If you understand what you're doing, you're not learning anything.
-- A. L.
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Monday, June 29, 2015
Sunday, June 28, 2015
Saturday, June 27, 2015
Fortune Quote #1059
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make
it shorter. -- Blaise Pascal
it shorter. -- Blaise Pascal
Friday, June 26, 2015
Fortune Quote #1058
I am not sure what this is, but an `F' would only dignify it. --
English Professor
English Professor
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Fortune Quote #1057
[He] took me into his library and showed me his books, of which he had a
complete set. -- Ring Lardner
complete set. -- Ring Lardner
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Fortune Quote #1055
Going to church does not make a person religious, nor does going to school
make a person educated, any more than going to a garage makes a person a
car.
make a person educated, any more than going to a garage makes a person a
car.
Monday, June 22, 2015
Fortune Quote #1054
Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My
opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a
bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher. --
Flannery O'Connor
opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a
bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher. --
Flannery O'Connor
Sunday, June 21, 2015
Fortune Quote #1053
Engineering: "How will this work?" Science: "Why will this work?"
Management: "When will this work?" Liberal Arts: "Do you want fries with
that?"
Management: "When will this work?" Liberal Arts: "Do you want fries with
that?"
Saturday, June 20, 2015
Fortune Quote #1052
Education and religion are two things not regulated by supply and demand.
The less of either the people have, the less they want. --
Charlotte Observer, 1897
The less of either the people have, the less they want. --
Charlotte Observer, 1897
Friday, June 19, 2015
Fortune Quote #1051
Education is what you get when you read the fine print; experience is what
you get when you don't. -- Pete Seeger
you get when you don't. -- Pete Seeger
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Fortune Quote #1050
Comparing information and knowledge is like asking whether the fatness of
a pig is more or less green than the designated hitter rule. --
David Guaspari
a pig is more or less green than the designated hitter rule. --
David Guaspari
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Fortune Quote #1048
Report of a doctor upon the death of a patient: "Patient failed to fulfill
his wellness potential."
his wellness potential."
Monday, June 15, 2015
Fortune Quote #1047
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely
rearranging their prejudices. -- William James
rearranging their prejudices. -- William James
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Fortune Quote #1045
A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into
place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of
greening the landscape of idea. -- John Ciardi
place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of
greening the landscape of idea. -- John Ciardi
Saturday, June 13, 2015
Friday, June 12, 2015
Fortune Quote #1043
Drive carefully. Cars aren't the only things that can be recalled by
their maker.
their maker.
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Fortune Quote #1041
On the eighth day, God created the platypus. And God said, "let's see the
evolutionists try and figure this one out."
evolutionists try and figure this one out."
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Fortune Quote #1040
There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done,"
and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way." --
C.S. Lewis
and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way." --
C.S. Lewis
Monday, June 8, 2015
Fortune Quote #1039
First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then
you win. -- Gandhi
you win. -- Gandhi
Sunday, June 7, 2015
Fortune Quote #1038
Quite often, when a man thinks his mind is getting broader, it is only his
conscience stretching.
conscience stretching.
Saturday, June 6, 2015
Friday, June 5, 2015
Fortune Quote #1036
Many a good man has failed because he had his wishbone where his backbone
should have been.
should have been.
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Monday, June 1, 2015
Fortune Quote #1032
Don't be afraid of pressure. Remember that pressure is what turns a lump
of coal into a diamond.
of coal into a diamond.
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