Thom Strim

“Now and again I go out at night and watch for meteors. The stars are a free show; it don't cost anything to use your eyes.”
― George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London

“In the anti-Communist atmosphere of the Cold War, U.S. support of right-wing military dictatorships -Anastasio Somoza in Nicaragua, Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic, Manuel Odria in Peru, and Marcos Pérez Jiménez in Venezuela - at the expense of outspoken nationalists or left-wing regimes, was rationalized in the name of national security.”
― Jon Lee Anderson, Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life

“The good thing about knowing that you don't know the answer - if you're honest about it - is that you're always on the lookout for people who are smarter than you. You just never know where you're going to find them.”
― Mick Ebeling, Not Impossible: The Art and Joy of Doing What Couldn't Be Done

“Dirt is a great respecter of persons; it lets you alone when you are well dressed, but as soon as your collar is gone it flies towards you from all directions.”
― George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London