Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Quote/unquote ...


"Every other name is taken. Think of a great band name and google it and you'll find a French-Canadian jam band with a MySpace page."
-- Former Led Zeppelin bass player John Paul Jones, on his new band Them Crooked Vultures, named because other names, including Caligula, were taken (WSJ, 2.17.10)

"Why do the deal for the Rams? Because some people around the nation think St. Louis' best days are behind us. We needed to do something dramatic."
--- former Sen. Thomas Eagleton, June, 1995

"Patriarchy is dying a slow, slow death; but patriarchal power still tyrannizes women in households and in brothels. I expect to see deeper and more massive resistance from women in the next century, especially in the Third World."
--- Andrea Dworkin ('99), author of "Woman Hating" ('74) and "Pornography" ('81)

"Art is about making something out of nothing and selling it."
--- Frank Zappa (pictured)

"Everything has been figured out except how to live."
-- Jean Paul Sartre (1905-1980)


(Editor's Note: Quote/Unquote is aggregated with respekt in St. Louis by Wilson.)

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