Transom.org is inviting radio producers to submit "Short Lists." The
idea is to recite a list for about a minute, then -- at the end -- say
what the list was. The prototypes were done by
Monika Mueller. I had a great idea about a list of all the modern
contraptions I needed to take with me to go for a walk in the woods, but
when I sat down to list them, all I could think of was my cell phone and
mp3 player.
Draw your chair up close to the edge of the precipice and I'll tell
you a story [F. Scott Fitzgerald]
This is the true joy in life... being a force of nature instead of a
feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that
the world will not devote itself to making you happy. [George Bernard
Shaw]
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good
example. [Mark Twain]
I prefer an accommodating vice to an obstinate virtue. [Moliere]
He's had such good luck for so long that he's come to have delusions
of competence. [Garrison Keillor]
"Lady, a man is divided into two parts, body & spirit -- body and
spirit," he repeated. "The body, lady, is like a house. It don't go
anywhere; but the spirit, lady, is like the automobile: always on the
move, always..." [unattributed]
I do regret that I have spent too much of my life trying to find
what I called "truth," trying to make what I called "sense." I never
knew what I meant by truth, never made the sense I hoped. All I mean
is that I left too much of me unfinished because I wasted too much
time. [Lillian Hellman]
All right, then, I'll go to hell. [Mark Twain]
Carpe diem [Horace]
Hmmm... maybe, maybe not. I'll let you know.