Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Remember that credit is money.
Benjamin Franklin
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Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.
Martin Luther
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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
Fran Lebowitz
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Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
Alexander Graham Bell
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In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.
Niccolo Machiavelli
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At the point we finished ‘Abbey Road,’ the game was up. We all accepted that.
George Harrison
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Even though I was very shy, I found I could get onstage if I had a new identity.
David Bowie
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It’s easy for me to play bad guys because it’s a very linear acting. Bad guys aren’t empathetic. Being a bad guy is great because you’re not friendly and you don’t have to do much with your face.
Henry Rollins
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Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Got any book recommendations?