Orange SUnshine™: February 2011

Monday, February 28, 2011

“Don’t be afraid to be a fool. Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say no. But saying yes begins things. Saying yes is how things grow. Saying yes leads to knowledge. “Yes” is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say yes.”

— Stephen Colbert, via Dave

Seuss

Theodore Geisel "Dr. Seuss" (1904-1991) author and illustrator

1. A person’s a person, no matter how small.
2. You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself, any direction you choose.
3. Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.
4. From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.
5. Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.
6. Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So… get on your way.
7. If you never did, you should. These things are fun, and fun is good.
8. I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. An elephant’s faithful, one hundred percent.
9. So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.
10. And will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed.
11. Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.
12. All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you’ll be quite a lot. – Dr. Seuss
13. The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.
14. Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.
15. Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the things you can think up if only you try!
16. Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.
17. I’m afraid sometimes you’ll play lonely games too, games you can’t win because you’ll play against you
18. I’m sorry to say so but, sadly it’s true that bang-ups and hang-ups can happen to you
19. I know up on the top you are seeing great sights, but down at the bottom we, too, should have rights.

20. Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

Caricatures

Friday, February 25, 2011

Banksy

“Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a fucking sharp knife to it.”
— Banksy

“You’re mind is working at its best when you’re being paranoid.
You explore every avenue and possibility of your situation
at high speed with total clarity.”
— Banksy (Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall)

“Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.”
— Banksy (Wall and Piece)

“People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.”
— Banksy (Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall)

“I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me. ”
— Banksy

“My main problem with cops is that they do what they’re told. They say ‘Sorry mate, I’m just doing my job’ all the fucking time.”
— Banksy (Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall)

“Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.”
— Banksy (Wall and Piece)

“If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to
wear a mask. If you want to be honest then you have to live a lie.”
— Banksy

“Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for. ”
— Banksy

“Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
And even if you don’t come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can
make someone smile while they’re having a piss.”
— Banksy (Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall)

“A wall is a very big weapon. It’s one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.”
— Banksy (Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall)

“A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.”
— Banksy (Wall and Piece)

“The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It’s people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages”
— Banksy