Quotes

"Fascism and communism both promise "social welfare," "social justice," and "fairness" to justify authoritarian means and extensive arbitrary and discretionary governmental powers." - F. A. Hayek"

"Life is a Bungling process and in no way educational." in James M. Cain

Jean Giraudoux who first said, “Only the mediocre are always at their best.”

If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law. Sir Winston Churchill

"summum ius summa iniuria" ("More laws, more injustice.") Cicero

As Christopher Hitchens once put it, “The essence of tyranny is not iron law; it is capricious law.”

"Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." Ronald Reagan

"Law is where you buy it." Raymond Chandler

"Why did God make so many damn fools and Democrats?" Clarence Day

"If I feel like feeding squirrels to the nuts, this is the place for it." - Cluny Brown

"Oh, pshaw! When yu' can't have what you choose, yu' just choose what you have." Owen Wister "The Virginian"

Oscar Wilde said about the death scene in Little Nell, you would have to have a heart of stone not to laugh.

Thomas More's definition of government as "a conspiracy of rich men procuring their own commodities under the name and title of a commonwealth.” ~ Winston S. Churchill, A History of the English Speaking Peoples

“Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.” ~ Jonathon Swift

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Her 'art' has alwas been piles of something - Yoko Ono launches latest London art exhibition

Piles of dirt, my horse can do much better with no admission!

Yoko Ono launches latest London art exhibition 'To The Light' at Serpentine Gallery | Mail Online

War is Over... again! Yoko Ono launches latest London exhibition with some suitably wacky artwork

  • Her first show in a London public institution for more than a decade
PUBLISHED: 12:36 EST, 18 June 2012
It's been several decades since she spread the message 'War is Over' with her late husband John Lennon, but Yoko Ono has embraced it once again in her latest work.
To The Light, in the Serpentine Gallery, is her first exhibition in a London public institution for more than a decade.
In one work of art on display there are three identical mounds of earth labeled 'Country A' 'Country B' and 'Country C' in front of the classic 'War Is Over' poster she made with John Lennon.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2161173/Yoko-Ono-launches-latest-London-art-exhibition-To-The-Light-Serpentine-Gallery.html#ixzz1yGUNPdj8
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