Happy birthday, Ralph Ellison! Here are some quotes from his writing. “When I discover who I am, I’ll be free.”…
“Power has to be insecure to be responsive.”
Happy birthday, Ralph Nader! 85, today! “Half of democracy is about just showing up.” “We must strive to become good…
“Ninety percent of everything is crud.”
Happy birthday, Theodore Sturgeon! “A science fiction story is a story built around human beings, with a human problem and…
“Indeed it may be only by risking the incoherence of identity that connection is possible.”
Happy birthday, Judith Butler! 63, today! “There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender; that identity is performatively…
“Believe in life! Always human beings will progress to greater, broader, and fuller life.”
Happy birthday, W. E. B. Du Bois! Here are some quotes by this significant thinker. “Ignorance is a cure for…
“Writing is the hard manual labor of the imagination.”
Happy birthday, Ishmael Reed! 81, today! Here are some quotes from the literary giant’s writing. “No one says a novel…
“Nothing would disgust me more morally than winning an Oscar.”
Happy birthday, Luis Buñuel! Here are some quotes from the superb filmmaker. “God and Country are an unbeatable team; they…
“To be alive is to engage in a daily struggle for form and for survival.”
Happy birthday, Gerhard Richter! 87, today! Here are some paintings by and quotes from the artist. “Art serves to establish…