It's a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you
into hot water. -- Franklin P. Jones
A daily fortune or quote based on the Unix fortune program. Have it emailed to you daily, or browse this blog.
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Friday, August 30, 2013
Fortune Quote #390
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Fortune Quote #389
A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted in the air. --
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Fortune Quote #388
Many people lose their tempers merely from seeing you keep yours.
-- Frank Moore Colby
-- Frank Moore Colby
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Fortune Quote #387
The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his
clients to plant vines. -- Frank Lloyd Wright
clients to plant vines. -- Frank Lloyd Wright
Monday, August 26, 2013
Fortune Quote #386
Thus, in a sense, mathematics has been most advanced by those who
distinguished themselves by intuition rather than by rigorous
proofs. -- Felix Klein
distinguished themselves by intuition rather than by rigorous
proofs. -- Felix Klein
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Fortune Quote #385
Experience is that marvellous thing that enables you recognise a mistake
when you make it again. -- F.P. Jones
when you make it again. -- F.P. Jones
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Fortune Quote #384
Someday we'll look back on this moment and plow into a parked car.
-- Evan Davis
-- Evan Davis
Friday, August 23, 2013
Fortune Quote #383
Television--a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor
well-done. -- Ernie Kovacs
well-done. -- Ernie Kovacs
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Fortune Quote #382
Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human
existence. -- Erich Fromm
existence. -- Erich Fromm
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Fortune Quote #381
Immature love says: "I love you because I need you." Mature love says: "I
need you because I love you." -- Erich Fromm
need you because I love you." -- Erich Fromm
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Fortune Quote #380
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we
didn't. -- Erica Jong
didn't. -- Erica Jong
Monday, August 19, 2013
Fortune Quote #379
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each
other. -- Eric Hoffer
other. -- Eric Hoffer
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Fortune Quote #378
The individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in
eternal bondage to himself. -- Eric Hoffer
eternal bondage to himself. -- Eric Hoffer
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Fortune Quote #377
I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has
printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top. --
Professor Lowd, English, Ohio University
printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top. --
Professor Lowd, English, Ohio University
Friday, August 16, 2013
Fortune Quote #376
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture. -- Elvis
Costello
Costello
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Fortune Quote #375
When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you
love someone, you love them with their faults. -- Elizabeth Cameron
love someone, you love them with their faults. -- Elizabeth Cameron
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Fortune Quote #374
You must do the things you think you cannot do. -- Eleanor
Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Fortune Quote #373
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus
handicapped. -- Elbert Hubbard
handicapped. -- Elbert Hubbard
Monday, August 12, 2013
Fortune Quote #372
All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for
enough good men to do nothing. -- Edmund Burke
enough good men to do nothing. -- Edmund Burke
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Fortune Quote #371
It takes immense genius to represent, simply and sincerely, what we see
right in front of us. -- Edmond Duranty
right in front of us. -- Edmond Duranty
Saturday, August 10, 2013
Fortune Quote #370
That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it
suits him, a coward. -- Edgar Allen Poe
suits him, a coward. -- Edgar Allen Poe
Friday, August 9, 2013
Fortune Quote #369
"Facts are stubborn things." (Attributed to lots of different people,
including Ebenezer Elliott, John Adams, and Ronald Reagan)
including Ebenezer Elliott, John Adams, and Ronald Reagan)
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Fortune Quote #368
The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it
once. -- E. Joseph Cossman
once. -- E. Joseph Cossman
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Fortune Quote #367
In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but
planning is indispensable. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
planning is indispensable. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Fortune Quote #366
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be
overcome. -- Dr. Samuel Johnson
overcome. -- Dr. Samuel Johnson
Monday, August 5, 2013
Fortune Quote #365
Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight,
it concentrates his mind wonderfully. -- Dr. Samuel Johnson
it concentrates his mind wonderfully. -- Dr. Samuel Johnson
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Fortune Quote #364
The law is a pretty bird, and has charming wings. It would be quite a bird
of paradise if it did not carry such a terrible bill. -- Douglas
Jerrold
of paradise if it did not carry such a terrible bill. -- Douglas
Jerrold
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Fortune Quote #363
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from
the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent
disinclination to do so. -- Douglas Adams
the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent
disinclination to do so. -- Douglas Adams
Friday, August 2, 2013
Fortune Quote #362
A good programmer is someone who looks both ways before crossing a one-way
street. -- Doug Linder
street. -- Doug Linder
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Fortune Quote #361
This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with
great force. -- Dorothy Parker
great force. -- Dorothy Parker
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