If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. -- Albert
Einstein
Thursday, December 31, 2015
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Fortune Quote #1246
If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of
arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical
world. One might as well attempt to grasp the game of poker entirely by
the use of the mathematics of probability. -- Vannevar Bush
arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical
world. One might as well attempt to grasp the game of poker entirely by
the use of the mathematics of probability. -- Vannevar Bush
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Fortune Quote #1245
If I set here and stare at nothing long enough, people might think I'm an
engineer working on something. -- S.R. McElroy
engineer working on something. -- S.R. McElroy
Monday, December 28, 2015
Sunday, December 27, 2015
Fortune Quote #1243
I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked
at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated. --
Poul Anderson
at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated. --
Poul Anderson
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Friday, December 25, 2015
Fortune Quote #1241
How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for
somewhere else. -- R. Buckminster Fuller
somewhere else. -- R. Buckminster Fuller
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Fortune Quote #1240
They laughed at Einstein. They laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they
also laughed at Bozo the Clown. -- Carl Sagan
also laughed at Bozo the Clown. -- Carl Sagan
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Fortune Quote #1239
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre
minds. -- Albert Einstein
minds. -- Albert Einstein
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Fortune Quote #1238
God runs electromagnetics by wave theory on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday,
and the Devil runs them by quantum theory on Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday. -- William Bragg
and the Devil runs them by quantum theory on Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday. -- William Bragg
Monday, December 21, 2015
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Fortune Quote #1236
Every paper published in a respectable journal should have a preface by
the author stating why he is publishing the article, and what value he sees
in it. I have no hope that this practice will ever be adopted. --
Morris Kline
the author stating why he is publishing the article, and what value he sees
in it. I have no hope that this practice will ever be adopted. --
Morris Kline
Saturday, December 19, 2015
Fortune Quote #1235
Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for
economists. -- John Kenneth Galbraith
economists. -- John Kenneth Galbraith
Friday, December 18, 2015
Fortune Quote #1234
"Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be, and if
it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic!"
-- Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking Glass"
it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic!"
-- Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking Glass"
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Fortune Quote #1233
Artificial intelligence has the same relation to intelligence as
artificial flowers have to flowers. -- David Parnas
artificial flowers have to flowers. -- David Parnas
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Fortune Quote #1232
Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your
shoes. -- Mickey Mouse
shoes. -- Mickey Mouse
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Fortune Quote #1231
An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because
people refuse to see it. -- James Michener
people refuse to see it. -- James Michener
Monday, December 14, 2015
Fortune Quote #1230
All theoretical chemistry is really physics; and all theoretical chemists
know it. -- Richard P. Feynman
know it. -- Richard P. Feynman
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Saturday, December 12, 2015
Friday, December 11, 2015
Fortune Quote #1227
Algebraic symbols are used when you do not know what you are talking
about. -- Philippe Schnoebelen
about. -- Philippe Schnoebelen
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Fortune Quote #1226
Albert Einstein, when asked to describe radio, replied: "You see, wire
telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New
York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And
radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive
them there. The only difference is that there is no cat."
telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New
York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And
radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive
them there. The only difference is that there is no cat."
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Fortune Quote #1225
A sine curve goes off to infinity, or at least the end of the
blackboard. -- Prof. Steiner
blackboard. -- Prof. Steiner
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Fortune Quote #1224
Women reason with the heart and are much less often wrong than men who
reason with the head. -- DeLescure
reason with the head. -- DeLescure
Monday, December 7, 2015
Fortune Quote #1223
When one knows women one pities men, but when one studies men, one excuses
women. -- John Horne Tooke (1736-1812)
women. -- John Horne Tooke (1736-1812)
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Fortune Quote #1222
When I was a young man, I vowed never to marry until I found the ideal
woman. Well, I found her -- but alas, she was waiting for the ideal
man. -- Robert Schuman
woman. Well, I found her -- but alas, she was waiting for the ideal
man. -- Robert Schuman
Saturday, December 5, 2015
Fortune Quote #1221
Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as
good. Luckily this is not difficult. -- Charlotte Whitton
good. Luckily this is not difficult. -- Charlotte Whitton
Friday, December 4, 2015
Fortune Quote #1220
What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's
transparency. -- George Nathan
transparency. -- George Nathan
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Fortune Quote #1219
To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girl friends. --
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Fortune Quote #1218
The perfect man is the true partner. Not a bed partner nor a fun partner,
but a man who will shoulder burdens equally with [you] and possess that
quality of joy. -- Erica Jong
but a man who will shoulder burdens equally with [you] and possess that
quality of joy. -- Erica Jong
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Fortune Quote #1217
The little girl expects no declaration of tenderness from her doll. She
loves it -- and that's all. It is thus that we should love. --
DeGourmont
loves it -- and that's all. It is thus that we should love. --
DeGourmont
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