Quote of the Day (William Shakespeare, on Will, Power, and Appetite)

“Force should be right; or rather, right and wrong,
Between whose endless jar justice resides,
Should lose their names, and so should justice too.
Then every thing includes itself in power,
Power into will, will into appetite;
And appetite, an universal wolf,
So doubly seconded with will and power,
Must make perforce an universal prey,
And last eat up himself.” —English playwright-poet William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Troilus and Cressida (1609)

Song Lyric of the Day (Rufus Wainwright, Showing Why New Year’s Resolutions Are Hard to Keep)

“Everything it seems I like's a little bit sweeter

A little bit fatter, a little bit harmful for me.”—Rufus Wainwright, “Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk,” from his CD Poses (2001)