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A selection of the quotes used on the front page of the JC [[from time to time]]:<br> | A selection of the quotes used on the front page of the JC [[from time to time]]:<br> | ||
'''April 2023''': ^^^ <br> | '''April 2023''': ^^^ <br> | ||
'''March 2023''': “What can be expected of a man who has spent twenty years of his life in making heads for pins?” — de Tocqueville | '''March 2023''': “What can be expected of a man who has spent twenty years of his life in making heads for pins?” — de Tocqueville<br> | ||
'''February 2023''': “We should mistrust ourselves most when we are certain.” — J. K. Rowling | '''February 2023''': “We should mistrust ourselves most when we are certain.” — J. K. Rowling<br> | ||
'''January 2023''': “The game is rigged. But you cannot lose if you do not play.” — Marla Daniels, ''The Wire'' (2002) <br> | '''January 2023''': “The game is rigged. But you cannot lose if you do not play.” — Marla Daniels, ''The Wire'' (2002) <br> | ||
'''January 2023''': “Oh, no: the movie’s kickass. But, dude: your song would be the hard rockin’ cherry on the top of the mountain.” | '''January 2023''': “Oh, no: the movie’s kickass. But, dude: your song would be the hard rockin’ cherry on the top of the mountain.” — Jack Black, plea to Led Zeppelin, on behalf of the producers of ''School of Rock''.<br> | ||
'''January 2023''':“What is wrong with our civilization can be said with one word — unreality. We are in no danger either from the vices or the virtues of vikings; we are in danger of forgetting all facts, good and bad, in a haze of high-minded phraseology.” — G. K. Chesterton<br> | '''January 2023''':“What is wrong with our civilization can be said with one word — unreality. We are in no danger either from the vices or the virtues of vikings; we are in danger of forgetting all facts, good and bad, in a haze of high-minded phraseology.” — G. K. Chesterton<br> | ||
'''December 2022''': “[[Premium mediocre|Premium mediocrity]] is ''not'' clueless, tasteless consumption of mediocrity under the mistaken impression that it is actual luxury consumption. Maya Millennial is aware that what she is consuming is mediocre at its core, and only “premium” in some peripheral (and importantly, cheap, such as French-for-no-reason branding) ways. But she consumes it anyway.” | '''December 2022''': “[[Premium mediocre|Premium mediocrity]] is ''not'' clueless, tasteless consumption of mediocrity under the mistaken impression that it is actual luxury consumption. Maya Millennial is aware that what she is consuming is mediocre at its core, and only “premium” in some peripheral (and importantly, cheap, such as French-for-no-reason branding) ways. But she consumes it anyway.” — Venkatesh Rao, ''The Premium Mediocre Life of Maya Millennial'' (2017) | ||
'''November 2022''': “One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil.” — Nietzsche, ''Ecce Homo''<br> | '''November 2022''': “One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil.” — Nietzsche, ''Ecce Homo''<br> | ||
'''October 2022''': “Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens”<ref><small>“The Gods themselves struggle against stupidity in vain”</small></ref> — Schiller, ''The Maid of Orleans'', III, 6 | '''October 2022''': “Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens”<ref><small>“The Gods themselves struggle against stupidity in vain”</small></ref> — Schiller, ''The Maid of Orleans'', III, 6 | ||