mat7thew

"since the rules of modern culture are that ppl must be considered free and not forced to work and live according to imposed rules, workers had to be taught to organize their lives in a certain factory-like way..."
- charles lemert

"the transmission of the meaning of an institution is based on the social recognition of that institution as a 'permanent' problem of the given collectivity....the institutional meanings must be impressed powerfully and unforgettably upon the consciousness of the individual, if necessary by coercive and general unpleasant means"
- peter l. berger

"once an old idea is overturned, selling the new idea is often ludicrously simple. as a matter of fact, ppl will often actively search for a new idea to fill the void. never be afraid of conflict. the crux of a repositioning program is undercutting an existing concept, product or person....ppl like to watch the bubble burst."
- al ries

"only when an epoch ceases to be haunted by the shadow of its own consciousness of guilt will it achieve the inner calm and outward strength brutally and ruthlessly to prune off the wild shoots and tear out the weeds."
- adolf hitler

the great epochs of our life come when we gain the courage to rechristen our evil as what is best in us.
- nietzsche

"the new environment is always creating new archetypes, new art forms, out of the old environment."
- mcluhan

it would be unwise to discard tradition with complete contempt, because all thinking is bound by the laws of the mind itself, and Mind has been formed through thousands of years of evolution in each man by the thoughts of his ancestors.
- aleister crowley



gods, it got cold fairly quick...one of the main reasons i've stayed out of kentucky for so long. it does mean i get to bust my leather jacket out again.