Mystery solved. Have been trying to source this quote for two decades.

[swag]

Seems I should have read a book:

"Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity."

— Marshall McLuhan
Quoted by Philip Marchand, MM's biographer, in
Marshall McLuhan: The Medium And the Messenger

Had heard it attributed to McLuhan with slightly different phrasing, but still could find no source.

I'm noting it here not because I think it's true in all circumstances, but because it's a personal mystery solved.

On to the Ionesco quote that I can't find, about him finding existence to be an extreme <inconvenience|misfortune>.

Sink, stone, sink!

[seriousstan]

1. Google is a beautiful thing. I immediately got a source.

Google and Google Earth...I never even imagined it when I was younger. While cars, appliances..except microwave...and services...except ATM..have barely changed, information has EXPLODED.

Who'd a thunk.

P.S. LOL that passed spell checker. LOL

[Tom Kitten]

2. good luck!

After all "Not everything is unsayable in words, only the living truth"...

[swag]

3. Good one.

And I see that your quote is attributed not only to Ionesco but also to Santayana.

Just as "Art is whatever you can get away with" is attributed to both McLuhan and Warhol.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

5. How about "no two objects can occupy the same place at the same time?

nt

[BikeWriter]

4. Perseverance pays off. I recall looking for one * quote for months.

[WCGreen]

6. cool