To Die For

“One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again.”

– Jose Rizal in a letter to Mariano Ponce (1890)

Wrong Number

“Thank you for calling the Powers of Darkness. Your call may be recorded for security and training purposes. For general moral and ethical inquiries, press 1 on your keypad. To make a reservation, press 2. For details of our special discount packages for lawyers, politicians, and Microsoft executives, press 3.”

– Tom Holt, You Don’t Have To Be Evil To Work Here, But It Helps

A Star is Born

“How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, his precepts! O! ’tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.”

– Benjamin Franklin

The Real Slim Shady

“Being misunderstood by someone is vexation. Being misunderstood by everyone is tragedy.”

– Liu Shahe

Movie Madness

Valentine, say the line,
We can be famous for tonight;
Superstar, there you are;
Bigger than life in black and white

– Shades Apart, Valentine

Ball of Fire

A renowned genius once asked a student, “What are you watching when you sit on a hillside in the late afternoon as the colors turn from yellow to orange and red and finally darkness?” He answered, “You are watching the sunset.” The genius responded, “That is what is wrong with our age. You know full well you are not watching the sun set. You are watching the world turn.”

– Jeremy Kagan, The Jewish Self

General Hospital

“We’ve established the most enormous medical entity ever conceived…and people are sicker than ever. We cure nothing! We heal nothing!”

– Chief of Medicine, Dr. Bock