Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they're
going to catch you in next. -- Franklin P. Jones
Friday, July 31, 2015
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Fortune Quote #1093
Anyone who uses the phrase "easy as taking candy from a baby" has never
tried taking candy from a baby. -- Robin Hood
tried taking candy from a baby. -- Robin Hood
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Fortune Quote #1092
Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in
the milk. -- Henry David Thoreau
the milk. -- Henry David Thoreau
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Fortune Quote #1091
Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited
love. -- Charlie Brown
love. -- Charlie Brown
Monday, July 27, 2015
Fortune Quote #1090
If you stew apples like cranberries, they taste more like prunes than
rhubarb does. -- Groucho Marx
rhubarb does. -- Groucho Marx
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Fortune Quote #1089
I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in
its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals. -- Henry
David Thoreau
its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals. -- Henry
David Thoreau
Saturday, July 25, 2015
Fortune Quote #1088
I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't, because if I liked it I'd eat
it, and I just hate it. -- Clarence Darrow
it, and I just hate it. -- Clarence Darrow
Friday, July 24, 2015
Fortune Quote #1087
I couldn't remember when I had been so disappointed. Except perhaps the
time I found out that M&Ms really DO melt in your hand. -- Peter
Oakley
time I found out that M&Ms really DO melt in your hand. -- Peter
Oakley
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Fortune Quote #1085
The most common given name in the world is Mohammad; the most common
family name in the world is Chang. Can you imagine the enormous number of
people in the world named Mohammad Chang? -- Derek Wills
family name in the world is Chang. Can you imagine the enormous number of
people in the world named Mohammad Chang? -- Derek Wills
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Fortune Quote #1084
The goys have proven the following theorem... -- John von Neumann
beginning a lecture.
beginning a lecture.
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Fortune Quote #1083
The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their
children to speak it. -- G. B. Shaw
children to speak it. -- G. B. Shaw
Monday, July 20, 2015
Fortune Quote #1082
"The difference between America and England is that the English think 100
miles is a long distance and the Americans think 100 years is a long time."
miles is a long distance and the Americans think 100 years is a long time."
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Fortune Quote #1081
The Almighty in His infinite wisdom did not see fit to create Frenchmen in
the image of Englishmen. -- Winston Churchill, 1942
the image of Englishmen. -- Winston Churchill, 1942
Saturday, July 18, 2015
Fortune Quote #1080
It's odd, and a little unsettling, to reflect upon the fact that English
is the only major language in which "I" is capitalized; in many other
languages "You" is capitalized and the "i" is lower case. -- Sydney
J. Harris
is the only major language in which "I" is capitalized; in many other
languages "You" is capitalized and the "i" is lower case. -- Sydney
J. Harris
Friday, July 17, 2015
Thursday, July 16, 2015
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Fortune Quote #1076
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and
making them see light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and
a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. -- Max Planck
making them see light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and
a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. -- Max Planck
Monday, July 13, 2015
Fortune Quote #1075
You should, without hesitation, pound your typewriter into a plowshare,
your paper into fertilizer, and enter agriculture. -- Business
Professor, University of Georgia
your paper into fertilizer, and enter agriculture. -- Business
Professor, University of Georgia
Sunday, July 12, 2015
Fortune Quote #1074
Wouldn't the sentence "I want to put a hyphen between the words Fish and
And and And and Chips in my Fish-And-Chips sign" have been clearer if
quotation marks had been placed before Fish, and between Fish and and, and
and and And, and And and and, and and and And, and And and and, and and and
Chips, as well as after Chips?
And and And and Chips in my Fish-And-Chips sign" have been clearer if
quotation marks had been placed before Fish, and between Fish and and, and
and and And, and And and and, and and and And, and And and and, and and and
Chips, as well as after Chips?
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Friday, July 10, 2015
Fortune Quote #1072
What does education often do? It makes a straight cut ditch of a free
meandering brook. -- Henry David Thoreau
meandering brook. -- Henry David Thoreau
Thursday, July 9, 2015
Fortune Quote #1071
"We're running out of adjectives to describe our situation. We had
crisis, then we went into chaos, and now what do we call this?" said
Nicaraguan economist Francisco Mayorga, who holds a doctorate from
Yale. -- The Washington Post, February, 1988 Comment by The New
Yorker: "At Harvard they'd call it a noun."
crisis, then we went into chaos, and now what do we call this?" said
Nicaraguan economist Francisco Mayorga, who holds a doctorate from
Yale. -- The Washington Post, February, 1988 Comment by The New
Yorker: "At Harvard they'd call it a noun."
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Fortune Quote #1070
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its
pupils. -- Hector Berlioz
pupils. -- Hector Berlioz
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Fortune Quote #1069
This is the sort of pedantry up with which I will not put. --
attributed to Winston Churchill, in response to an objection
that he had ended a sentence with a preposition
attributed to Winston Churchill, in response to an objection
that he had ended a sentence with a preposition
Monday, July 6, 2015
Fortune Quote #1068
The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own
thinking. -- Christopher Morley
thinking. -- Christopher Morley
Sunday, July 5, 2015
Fortune Quote #1067
Reporter: "How did you like school when you were growing up, Yogi?" Yogi
Berra: "Closed."
Berra: "Closed."
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Fortune Quote #1066
One cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs--but it is amazing how
many eggs one can break without making a decent omelette. --
Professor Charles P. Issawi
many eggs one can break without making a decent omelette. --
Professor Charles P. Issawi
Friday, July 3, 2015
Fortune Quote #1065
No discipline is ever requisite to force attendance upon lectures which
are really worth the attending. -- Adam Smith, "The Wealth of
Nations"
are really worth the attending. -- Adam Smith, "The Wealth of
Nations"
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Fortune Quote #1064
In California, Bill Honig, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, said
he thought the general public should have a voice in defining what an
excellent teacher should know. "I would not leave the definition of math,"
Dr. Honig said, "up to the mathematicians." -- The New York Times,
October 22, 1985
he thought the general public should have a voice in defining what an
excellent teacher should know. "I would not leave the definition of math,"
Dr. Honig said, "up to the mathematicians." -- The New York Times,
October 22, 1985
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Fortune Quote #1063
Ignorance is never out of style. It was in fashion yesterday, it is the
rage today, and it will set the pace tomorrow. -- Franklin K. Dane
rage today, and it will set the pace tomorrow. -- Franklin K. Dane
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