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After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

October 12, 2026

Quote of the Week 42 “ After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. ” ― Aldous Huxley , Music at Night and Other Essays As cited in Kierkegaard on the Spiritual and Sensual Power of Music, the Essence of Genius, and the Key to a Timeless Work of Art . See Great Writers on the Power of Music for more quotes on music. “ Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent. ” ― Victor Hugo “Music is at once the most wonderful, the most alive of all the arts — it is the most abstract, the most perfect, the most pure — and the most sensual. I listen with my body and it is my body that aches in response to the passion and pathos embodied in this music.” ― Susan Sontag “ Without music life would be a mistake. ” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

Never write if you can speak; never speak if you can nod; never nod if you can wink.

October 05, 2026

Quote of the Week 41 “ Never write if you can speak; never speak if you can nod; never nod if you can wink .” ― attributed to Martin Lomasney Variant : “ Never write if you can speak; never speak if you can nod; never nod if you can blink .” Extended version : “ ...; never wink if you can do nothing .” Modern variant : “ Never write when you can talk. Never talk when you can nod. And never put anything in an e-mail. .” ― attributed to Eliot Spitzer Abbreviated variant : “ Don’t write when you can talk; don’t talk when you can nod your head. ” ― Martin Lomasney Long variant : “Don't write anything you can phone. Don't phone anything you can talk. Don't talk anything you can whisper. Don't whisper anything you can smile. Don't smile anything you can nod. Don't nod anything you can wink.” ― Earl Long

You got me wanting more when less is what I need.

September 28, 2026

Quote of the Week 40 “ You got me wanting more when less is what I need. ” ― Richard Macintyre, SIIGA , "The LCD" - Song Lyrics Interpretation by ChatGPT: SIIGA’s “The LCD,” is a song about digital overstimulation and the strange emptiness it creates . At its core, it is about a person caught in a feedback loop: screen → stimulation → desire → more consumption → less satisfaction → more stimulation. The lyrics repeatedly juxtapose wanting and needing . The speaker wants more , but senses that what they actually need is less . That makes the song less a straightforward anti-technology statement than a portrait of addiction to excess —more content, more attention, more connection, more distraction. The “LCD” itself works nicely on two levels: LCD = Liquid Crystal Display — the screen through which this world is experienced. LCD = Lowest Common Denominator — potentiall...

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.

September 23, 2026

2nd Quote of the Week 39 “ A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do. ” ― Bob Dylan h/t Jacka

Doing is like wanting, but bolder.

September 21, 2026

Quote of the Week 39 “ Doing is like wanting, but bolder. ” ― Alan Bipe (free translation of a German Sponti saying )

If you want a new idea, read an old book.

September 14, 2026

Quote of the Week 38 “ If you want a new idea, read an old book. ” ― attributed to Ivan Pavlov

There is nothing you keep, there is only your reflection.

September 07, 2026

Quote of the Week 37 “ There is nothing you keep, there is only your reflection. ” ― John Andrew Hull , Manchester Orchestra , “ The Silence ” ( Song Lyrics ) Triggered by my switch back to Spotify from Apple Music — with all my old playlists intact. Related: Quote of the Week 3/2021 " You can go anywhere but you are where you came from. " ― John Andrew Hull, Manchester Orchestra, “ The Silence ” ( Song Lyrics )

Do it or do not do it — you will regret both.

August 31, 2026

Quote of the Week 36 “ Do it or do not do it — you will regret both. ” ― Søren Kierkegaard Triggered by Shreyas Doshi 's repost on X: You'll regret it if you get married, you'll regret it if you don't get married. You'll regret it if you have kids and you'll regret it if you don't. Kierkegaard said this 200 years ago as follows - whatever you choose, you'll regret it, because the problem isn't in your choices,… https://t.co/y9BEyLjsc1 — blue (@bluewmist) August 25, 2026 Full quote (per Claude.ai): Here's the full passage from Either/Or (1843). "Marry, and you will regret it; don't marry, you will also regret it; marry or don't marry, you will regret it either way. Laugh at the world's foolishness, you will regret it; weep over it, you will regret that too; laugh at the world's foolishness or weep over it, you will regret both. Believe a woman, you will regret it; believe her not, you will also regret it… Hang yours...