Death is sometimes a punishment, sometimes a gift; to many it has come as
a favor. -- Seneca
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Fortune Quote #633
There is one art of which man should be master, the art of
reflection. -- Samuel Coleridge
reflection. -- Samuel Coleridge
Monday, April 28, 2014
Fortune Quote #632
If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude
greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace.
We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch and lick the hand that
feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen. --
Samuel Adams
greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace.
We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch and lick the hand that
feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen. --
Samuel Adams
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Fortune Quote #631
Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone do something that you said
couldn't be done. -- Sam Ewing
couldn't be done. -- Sam Ewing
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Fortune Quote #630
Never offend people with style when you can offend them with
substance. -- Sam Brown
substance. -- Sam Brown
Friday, April 25, 2014
Fortune Quote #629
He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden with
a load of books. Does the ass comprehend whether he carries on his back a
library or a bundle of faggots? -- Saadi
a load of books. Does the ass comprehend whether he carries on his back a
library or a bundle of faggots? -- Saadi
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Fortune Quote #628
Last time, I asked: "What does mathematics mean to you?" And some people
answered: "The manipulation of numbers, the manipulation of structures."
And if I had asked what music means to you, would you have answered: "The
manipulation of notes?" -- S. Lang
answered: "The manipulation of numbers, the manipulation of structures."
And if I had asked what music means to you, would you have answered: "The
manipulation of notes?" -- S. Lang
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Fortune Quote #626
The study of infinity is much more than a dry academic game. The
intellectual pursuit of the absolute infinity is, as Georg Cantor realized,
a form of the soul's quest for God. Whether or not the goal is ever
reached, an awareness of the process brings enlightenment. -- Rudy
Rucker
intellectual pursuit of the absolute infinity is, as Georg Cantor realized,
a form of the soul's quest for God. Whether or not the goal is ever
reached, an awareness of the process brings enlightenment. -- Rudy
Rucker
Monday, April 21, 2014
Fortune Quote #625
It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive
and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing
rabbits singing about toilet paper. -- Rod Serling
and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing
rabbits singing about toilet paper. -- Rod Serling
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Fortune Quote #623
A generous prayer is never presented in vain; the petition may be refused,
but the petitioner is always, I believe, rewarded by some gracious
visitation. -- Robert Louis Stevenson
but the petitioner is always, I believe, rewarded by some gracious
visitation. -- Robert Louis Stevenson
Friday, April 18, 2014
Fortune Quote #622
Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from
your vocabulary: impossible. -- Robert H. Schuller
your vocabulary: impossible. -- Robert H. Schuller
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Fortune Quote #619
Why comes temptation but for man to meet And master and make crouch
beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph? -- Robert
Browning
beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph? -- Robert
Browning
Monday, April 14, 2014
Fortune Quote #618
Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is
supposed to be doing. -- Robert Benchley
supposed to be doing. -- Robert Benchley
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Fortune Quote #617
Whenever women have insisted on absolute equality with men, they have
invariably wound up with the dirty end of the stick. What they are and what
they can do makes them superior to men, and their proper tactic is to
demand special privileges, all the traffic will bear. They should never
settle merely for equality. -- Lazarus Long (Robert A. Heinlein)
invariably wound up with the dirty end of the stick. What they are and what
they can do makes them superior to men, and their proper tactic is to
demand special privileges, all the traffic will bear. They should never
settle merely for equality. -- Lazarus Long (Robert A. Heinlein)
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Fortune Quote #616
The truth of a proposition has nothing to do with its credibility. And
vice versa. -- Lazarus Long (Robert A. Heinlein)
vice versa. -- Lazarus Long (Robert A. Heinlein)
Friday, April 11, 2014
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Fortune Quote #614
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. -- Lazarus Long
(Robert A. Heinlein)
(Robert A. Heinlein)
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Fortune Quote #613
Moving parts in rubbing contact require lubrication to avoid excessive
wear. Honorifics and formal politeness provide lubrication where people rub
together. -- Lazarus Long (Robert A. Heinlein)
wear. Honorifics and formal politeness provide lubrication where people rub
together. -- Lazarus Long (Robert A. Heinlein)
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Fortune Quote #612
Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best he is
a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear shoes, bathe, and not make
messes in the house. -- Lazarus Long (Robert A. Heinlein)
a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear shoes, bathe, and not make
messes in the house. -- Lazarus Long (Robert A. Heinlein)
Monday, April 7, 2014
Fortune Quote #611
Animals can be driven crazy by placing too many in too small a pen. Homo
sapiens is the only animal that voluntarily does this to himself.
-- Lazarus Long (Robert A. Heinlein)
sapiens is the only animal that voluntarily does this to himself.
-- Lazarus Long (Robert A. Heinlein)
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Fortune Quote #610
A man does not insist on physical beauty in a woman who builds up his
morale. After a while he realizes she IS beautiful--he just hadn't noticed
it at first. -- Lazarus Long (Robert A. Heinlein)
morale. After a while he realizes she IS beautiful--he just hadn't noticed
it at first. -- Lazarus Long (Robert A. Heinlein)
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Fortune Quote #609
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher
a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts,
build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders,
cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure,
program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects. -- Lazarus Long (Robert A. Heinlein)
a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts,
build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders,
cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure,
program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects. -- Lazarus Long (Robert A. Heinlein)
Friday, April 4, 2014
Fortune Quote #608
A generation which ignores history has no past--and no future. --
Lazarus Long (Robert A. Heinlein)
Lazarus Long (Robert A. Heinlein)
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Fortune Quote #607
A fake fortuneteller can be tolerated. But an authentic soothsayer should
be shot on sight. -- Lazarus Long (Robert A. Heinlein)
be shot on sight. -- Lazarus Long (Robert A. Heinlein)
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Fortune Quote #606
I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as
dumb as the next guy. -- Richard Feynman
dumb as the next guy. -- Richard Feynman
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Fortune Quote #605
Here is a test to find out whether your mission on Earth is finished. If
you're alive, it isn't. -- Richard Bach
you're alive, it isn't. -- Richard Bach
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