Life is a process, not a principle, a mystery to be lived, not a problem
to be solved. -- Gerard Straub (and/or Frank Herbert?)
Friday, June 30, 2017
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Fortune Quote #1792
I cannot affirm God if I fail to affirm man. Therefore, I affirm both.
Without a belief in human unity I am hungry and incomplete. Human unity is
the fulfillment of diversity. It is the harmony of opposites. It is a
many-stranded texture, with color and depth. -- Norman Cousins
Without a belief in human unity I am hungry and incomplete. Human unity is
the fulfillment of diversity. It is the harmony of opposites. It is a
many-stranded texture, with color and depth. -- Norman Cousins
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Monday, June 26, 2017
Fortune Quote #1790
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
-- Kahlil Gibran
-- Kahlil Gibran
Sunday, June 25, 2017
Fortune Quote #1789
Those who believe that they believe in God, but without passion in their
hearts, without anguish in mind, without uncertainty, without doubt,
without an element of despair even in their consolation, believe only in
the God idea, not God Himself. -- Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish
philosopher and writer
hearts, without anguish in mind, without uncertainty, without doubt,
without an element of despair even in their consolation, believe only in
the God idea, not God Himself. -- Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish
philosopher and writer
Saturday, June 24, 2017
Fortune Quote #1788
Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to
be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant
superstition. -- Isaac Asimov
be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant
superstition. -- Isaac Asimov
Friday, June 23, 2017
Fortune Quote #1787
Athens built the Acropolis. Corinth was a commercial city, interested in
purely materialistic things. Today we admire Athens, visit it, preserve
the old temples, yet we hardly ever set foot in Corinth. -- Dr.
Harold Urey, Nobel Laureate in chemistry
purely materialistic things. Today we admire Athens, visit it, preserve
the old temples, yet we hardly ever set foot in Corinth. -- Dr.
Harold Urey, Nobel Laureate in chemistry
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Fortune Quote #1786
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by
one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. -- Edmund
Burke
one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. -- Edmund
Burke
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Fortune Quote #1785
In the realm of scientific observation, luck is granted only to those who
are prepared. -- Louis Pasteur
are prepared. -- Louis Pasteur
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Fortune Quote #1784
My brother sent me a postcard the other day with this big satellite photo
of the entire earth on it. On the back it said: "Wish you were
here". -- Steven Wright
of the entire earth on it. On the back it said: "Wish you were
here". -- Steven Wright
Monday, June 19, 2017
Fortune Quote #1783
People are very flexible and learn to adjust to strange surroundings. They
can become accustomed to read Lisp and Fortran programs, for
example. -- Leon Sterling and Ehud Shapiro, "The Art of Prolog"
can become accustomed to read Lisp and Fortran programs, for
example. -- Leon Sterling and Ehud Shapiro, "The Art of Prolog"
Sunday, June 18, 2017
Fortune Quote #1782
In the future, you're going to get computers as prizes in breakfast
cereals. You'll throw them out because your house will be littered with
them. -- Robert Lucky
cereals. You'll throw them out because your house will be littered with
them. -- Robert Lucky
Saturday, June 17, 2017
Friday, June 16, 2017
Fortune Quote #1780
The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate
knowledge of its ugly side. -- James Baldwin
knowledge of its ugly side. -- James Baldwin
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Fortune Quote #1779
A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from
you. -- Ramsey Clark
you. -- Ramsey Clark
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Fortune Quote #1778
Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own
aristocracy based on excellence of performance. -- James Bryant
Conant
aristocracy based on excellence of performance. -- James Bryant
Conant
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Fortune Quote #1777
Don't tell me how hard you work. Tell me how much you get done.
-- James J. Ling
-- James J. Ling
Monday, June 12, 2017
Fortune Quote #1776
For every problem there is one solution which is simple, neat, and
wrong. -- H. L. Mencken
wrong. -- H. L. Mencken
Sunday, June 11, 2017
Fortune Quote #1775
Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well
think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant. -- Edmund
Burke
think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant. -- Edmund
Burke
Saturday, June 10, 2017
Fortune Quote #1774
Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced--even a proverb is no
proverb to you till your life has illustrated it. -- John Keats
proverb to you till your life has illustrated it. -- John Keats
Friday, June 9, 2017
Thursday, June 8, 2017
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Fortune Quote #1771
A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always
valuable. -- Thomas Jefferson
valuable. -- Thomas Jefferson
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Fortune Quote #1770
The last thing one knows in constructing a work is what to put
first. -- Blaise Pascal
first. -- Blaise Pascal
Monday, June 5, 2017
Sunday, June 4, 2017
Fortune Quote #1768
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to
gain ground. -- Thomas Jefferson
gain ground. -- Thomas Jefferson
Saturday, June 3, 2017
Fortune Quote #1767
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is
striking at the root. -- Henry David Thoreau
striking at the root. -- Henry David Thoreau
Friday, June 2, 2017
Fortune Quote #1766
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can affort to let
alone. -- Henry David Thoreau
alone. -- Henry David Thoreau
Thursday, June 1, 2017
Fortune Quote #1765
The fate of the country... does not depend on what kind of paper you drop
into the ballot-box once a year, but on what kind of man you drop from your
chamber into the street every morning. -- Henry David Thoreau
into the ballot-box once a year, but on what kind of man you drop from your
chamber into the street every morning. -- Henry David Thoreau
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