“John Boehner is a member of a country club in Ohio. It turns out that the bartender was plotting to poison Boehner. Now wait a minute. Isn't that the movie with Seth Rogen and James Franco?” CountryTurnsWaitingMinutesMembersClubsPoisonOhioBartenderFrancoCountry Clubs Author:David Letterman
“Truth is the only good and the purest pity. ... Men lie for profit or for pity. All lies turn to poison, but a lie that is told for pity or shame breeds such a host of ills that no power on earth can compass their redemption.” MenEarthLyingTurnsTruth IsShameProfitPityRedemptionPoisonHostCompassLying Men Book:The Clash Source: The Clash
“One of the most wicked destructive forces, psychologically speaking, is unused creative power ... If someone has a creative gift and out of laziness, or for some other reason, doesn't use it, the psychic energy turns to sheer poison. That's why we often diagnose neuroses and psychotic diseases as not-lived higher possibilities.” IfsReasonUseTurnsEnergyForceCreativityPowerCreativePsychologyTalentPossibilityHigherDiseasePoisonWickedDestructiveLazinessSheerGiftedPsychicsInactionDiagnosisNeurosisPsychoticCreative PowerCreativenessInactivityGiftedness Author:Marie-Louise von Franz
“We are prisoners of the world's demented sink. The soft enchantments of our years of innocence Are harvested by accredited experience Our fondest memories soon turn to poison And only oblivion remains in season.” WorldLifeYearsTurnsMemoriesExperienceSeasonsRemainsAgingInnocencePoisonPrisonerLife ExperienceOblivionEnchantmentDemented Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems