The Quote of the Month for June 2015 is:
We should not pretend to understand the world only by intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling.

- Carl Jung, with thanks to first-time contributor Carolina Rodríguez

Have a quote to suggest? E-mail it for my consideration to s.kurtz@irya.unam.mx. If I like it, I'll post it and acknowledge your contribution. If I really like it, I might even send you a prize or something.

Quotes from months gone by:

  • May 2001.............Upton Sinclair
  • June 2001.............Mary Ellen Kelly
  • July 2001...............Bottle Shop Sign
  • August 2001..........Peter Novick
  • September 2001.....Raul Julia/Viktor Frankenstein
  • October 2001.........Brian P. Lavack
  • November 2001......Rafael Costero
  • December 2001......Molly Ivins
  • January 2002.........Mark Twain
  • February 2002......Emiliano Zapata
  • March 2002...........Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • April 2002..............John K. Stoner
  • May 2002..............Jean Anthelme Brillat Savarin
  • June 2002..............Confucius
  • July 2002..............José Cuesta
  • August 2002.........Bill Petersen
  • September 2002.....Thomas Jefferson
  • October 2002.........Benjamin P. Mehrling
  • November 2002.....Evelyn Waugh
  • December 2002.....R. Hanbury Brown
  • January 2003........Marco Antonio Martos
  • February 2003........Linda Kennedy
  • March 2003...........Will Rogers
  • April 2003..............Jeannette Rankin
  • May 2003...............Geoffrey Wheatcroft
  • June 2003..............Herodotus
  • July 2003...............George W. Bush
  • August 2003.............Jim Bray
  • September 2003........Bejamin Franklin
  • October 2003..........Jay Leno
  • November 2003.........Milton Mayer
  • December 2003.........Arundhati Roy
  • January 2004............George Orwell
  • February 2004...........David Hafemeister
  • March 2004..............Peter Andreas
  • April 2004..............George Orwell (again; he's worth it!)
  • May 2004..............Leslie Peltier
  • June 2004..............Off the Map
  • July 2004..............Jaime Sabines
  • August 2004..............Tom Theis and Paul Horn
  • September 2004............Robert B. Reich
  • October 2004............Alan Lindsay Mackay
  • November 2004............Jim Heideman
  • December 2004............Donald Horban
  • January 2005.............Will Shortz
  • February 2005.............Eugene N. Parker
  • March 2005.............Stephen Jay Gould
  • April 2005.............Robert Maynard Hutchins
  • May 2005.............I. F. Stone
  • June 2005.............Robert Service
  • July 2005.............Ilan Stavans' drama teacher
  • August 2005.............Julia Tagüeña Parga
  • September 2005.............Voltaire
  • October 2005.............Catherine Aird
  • November 2005............Greenwich Avenue Graffiti
  • December 2005............James Madison
  • January 2006.............Eric Keto
  • February 2006.............Lily Tomlin
  • March 2006.............D. Patrick Moynihan?
  • April 2008.............Rex Stout/Archie Goodwin
  • May 2008.............Juan Perón
  • June 2008.............Anonymous, via Eric Keto
  • July 2008.............Clarence Darrow
  • August 2009.............Howard Aiken
  • January 2015.............Ian Altman
  • February 2015.............Bill Smith
  • March 2015.............Vladimir Putin
  • April 2015.............Martin Murphy
  • May 2015.............Wendell Berry