Category: Song of the Day

Businessman: Don't take that tone with me young man. I fought the war for your sort.Ringo: I bet you're sorry you won.Reporter: How did you find America?John: Turned left at Greenland.-- from A Hard Day's Night (1964) Crank up the Wayback Machine, Mr. Peabody: I saw A...

The years passed; mankind became stupider at a frightening rate. Some had high hopes that genetic engineering would correct this trend in evolution but, sadly, the greatest minds and resources were focused on conquering hair loss and prolonging erections... The number...

What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost? -- Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or: A Fragment of Life To make a comeback, one must have previously achieved something. I can never make a comeback. If I ever accomplish...

Think summer movie and the mind leaps to the Hollywood Blockbuster variety -- Jaws, Star Wars -- movies released to the world during those hot months when people have time on their hands and a desire to be in a cool, dark place. And here we recall a simpler...

I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises. -- Misattributed to Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong The human heart beats about three billion times during its lifetime, a lifetime...

Off we skip like the most heartless things in the world, which is what children are, but so attractive; and we have an entirely selfish time, and then when we have need of special attention we nobly return for it, confident that we shall be rewarded instead of...

A preemptive breakup. This is an incredible idea. I got nothing to lose. We either break up, which she would do anyway but at least I go out with some dignity. Or I completely turn the tables. -- Relationship Expert George Costanza A soul has but a single chance to...

Ruins may be decaying, they are not dead, they are filled with possibilities for wondrous adventure, inspiring visions, quiet moments, peripatetic playfulness, dystopic preparation and artistic potential. -- Bradley Garrett, Explore Everything: Place-Hacking the City...

From where I stood I watched them recede in the frame of the roadway, between the Moorish house and the Lombardy poplar. Then the little sedan boldly swung past the front truck and, free at last, spurted up the shining road, which one could make out narrowing to a...