealotry.”
- Neil Kinnock (b. 1942), British Labour politician: quoted in “The Observer” (London), December 27, 1987.
- D. H. Lawrence (1885 – 1930), English writer, poet and critic: “Fantasia of the Unconscious”, 1922.
“They wouldn’t be heroes if they were infallible, in fact they wouldn’t be heroes if they weren’t miserable wretched dogs, the pariahs of the earth, besides which the only reason to build up an idol is to tear it down again.”
- Lester Bangs (1948 – 1982), American rock journalist: in “Creem” (London), March 1975, reprinted in “Psychotic Reactions & Carburetor Dung”, 1987.
“The enemy of idealism is zealotry.”
- Neil Kinnock (b. 1942), British Labour politician: quoted in “The Observer” (London), December 27, 1987.
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