"Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe." Frank Zappa
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Quotes
You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.
- Pablo Picasso
Friendship is being there when someone's feeling low and not being afraid to kick them.
- Randy K. Milholland
In modern America, anyone who attempts to write satirically about the events of the day finds it difficult to concoct a situation so bizarre that it may not actually come to pass while the article is still on the presses.
- Calvin Trillin
To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.
- Albert Einstein
It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.
- David Brin
- Pablo Picasso
Friendship is being there when someone's feeling low and not being afraid to kick them.
- Randy K. Milholland
In modern America, anyone who attempts to write satirically about the events of the day finds it difficult to concoct a situation so bizarre that it may not actually come to pass while the article is still on the presses.
- Calvin Trillin
To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.
- Albert Einstein
It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.
- David Brin
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Monday, August 29, 2011
Quotes
Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.
- William S. Burroughs
My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.
- Rodney Dangerfield
At least two-thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity: idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religous or political ideas.
- Aldous Huxley
A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.
- Woodrow Wilson
All the world's a cage.
- Jeanne Phillips
- William S. Burroughs
My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.
- Rodney Dangerfield
At least two-thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity: idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religous or political ideas.
- Aldous Huxley
A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.
- Woodrow Wilson
All the world's a cage.
- Jeanne Phillips
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Sunday, August 28, 2011
Quotes
Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.
- Robert Service
Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science.
- Gary Zukav
We do on stage things that are supposed to happen off. Which is a kind of integrity, if you look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.
- Tom Stoppard
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
- Voltaire
Assuming either the Left Wing or the Right Wing gained control of the country, it would probably fly around in circles.
- Pat Paulsen
- Robert Service
Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science.
- Gary Zukav
We do on stage things that are supposed to happen off. Which is a kind of integrity, if you look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.
- Tom Stoppard
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
- Voltaire
Assuming either the Left Wing or the Right Wing gained control of the country, it would probably fly around in circles.
- Pat Paulsen
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Saturday, August 27, 2011
Quotes
Men willingly believe what they wish.
- Gaius Julius Caesar
- Gaius Julius Caesar
Quotes
To forget oneself is to be happy.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
- Honore de Balzac
If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
- Ted Turner
That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.
- A. Whitney Brown
I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.
- W. C. Fields
- Robert Louis Stevenson
Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
- Honore de Balzac
If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
- Ted Turner
That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.
- A. Whitney Brown
I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.
- W. C. Fields
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Friday, August 26, 2011
Celestial Junk: Stephen Harper, Herman ... and Nigel Farage
Celestial Junk: Stephen Harper, Herman ... and Nigel Farage: It's no secret that Mr. Harper is a micro-managing control freak (in itself, there's nothing wrong with that) From his propensity to bully...
Celestial Junk: Once Again, It Comes Down to the Sun
Celestial Junk: Once Again, It Comes Down to the Sun: ... who'd have thunk it? Personal rivalries aside, the important question is what the new CLOUD paper means for the Svensmark hypothesis. P...
Quotes
Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.
- Karl Von Clausewitz
A committee can make a decision that is dumber than any of its members.
- David Coblitz
Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that's how dogs spend their lives.
- Sue Murphy
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
- James Thurber
I am just going outside and may be some time.
- Captain Lawrence Oates
- Karl Von Clausewitz
A committee can make a decision that is dumber than any of its members.
- David Coblitz
Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that's how dogs spend their lives.
- Sue Murphy
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
- James Thurber
I am just going outside and may be some time.
- Captain Lawrence Oates
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Quotes
A quiet mind cureth all.
- Robert Burton
We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world; and its efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don't know anything and can't read.
- Mark Twain
Realism...has no more to do with reality than anything else.
- Hob Broun
I have an existential map. It has 'You are here' written all over it.
- Steven Wright
Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.
- Lillian Hellman
- Robert Burton
We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world; and its efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don't know anything and can't read.
- Mark Twain
Realism...has no more to do with reality than anything else.
- Hob Broun
I have an existential map. It has 'You are here' written all over it.
- Steven Wright
Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.
- Lillian Hellman
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Quotes
Independence is happiness.
- Susan B. Anthony
Boxing is just show business with blood.
- Frank Bruno
I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars.
- Fred Allen
The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance from one pedestal after another of previous convictions about our centrality in the cosmos.
- Stephen Jay Gould
Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining.
- Jef Raskin
- Susan B. Anthony
Boxing is just show business with blood.
- Frank Bruno
I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars.
- Fred Allen
The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance from one pedestal after another of previous convictions about our centrality in the cosmos.
- Stephen Jay Gould
Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining.
- Jef Raskin
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Monday, August 22, 2011
Quotes
Any experience can be transformed into something of value.
- Vash Young
A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.
- George Bernard Shaw
Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success - yours or his.
- Franklin P. Jones
The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys.
- Sir William Preece
I'm as pure as the driven slush.
- Tallulah Bankhead
- Vash Young
A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.
- George Bernard Shaw
Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success - yours or his.
- Franklin P. Jones
The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys.
- Sir William Preece
I'm as pure as the driven slush.
- Tallulah Bankhead
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Sunday, August 21, 2011
Quotes
What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.
- Abraham Maslow
Television a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done.
- Ernie Kovacs
If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out of it but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and no-one dares criticize it.
- Pierre Gallois
This book fills a much-needed gap.
- Moses Hadas
When it is not necessary to make a decision, it is necessary not to make a decision.
- Lord Falkland
- Abraham Maslow
Television a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done.
- Ernie Kovacs
If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out of it but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and no-one dares criticize it.
- Pierre Gallois
This book fills a much-needed gap.
- Moses Hadas
When it is not necessary to make a decision, it is necessary not to make a decision.
- Lord Falkland
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Saturday, August 20, 2011
Quotes
If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of me.
- Dwight L. Moody
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
- Thomas Jefferson
A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.
- Samuel Johnson
If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.
- Laurence J. Peter
The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.
- Hubert H. Humphrey
- Dwight L. Moody
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
- Thomas Jefferson
A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.
- Samuel Johnson
If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.
- Laurence J. Peter
The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.
- Hubert H. Humphrey
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Slow Road to Hell
Friday, August 19, 2011
Quotes
Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas.
- Laurence Sterne
Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd.
- Edith Sitwell
Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.
- Hesketh Pearson
Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.
- Milton Friedman
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people. - Orson Welles
- Laurence Sterne
Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd.
- Edith Sitwell
Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.
- Hesketh Pearson
Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.
- Milton Friedman
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people. - Orson Welles
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UK riots: It’s not about criminality and cuts, it’s about culture... and this is only the beginning
Condemned as a racist for his comments on 'Newsnight' following the riots, the historian David Starkey speaks out against those who tried to silence him for confronting the gangster culture that has ruptured our society.
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
Hugo Chavez Steals the Gold
Quotes
Night is the mother of counsels.
- George Herbert
There are two ways to pass a hurdle: leaping over or plowing through... There needs to be a monster truck option.
- Jeph Jacques
We live in a Newtonian world of Einsteinian physics ruled by Frankenstein logic.
- David Russell
I was not a child prodigy, because a child prodigy is a child who knows as much when it is a child as it does when it grows up.
- Will Rogers
The secret of eternal youth is arrested development.
- Alice Roosevelt Longworth
- George Herbert
There are two ways to pass a hurdle: leaping over or plowing through... There needs to be a monster truck option.
- Jeph Jacques
We live in a Newtonian world of Einsteinian physics ruled by Frankenstein logic.
- David Russell
I was not a child prodigy, because a child prodigy is a child who knows as much when it is a child as it does when it grows up.
- Will Rogers
The secret of eternal youth is arrested development.
- Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
British Mum Proud of Pregnant Daughter
Quotes
Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.
-Grandma Moses
Drugs have taught an entire generation of Americans the metric system.
- P. J. O'Rourke
There is no reciprocity. Men love women, women love children, children love hamsters.
- Alice Thomas Ellis
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
- James Branch Cabell
Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.
- Jean-Paul Sartre
-Grandma Moses
Drugs have taught an entire generation of Americans the metric system.
- P. J. O'Rourke
There is no reciprocity. Men love women, women love children, children love hamsters.
- Alice Thomas Ellis
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
- James Branch Cabell
Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.
- Jean-Paul Sartre
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Why do liberals hate gays so much?
Quotes
Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
- Baltasar Gracian
We are none of us infallible--not even the youngest of us.
- W. H. Thompson
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
- Albert Schweitzer
I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.
- John Cage
I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Baltasar Gracian
We are none of us infallible--not even the youngest of us.
- W. H. Thompson
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
- Albert Schweitzer
I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.
- John Cage
I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Monday, August 15, 2011
Quotes
If you don't know where you're going, you will probably end up somewhere else.
- Laurence J. Peter
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
- Hunter S. Thompson
Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.
- Robert Orben
I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them.
- H. L. Mencken
Don't worry if you're a kleptomaniac, you can always take something for it.
- Unknown
- Laurence J. Peter
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
- Hunter S. Thompson
Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.
- Robert Orben
I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them.
- H. L. Mencken
Don't worry if you're a kleptomaniac, you can always take something for it.
- Unknown
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Ayn Rand - Reason Requires Capitalism
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Quotes
Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.
- Sallust
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.
- Bertrand Russell
You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.
- Art Buchwald
The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law.
- Alex Levin
Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.
- Christopher Morley
- Sallust
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.
- Bertrand Russell
You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.
- Art Buchwald
The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law.
- Alex Levin
Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.
- Christopher Morley
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Saturday, August 13, 2011
Quotes
A person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.
- Bennett Cerf
Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.
- Jane Austen
Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.
- Henri-Frédéric Amiel
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.
- G. K. Chesterton
A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it adds up to real money.
- Senator Everett Dirksen
- Bennett Cerf
Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.
- Jane Austen
Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.
- Henri-Frédéric Amiel
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.
- G. K. Chesterton
A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it adds up to real money.
- Senator Everett Dirksen
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Friday, August 12, 2011
Quotes
Every failure is a step to success.
- William Whewell
A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.
- Carl Reiner
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
- Carl Sagan
There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.
- Don Herold
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
- Albert Einstein
- William Whewell
A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.
- Carl Reiner
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
- Carl Sagan
There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.
- Don Herold
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
- Albert Einstein
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
Quotes
Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose.
- Eckhart Tolle
Be great in act, as you have been in thought.
- Jean Paul
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
- Eric Hoffer
If little else, the brain is an educational toy.
- Tom Robbins
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.
- Robert R. Coveyou
I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Eckhart Tolle
Be great in act, as you have been in thought.
- Jean Paul
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
- Eric Hoffer
If little else, the brain is an educational toy.
- Tom Robbins
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.
- Robert R. Coveyou
I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Quotes
It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.
- Elizabeth Kenny
You give my regards to St. Peter, or whoever has his job, but in Hell.
- Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jed Whedon
When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.
- Rodney Dangerfield
The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.
- Leo Rosten
This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
- James Reston
- Elizabeth Kenny
You give my regards to St. Peter, or whoever has his job, but in Hell.
- Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jed Whedon
When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.
- Rodney Dangerfield
The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.
- Leo Rosten
This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
- James Reston
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Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Quotes
I praise loudly. I blame softly.
- Catherine the Great
Love can be sordid only if you work at it.
- Brooke McEldowney
If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.
- Paul Beatty
We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.
- Samuel Johnson
There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Catherine the Great
Love can be sordid only if you work at it.
- Brooke McEldowney
If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.
- Paul Beatty
We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.
- Samuel Johnson
There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.
- Arthur C. Clarke
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Michael Coren on the London riots
Monday, August 8, 2011
Quotes
Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.
- Baltasar Gracian
Bachelor's degrees make pretty good placemats if you get 'em laminated.
- Jeph Jacques
The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.
- Mark Twain
It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others.
- John Andrew Holmes
I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time.
- Charles M. Schulz
- Baltasar Gracian
Bachelor's degrees make pretty good placemats if you get 'em laminated.
- Jeph Jacques
The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.
- Mark Twain
It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others.
- John Andrew Holmes
I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time.
- Charles M. Schulz
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Sunday, August 7, 2011
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Quotes
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
- Samuel Johnson
Stoop and you'll be stepped on; stand tall and you'll be shot at.
- Carlos A. Urbizo
Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
- John Benfield
History is the short trudge from Adam to atom.
- Leonard Louis Levinson
- Samuel Johnson
Stoop and you'll be stepped on; stand tall and you'll be shot at.
- Carlos A. Urbizo
Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
- John Benfield
History is the short trudge from Adam to atom.
- Leonard Louis Levinson
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
Quotes
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better.
- George Santayana
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.
- Soren Kierkegaard
On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
- Will Rogers
- Robert Louis Stevenson
The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better.
- George Santayana
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.
- Soren Kierkegaard
On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
- Will Rogers
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Quotes
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.
- Michael Crichton
No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.
- W. H. Auden
There must be more to life than having everything.
- Maurice Sendak
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.
- Richard Feynman
- Socrates
Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.
- Michael Crichton
No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.
- W. H. Auden
There must be more to life than having everything.
- Maurice Sendak
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.
- Richard Feynman
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Quotes
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
- E. M. Forster
A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men.
- Anonymous
Anybody can win unless there happens to be a second entry.
- George Ade
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
- Robert Frost
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
- Frank Zappa
- E. M. Forster
A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men.
- Anonymous
Anybody can win unless there happens to be a second entry.
- George Ade
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
- Robert Frost
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
- Frank Zappa
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Monday, August 1, 2011
Quotes
Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.
- Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an American and then write any kind of music you wish.
- Virgil Thomson
He talked with more claret than clarity.
- Susan Ertz
I can believe anything, provided that it is quite incredible.
- Oscar Wilde
After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
- Cato the Elder
- Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an American and then write any kind of music you wish.
- Virgil Thomson
He talked with more claret than clarity.
- Susan Ertz
I can believe anything, provided that it is quite incredible.
- Oscar Wilde
After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
- Cato the Elder
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