"Reality is not protected or defended by laws, proclamations, ukases, cannons and armadas. Reality is that which is sprouting all the time out of death and disintegration."
~ Henry Miller (1891–1980), author of "With Edgar Varèse in the Gobi Desert," The Air-Conditioned Nightmare (1945);
"An idealist believes the short run doesn't count.
A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter.
A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run."
- Sydney J. Harris, (1917–1986), American journalist for the 'Chicago Daily News' & later the 'Chicago Sun-Times'; his column, “Strictly Personal”, was syndicated in many newspapers throughout the United States & Canada;
