"When many different remedies are proposed for a disease, that means the disease is incurable."

A quote from the translation of "The Cherry Orchard" that is playing in NYC right now. Another quote: "You haven't had ti...

"Werner Herzog meditates on the Google logo."

Roger Ebert is fooled by what is a very funny parody of Werner Herzog (which you should get if you've seen the movie "Grizzly Man...

"A professor's opinion: Not Shakespeare is the thing, but the commentary on him."

An aphorism that made me think: A blogger's opinion: Not MSM is the thing, but the blogging on it.

"Sasha undid the object and put it solemnly on the table."

"It was a not very tall candelabra of old bronze and artistic workmanship. It consisted of a group: on the pedestal stood two female fi...