“An bealach sin,” a dúirt an Cat agus é ag bagairt a lapa dheis, “tá cónaí ar Haitéir: agus an bealach sin,” agus é ag bagairt an lapa eile, “tá cónaí ar Ghiorria Márta. Tabhair cuairt ar cibé duine acu is mian leat: tá siad as a meabhair beirt ( Read more... )

"In every political community there are varying shades of political opinion. One of the shadiest of these is the liberals. An outspoken group on many subjects. Ten degrees to the left of center in good times. Ten degrees to the right of center if it affects them personally. Here, then, is a lesson in safe logic."
-Phil Ochs

"In Austria they had a wine scandal, and all the world heard about it. In Britain, we've had an egg scandal, a meat scandal, a milk scandal, a cheese scandal - there's almost nothing left to eat in Britain that's not poisoned. A song for the British food industry ( Read more... )

"You can't pretend to be genderqueer just to win an argument."

"There are anarchists who, beneath their dirty denim shirts, are outrageous conformists, and conformists who, beneath their button-down collars are outrageous anarchists."
-Alvin Toffler

"Sometimes I think that I'm from another planet. I bet a lot of people feel like that, too. Like no one will ever know them, and they'll never be able to fit into this screaming horrific bullshit festival. They try and hold on to something, and somehow it all falls out of their grasp, or even worse, it sits out of reach. You can get to feeling ( Read more... )

"Love as eros and love as philia cannot be readily distinguished in any culture, or indeed in many social situations, as well today as in the eighteenth century; [...] it is too easy to eliminate the erotic when dealing with relations between men ( Read more... )

“We don’t have to beat them. I’m not even sure we should try. We don’t need a law against McDonald’s or a law against slaughterhouse abuse-we ask for too much salvation by legislation. All we need to do is empower individuals with the right philosophy and the right information to opt out en masse ( Read more... )

Zach: "Well, I've had a cow fart in my face."

Ali: "I don't think I'm comfortable with how everyone's like, dating me."
Me: [pointing to Andy] "Wait, he's dating you too? And anyway, we're not dating. We're engaged."

[several people are playing Mao]
Zach: "I hate this game. Last time, I got a penalty for coughing."
Ali: "You didn't get a penalty ( Read more... )

Nam ercit mi nep leguenid henoid / "Nobody ask me to be glad tonight"
is discirr mi-coueidid / "meagre is my company"
dou nam ri-ceus un-guetid / "two lords (who) took a (little) talk"