paul mccord writes here

About a month into my web site's existence, I began to add quotes to my web site to spruce it up a bit. Not a "quote of the day" or "quote of the week" like so many others, but a "quote of the now", because I never hold myself to a rigid schedule if it isn't necessary. Instead, I set myself up to bring in a new quote precisely whenever the hell I feel like it. It's worked out wonderfully, actually, because I never quite know what the next quote will be until I hear or read it. Besides, some quotes just need a good week or two in the spotlight -- and others deserve nothing more than a day...

The previous paragraph was last updated in the twentieth century, and I don't think it will ever change. However, some change is necessary, because this quotes page has become too large to effectively hold every quotable I've ever quoted. Thus, I have broken the quotables section into pieces, and the most logical way to divide them up is by year. The current year's quotes are listed on this page; quotes dating back to September 1999 are available by clicking on the years below. For someone's convenience, I'm sure, I will keep up one page with a list of every quotable I've ever quoted, but I do not plan to update that page every time I add a new quote, so the list of current quotes (this year's) may fall behind.

2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 All

Jun 13: "Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear." -- Thomas Jefferson

Jun 11: "The wise win before the fight, while the ignorant fight to win." -- Bruce Brandes

May 19: "Impossible is just a word people use to make themselves feel better about giving up." -- Jonathan Stinson via Stephen Wilds

May 16: "It makes me sad. Or as sad as I possibly can be. Which is very content with a realistic glint in my eye." -- me

Mar 31: "I like news tickers. They're great for people with short attention spans. Maybe they even create short attention spans." -- Amy Deardoff

Mar 21: "Simpler minds occasionally need to misunderstand in order to function." -- me

Mar 16: "Did you vote with the majority... and stay home? Nice going. I bet you'll vote next time hippie!" -- tshirthell.com

Mar 6: "I was blinded by the truth that I did not yet know." -- me to Jen

Mar 1: "There is no real exisitence without the hands of time molesting me." -- Shonda Wilson

Feb 26: "Put a saddle on it and ride it!" -- Jessi Jaime

Feb 23: "You're a cold, heartless bastard, and to a degree, I appreciate that. With friends like you, who needs enemies?" -- anonymous description of me

Feb 22: "We are what we are. To wish to be another is stupid. To work towards your personal perfection is a noble goal." -- Ernie Dodds

Feb 15: "If you can't trust your Livejournal custom friends groups, who can you trust?!" -- Jen Fordham

Feb 9: "I have longer uptime records than relationship records." -- Brett Norris

Feb 2: "The two people with the best healthcare in the world: the President and the Pope." -- me

Jan 30: "Just because you don't believe in something doesn't mean it can't kill you." -- synopsis for Alone in the Dark

Jan 25: "The only thing more predictable than the Braves winning another division title is sportswriters predicting that the Braves won't win another division title." -- Joe Sheehan

Jan 19: "I'm sure you will conquer your interview with bulldozing intellect and charisma." -- Rachel Sealy

Jan 17: "Everything is quiet except for all the voices in my head that say your name." -- Saybia ("Beautiful Stranger")

Jan 9: "Anyone who slaps a 'this page is best viewed with Browser X' label on a Web page appears to be yearning for the bad old days, before the Web, when you had very little chance of reading a document written on another computer, another word processor, or another network." -- Tim Berners-Lee

Jan 6: "Everything I lack in style is made up with how I feel." -- from "Undivided" by Thirteen Senses

Jan 4: "You never see the hard days in a photo album, but those are the ones that get you from one happy snapshot to the next." -- Tom Leezak's Dad (Raymond Barry) in Just Married

Jan 2: "I'm okay with being unimpressive. I sleep better." -- Mark (Peter Sarsgaard) in Garden State