BIRTHDAYS TODAY April 2
MARQUIS de SADE 1740-1814
YOUR BODY IS THE CHURCH WHERE NATURE ASKS TO BE REVERENCED.
I’VE ALWAYS TOLD YOU: THE ONLY WAY TO A WOMAN’S HEART IS ALONG THE PATH OF TORMENT.
HAPPINESS IS IDEAL, IT IS THE WORK OF THE IMAGINATION.
THE IMAGINATION IS THE SPUR OF DELIGHTS . . . ALL DEPENDS UPON IT, IT IS THE MAINSPRING OF
EVERYTHING; NOW, IS NOT BY MEANS OF THE IMAGINATION ONE KNOWS JOY? IS IT NOT OF
THE IMAGINATION THAT THE SHARPEST PLEASURES ARISE?
‘SEX’ IS AS IMPORTANT AS EATING OR DRINKING AND WE OUGHT ALLOW THE ONE APPETITE
TO BE SATISFIED WITH AS LITTLE RESTRAINT OR FALSE MODESTY.
DANA CARVEY. 1955
I’M MORE OF A PEOPLE PLEASER.
I GREW UP MIDDLE CLASS — MY DAD WAS A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER; THERE WERE FIVE KIDS
IN OUR FAMILY. WE SHARED A 900-SQUARE-FOOT HOME WITH ONE BATHROOM. THAT WAS
EXCITING. AND MY WIFE IS IRISH CATHOLIC AND ALSO VERY, VERY BARELY MIDDLE CLASS.
I REMEMBER DOING A COMEDY SHOW WITH JIM CARREY ONCE, AND HE WAS OUT THERE
WITH HIS FOOT BEHIND HIS NECK AND RUBBING HIS FACE WITH IT.
THE TWO THINGS THAT CAN HURT YOU IF YOU NEED MONEY OR IF YOU NEED FAME.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT CAN BE YOUR ACHILLES HEEL BUT IF YOU DON’T NEED MONEY
AND YOU DON’T NEED FAME THEN YOU’RE FREE.
I GOT LUCKY. I WON THE SAN FRANCISCO STAND-UP COMEDY COMPETITION WHILE
I WAS STILL AT SAN FRANCISCO STATE.
I NEVER READ THE TABLOIDS.
THOMAS HARDY 1840-1928
FEAR IS THE MOTHER OF FORESIGHT.
POETRY IS EMOTION PUT INTO MEASURE. THE EMOTION MUST COME BY NATURE,
BUT THE MEASURE CAN BE ACQUIRED BY ART.
NO ONE CAN READ WITH PROFIT THAT WHICH HE CANNOT LEARN TO READ WITH PLEASURE.
MY ARGUMENT IS THAT WAR MAKES GOOD HISTORY; BUT PEACE IS POOR READING.