WIST Quotations

Banksy -- Wall and Piece, “Cops” (2005)

Dave — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:40:34 +0000

There are no exceptions to the rule that everyone thinks they’re an exception to the rules.

Banksy (b. 1974?) England-based pseudonymous street artist, political activist, film director
Wall and Piece, “Cops” (2005)
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McLaughlin, Mignon -- The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 9 (1963)

Dave — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 22:16:04 +0000

In retrospect, our triumphs could as easily have happened to someone else; but our defeats are uniquely our own.

Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 9 (1963)
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Nash, Ogden -- “First Child … Second Child,” Versus (1949)

Dave — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:29:59 +0000

FIRST …
Let the rockets flash and the cannon thunder,
This child is a marvel, a matchless wonder.
A staggering child, a child astounding,
Dazzling, diaperless, dumbfounding,
Stupendous, miraculous, unsurpassed,
A child to stagger and flabbergast,
Bright as a button, sharp as a thorn,
And the only perfect one ever born.

SECOND
Arrived this evening at half-past nine.
Everybody is doing fine.
Is it a boy, or quite the reverse?
You can call in the morning and ask the nurse.

Ogden Nash (1902-1971) American poet
“First Child … Second Child,” Versus (1949)
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Chanel, Coco -- (Attributed)

Dave — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 13:36:34 +0000

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

Coco Chanel (1883-1971) French dress designer [Gabrielle Chanel]
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Reagon, Bernice Johnson -- “Coalition Politics: Turning the Century,” presentation, West Coast Women’s Music Festival, Yosemite (1981)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 18:00:00 +0000

There is nowhere you can go and only be with people who are like you. Give it up.

Bernice Johnson Reagon (b. 1942) American song leader, composer, scholar, social activist
“Coalition Politics: Turning the Century,” presentation, West Coast Women’s Music Festival, Yosemite (1981)
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