Vila: "I think I have just made the biggest mistake of my life." Orac: "It
is unlikely. I would predict there are far greater mistakes waiting
to be made by someone with your obvious talent for it."
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Monday, July 30, 2018
Sunday, July 29, 2018
Fortune Quote #2188
Making variations on a theme is really the crux of creativity. --
Douglas R. Hofstadter, "Metamagical Themas"
Douglas R. Hofstadter, "Metamagical Themas"
Saturday, July 28, 2018
Friday, July 27, 2018
Fortune Quote #2186
Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant
intelligence. -- Henrik Tikkanen
intelligence. -- Henrik Tikkanen
Thursday, July 26, 2018
Fortune Quote #2185
To stay young requires unceasing cultivation of the ability to unlearn old
falsehoods. -- Lazarus Long, "Time Enough For Love"
falsehoods. -- Lazarus Long, "Time Enough For Love"
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Fortune Quote #2184
To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your
private heart is true for all men -- that is genius. -- Ralph Waldo
Emerson
private heart is true for all men -- that is genius. -- Ralph Waldo
Emerson
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Fortune Quote #2183
This generation doesn't have emotional baggage. We have emotional moving
vans. -- Bruce Feirstein
vans. -- Bruce Feirstein
Monday, July 23, 2018
Fortune Quote #2182
Thinking you know something is a sure way to blind yourself. --
Frank Herbert, "Chapterhouse: Dune"
Frank Herbert, "Chapterhouse: Dune"
Sunday, July 22, 2018
Saturday, July 21, 2018
Fortune Quote #2180
The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants
and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something
could have materialized -- and never knowing. -- David Viscott
and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something
could have materialized -- and never knowing. -- David Viscott
Friday, July 20, 2018
Thursday, July 19, 2018
Fortune Quote #2178
The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open
doorway with an open mind. -- E.B. White
doorway with an open mind. -- E.B. White
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Fortune Quote #2177
The truth about a man lies first and foremost in what he hides. --
Andre Malraux
Andre Malraux
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Fortune Quote #2176
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher
esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. --
Nietzsche
esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. --
Nietzsche
Monday, July 16, 2018
Sunday, July 15, 2018
Fortune Quote #2174
"The probability of someone watching you is proportional to the stupidity
of your action."
of your action."
Saturday, July 14, 2018
Fortune Quote #2173
The perfect friend sees the best in you -- sees it constantly -- not just
when you occasionally are that way, but also when you waver, when you
forget yourself, act like less than you are. In time, you become more like
his vision of you -- which is the person you have always wanted to
be. -- Nancy Friday
when you occasionally are that way, but also when you waver, when you
forget yourself, act like less than you are. In time, you become more like
his vision of you -- which is the person you have always wanted to
be. -- Nancy Friday
Friday, July 13, 2018
Fortune Quote #2172
"People sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to
give none at all."
give none at all."
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Fortune Quote #2171
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical
substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. -- Carl
Jung
substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. -- Carl
Jung
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Fortune Quote #2170
The major advances in civilization are processes that all but wreck the
societies in which they occur. -- A.N. Whitehead
societies in which they occur. -- A.N. Whitehead
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Fortune Quote #2169
The louder he talked of his honour, the faster we counted our
spoons. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
spoons. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Monday, July 9, 2018
Fortune Quote #2168
The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is the reason that He makes
so many of them. -- attributed to Abraham Lincoln
so many of them. -- attributed to Abraham Lincoln
Sunday, July 8, 2018
Fortune Quote #2167
The knowledge that makes us cherish innocence makes innocence
unattainable. -- Irving Howe
unattainable. -- Irving Howe
Saturday, July 7, 2018
Fortune Quote #2166
The great merit of society is to make one appreciate solitude. --
Charles Chincholles, "Reflections on the Art of Life"
Charles Chincholles, "Reflections on the Art of Life"
Friday, July 6, 2018
Fortune Quote #2165
The full potentialities of human fury cannot be reached until a friend of
both parties tactfully interferes. -- G.K. Chesterton
both parties tactfully interferes. -- G.K. Chesterton
Thursday, July 5, 2018
Fortune Quote #2164
The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of
civilization. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
civilization. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
Fortune Quote #2163
The distinction between true and false appears to become increasingly
blurred by... the pollution of the language. -- Arne Tiselius
blurred by... the pollution of the language. -- Arne Tiselius
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Fortune Quote #2162
The best portion of a good man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered
acts of kindness and love. -- Wordsworth
acts of kindness and love. -- Wordsworth
Monday, July 2, 2018
Fortune Quote #2161
The adjuration to be "normal" seems shockingly repellent to me; I see
neither hope nor comfort in sinking to that low level. I think it is
ignorance that makes people think of abnormality only with horror and
allows them to remain undismayed at the proximity of "normal" to average
and mediocre. For surely anyone who achieves anything is, essentially,
abnormal. -- Dr. Karl Menninger, "The Human Mind", 1930
neither hope nor comfort in sinking to that low level. I think it is
ignorance that makes people think of abnormality only with horror and
allows them to remain undismayed at the proximity of "normal" to average
and mediocre. For surely anyone who achieves anything is, essentially,
abnormal. -- Dr. Karl Menninger, "The Human Mind", 1930
Sunday, July 1, 2018
Fortune Quote #2160
That's always the way when you discover something new; everyone thinks
you're crazy. -- Evelyn E. Smith
you're crazy. -- Evelyn E. Smith
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