“Those who manipulate the unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. We are governed, our minds molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested largely by men we have never heard of. In almost every act of our lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires that control the public mind.”
-Edward Bernays, Pioneer of Corporate PR and Propaganda
(via Organic Consumer Association)
“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things through narrow chinks of his cavern.”
- William Blake
“Love is metaphysical gravity.”
- R. Buckminster Fuller
Happy Valentine’s Day
“Failure is an option. Fear is not.”
- James Cameron
“The person you love is 72.8% water.”
- Alan Fletcher
“Practice safe design: Use a concept.”
- Petrula Vrontikis
“If you can’t love me at my worst, then you don’t deserve me at my best.”
- Marilyn Monroe
“I’m a loner, Dottie. A rebel.”
- Peewee Herman
The best we can ever hope for is to become so distracted by our distractions that we call them passions.
“Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind”
- Dr. Seuss
“There’s more to life than just being a passenger”
- Amelia Earhart
R.I.P. DJ AM
“New york, new york. Big city of dreams, but everything in new york aint always what it seems.”
- last tweet from @DJ_AM on August 25th, 2009. quote from Grand Master Flash’s song “New York New York”