NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 16, 2014
Sex as a source of pleasure, as distinct from its services to procreation, has been frowned upon, openly or tacitly, by the establishment. But at the same time, violence as an ins ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 9, 2014
The relationship between media and politics is one that is flexible and responds to the political situation. In a time of reaction, the media tend to be drugged by, influenced by, ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 2, 2014
Mediocrity is a business, like making low-quality shirts for low-income consumers at a low price. With this important difference—mediocrity cuts across all arts and professions, a ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for October 26, 2014
The furies work impartially against both of us. The main difference is that when Quixote is enchanted, he’s simply out of his head, whereas when I’m enchanted, I’m just out of luc ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for October 19 2014
The due rank of peace is proudest above all earthly dignities. Believe it, and ensue it so. “Not Choose Not” from the book Overkill and Megalove (1963) ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for October 12, 2014
This country was fortunate in having been created by a band of courageous, idealistic, intelligent men. There are few countries that can point to their origins with the same sense ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for October 5, 2014
Just as madmen do not think they are mad, and bores think they are fascinating, pedants are never aware of their pedantry. “Pilpul ” from the book “Trivializing America” (1983) ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for September 28, 2014
So all in all we have been careless caretakers of our ward. We have slashed forests, dirtied skies, drained wetlands, overgrazed pastures, stunted mountains, acidified rain, degra ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for September 21, 2014
A question to ask at the edge of a new millennium: What other nation, before or since, has ever called out, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for September 14, 2014
The ear is the organ through which we perceive the subtlest of the arts, which is music. “The Poet Laureate of Radio: An Interview with Norman Corwin” December 28, 2004 ...
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