A daily fortune or quote based on the Unix fortune program. Have it emailed to you daily, or browse this blog.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Fortune Quote #1399
There is more to life than increasing its speed. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Monday, May 30, 2016
Fortune Quote #1398
There are no accidents whatsoever in the universe. -- Baba Ram Dass
Sunday, May 29, 2016
Fortune Quote #1397
The true way goes over a rope which is not stretched at any great height
but just above the ground. It seems more designed to make people stumble
than to be walked upon. -- Franz Kafka
but just above the ground. It seems more designed to make people stumble
than to be walked upon. -- Franz Kafka
Saturday, May 28, 2016
Fortune Quote #1396
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but
not when it misses. -- Francis Bacon
not when it misses. -- Francis Bacon
Friday, May 27, 2016
Fortune Quote #1395
The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but
that's the way to bet. -- Damon Runyon
that's the way to bet. -- Damon Runyon
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Fortune Quote #1394
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Fortune Quote #1393
The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably
not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind. -- H.L. Mencken
not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind. -- H.L. Mencken
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Fortune Quote #1392
The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the
gate. -- Marcus Terentius Varro
gate. -- Marcus Terentius Varro
Monday, May 23, 2016
Fortune Quote #1391
The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves. -- Sophocles
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Fortune Quote #1390
The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth. -- A.
Camus
Camus
Saturday, May 21, 2016
Fortune Quote #1389
Standards are different for all things, so the standard set by man is by
no means the only 'certain' standard. If you mistake what is relative for
something certain, you have strayed far from the ultimate truth. --
Chuang Tzu
no means the only 'certain' standard. If you mistake what is relative for
something certain, you have strayed far from the ultimate truth. --
Chuang Tzu
Friday, May 20, 2016
Fortune Quote #1388
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage. -- Seneca
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Fortune Quote #1387
Since everything in life is but an experience perfect in being what it is,
having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection, one may
well burst out in laughter. -- Long Chen Pa
having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection, one may
well burst out in laughter. -- Long Chen Pa
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Fortune Quote #1386
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go
away. -- Philip K. Dick
away. -- Philip K. Dick
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Fortune Quote #1385
Reality is bad enough, why should I tell the truth? -- Patrick Sky
Monday, May 16, 2016
Fortune Quote #1384
One learns to itch where one can scratch. -- Ernest Bramah
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Fortune Quote #1383
Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's hard to get it back
in. -- H.R. Haldeman
in. -- H.R. Haldeman
Saturday, May 14, 2016
Fortune Quote #1382
Of all men's miseries, the bitterest is this: to know so much and have
control over nothing. -- Herodotus
control over nothing. -- Herodotus
Friday, May 13, 2016
Fortune Quote #1381
Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all. -- Arthur
Balfour
Balfour
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Fortune Quote #1380
Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know. --
Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Fortune Quote #1379
Nonsense and beauty have close connections. -- E.M. Forster
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Fortune Quote #1378
Ninety percent of the time things turn out worse than you thought they
would. The other ten percent of the time you had no right to expect that
much. -- Augustine
would. The other ten percent of the time you had no right to expect that
much. -- Augustine
Monday, May 9, 2016
Fortune Quote #1377
Ninety percent of everything is crap. -- Theodore Sturgeon
Sunday, May 8, 2016
Fortune Quote #1376
Nasrudin called at a large house to collect for charity. The servant
said "My master is out." Nasrudin replied, "Tell your master that next
time he goes out, he should not leave his face at the window. Someone might
steal it."
said "My master is out." Nasrudin replied, "Tell your master that next
time he goes out, he should not leave his face at the window. Someone might
steal it."
Saturday, May 7, 2016
Fortune Quote #1375
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior
spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive
with our frail and feeble mind. -- Albert Einstein
spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive
with our frail and feeble mind. -- Albert Einstein
Friday, May 6, 2016
Fortune Quote #1374
Mohandas K. Gandhi often changed his mind publicly. An aide once asked
him how he could so freely contradict this week what he had said just last
week. The great man replied that it was because this week he knew better.
him how he could so freely contradict this week what he had said just last
week. The great man replied that it was because this week he knew better.
Thursday, May 5, 2016
Fortune Quote #1373
Life is the childhood of our immortality. -- Goethe
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Fortune Quote #1372
Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put into
it. -- Tom Lehrer
it. -- Tom Lehrer
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Fortune Quote #1371
Life is like a 10 speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never
use. -- C. Schultz
use. -- C. Schultz
Monday, May 2, 2016
Fortune Quote #1370
Life is a grand adventure -- or it is nothing. -- Helen Keller
Sunday, May 1, 2016
Fortune Quote #1369
Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around us in
awareness. -- James Thurber
awareness. -- James Thurber
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