Quote about photography...

"A photo is like a stab of a knife. Painting is meditation."
--Henri Cartier-Bresson, photographer and artist

Quotes...

Here are some interesting quotes...

• "I coached English for two seasons." --A coach tells students in the recent movie "The Assassination of a High School President."

I saw these two lines quoted by friend Doug Mellgren on Facebook:

• "I like life. It gives you something to do."
• "Some things you share with a loved one. Some things you eat before they get there."

I saw these quotes in the book "Boots on the Ground by Dusk, My Tribute to Pat Tillman" by Mary Tillman:

• "When it is dark enough, you can see the stars." --Charles A. Beard
• "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." --Martin Luther King Jr.
• "Action is the antidote for despair." --Joan Baez
• "We'll be friends until forever, just you wait and see." --Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)

Many famous authors worked as journalists first. That was true for L. Frank Baum, author of "The Wizard of Oz." According to the December 2009 issue of American History magazine, Baum's first article for the Chicago Evening Post appeared on the front page on May 1, 1891, and was about the experience of relocating to a new home (what he had done in moving to Chicago). For that article, Baum wrote:

• "Many a proud man will sleep on the floor tonight for this is moving day. This is the day when man lives as it is written he shall, by the perspiration of his brow. Also it is the day when the wife...whispers in your ear the beauty of the poet's tip that there is no place like home."

Eight years, so far...

"Our soldiers have been fighting in Afghanistan longer than we fought in both World Wars." --Bill Moyers, The Moyers Journal, Sept. 11, 2009

Quotable quotes...

Some quotable quotes...

"It's just four little words: Tell me a story." -- Don Hewitt, describing the essence of journalism. Hewitt (1922-2009) died today. Hewitt worked with journalist Edward R. Murrow, directed the program for the first TV presidential debate (involving Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon), and created and produced the news program "60 Minutes."

"On what planet do you spend most of your time?" -- Congressman Barney Frank at the town hall meeting in answer to a nutty woman who compared Obama's health care reform plan to policies of Hitler and the Nazis.

(Note: I know what planet that woman probably spent her time on...It's the crazy, stupid, ridiculous place called Fox planet.)

"Wisdom will be our hammer. Prudence will be our rail. When men build lives from honest toil, courage never fails." -- A line from the 2006 movie "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale."

From the TV comedy show "Parks and Recreation" starring Amy Poehler:

About an upcoming newspaper interview by a reporter, Poehler's character asked, "What do you think she's going to ask me first?" Another character answered, "How you spell your name."

In another scene from the show, Poehler character said, "The press is weapon and you can use it to kill people or to feed people."

Quotes about rights, health care, and education...

As a believer in people's rights, I found quite a few interesting quotes relating to rights during the past week...

About Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1921-2009), the founder of Special Olympics, who died this week, and the rights of the intellectually disabled:

"Most of all, I see from Mrs. Shriver that I have rights." --A student with an intellectual disability at a Special Olympics.

"She was up against ignorance. She was up against stigma. She was up against prejudice. And because, at her heart, she cared about social justice, she saw disability issues through a prism of civil rights. And many, many Americans, when she started doing this work, didn't see it that way. They saw it as a charity or an issue of health care or medicine. They didn't see it as civil rights...She was helping sensitize Americans that this is part of human diversity that we have not done a good job of embracing, and I think she was very effective." --Andrew Imparato, American Association of People With Disabilities, on PBS NewsHour, Aug. 11, 2009.

"She never ran for office, but changed the world." --A member of the Kennedy family.

About the upcoming documentary "Sick for Profit" and the health rights of Americans:

"Profit should not be built into the fire department or the police department, anymore than it should be in health care." --The filmmaker of "Sick for Profit" documentary on CNN, Aug. 11, 2009.

"Every time he says 'no' to health care for someone, he and his company make money." -- The documentary filmmaker talking about one insurance company CEO who has a salary of $3.2 million per year.

About actor Brad Pitt, his relationship with actress Angelina Jolie, and his support for gay rights:

"I have love in my life, a soul mate--absolutely. When someone asked me why Angie and I don't get married, I replied, 'Maybe we'll get married when it's legal for everyone else.' I stand by that, although I took a lot of flak for saying it--hate mail from religious groups. I believe everyone should have the same rights. They say gay marriage ruins families and hurts kids. Well, I've had the privilege of seeing my gay friends being parents and watching their kids grow up in a loving environment." -- Actor Brad Pitt, quoted on the website PopEater, Aug. 6, 2009.

About President Barack Obama and his proposal for health care reform with a public option:

"No one in America should go broke because they get sick." -- President Obama at the Portsmouth, N.H., town hall meeting, Aug. 11, 2009. He also noted how his mother, when she was fighting cancer, worried about what her insurance would cover.

"In the past three years, over 12 million were discriminated against by insurance companies in providing their coverage." -- President Obama in New Hampshire.

"Change is hard." -- President Obama in New Hampshire.

About the value of education and the view of change, as quoted in the 2006 book "A Thomas Jefferson Education" by Oliver Van DeMille:

"Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave." -- Lord Brougham, quoted in "A Thomas Jefferson Education."

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." -- India leader Mahatma Gandhi.

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Here are some interesting quotes...

"The key to success in America is a good education." --Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court nominee at her confirmation hearing, July 2009, quoting what her mother told her.

"It's almost impossible to spend too much on your employees. It always comes back to the company." --Bob Parsons, founder of GoDaddy.com

"No one has written your destiny. Your destiny is in your hands...No excuses." --President Barack Obama at the NAACP Convention, July 2009.

"To be enlightened is to lighten up." --Actor Mike Myers.