Tuirgin

Found in Werner Herzog’s book, Conquest of the Useless:

Las vanidades del mundo
Las grandezas del imperio
Se encierran en el profundo
Silencio del cementerio

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The vanities of the world
The greatness of the empire
Withdraw into the deep
Silence of the cemetery

In a letter dated July 5, 1814, Thomas Jefferson wrote to John Adams Monticello:

Our post-revolutionary youth are born under happier stars than you and I were. They acquire all learning in their mother’s womb, and bring it into the world ready made. The information of books is no longer necessary; and all knowledge which is not innate, is in contempt, or neglect at least.

From The Art of Fiction:

In theory it may be proper that teachers ignore thrillers, science fiction, and the comic books. No one wants Coleridge pushed from the curriculum by a duck “trapped in a world he never made!” But when we begin to list the contemporary “serious” writers who fill highschool and literature courses, Howard the Duck can look not all that bad.

I came across a comment by Paba on BoingBoing that hit just the right spot:

People keep telling me that the more local the government, the more responsive and receptive they are to your needs. And then I remember homeowner’s associations and disregard most of that.