This seems to be a command, along with consequences for not obeying the command. Several of these signs are located on U.S. Highway 55, in south St. Louis, Missouri. While I'm making fun of the wording of this sign, I'm not trying to make light of the injuries suffered by…
I collect quotes (who doesn’t?). Really, it’s a good hobby. It’s cheap and often interesting. When they are really good quotes, it’s like a novel condensed to a mere sentence.
The first two of this set are about one of my favorite topics, rampant materialism. The others all relate closely to one another, but only if you have a wild imagination or if you think of a very broad topic like “meaning of life.” Without further ado:
Who is content with nothing possesses all things.
— Nicolas Boileau Despreaux
Wealth is the number of things one can do without.
— Feodor Dostoyevsky
The trouble is that you think you have time.
— Zen Master
Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.
— Antisthenes
A hole is nothing at all, but you can break your neck in it.
— Austin O’Malley
War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
–Anonymous
Never mistake motion for action.
— Ernest Hemingway
We like to believe, as Americans, that this country is a meritocracy. The idea---Horatio Alger, Thomas Edison, McGuyver, all emblematic of this notion---that the best qualified rise to the top, that those who can display and apply ability, skill, and intelligence are the ones who are selected---either by themselves or…
Conflict: competitive or opposing action of incompatibles: antagonistic state or action. Pornography: (3): the depiction of acts in a sensational manner so as to arouse a quick intense emotional reaction. What else could it be, other than conflict pornography, when a major media source unnecessarily frames a story in such…
This article at MSNBC explains the history of the term "nervous breakdown." It's rarely used now, except in pop culture. The term — a vague catch-all phrase that could mean anything from a psychotic episode to having a bad day — is not a medical term, doctors say, but it…