We learn from history that we learn nothing from history. --
George Bernard Shaw
Monday, July 31, 2017
Sunday, July 30, 2017
Fortune Quote #1824
When people are least sure, they are often most dogmatic. -- John
Kenneth Galbraith
Kenneth Galbraith
Saturday, July 29, 2017
Fortune Quote #1823
The rule on staying alive as a program manager is to give 'em a number or
give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at once.
give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at once.
Friday, July 28, 2017
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Fortune Quote #1821
Lead us in a few words of silent prayer. -- Bill Peterson, former
Houston Oiler football coach
Houston Oiler football coach
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Fortune Quote #1820
With molasses you catch flies, with vinegar you catch nobody. --
Baltimore City Councilman Dominic DiPietro
Baltimore City Councilman Dominic DiPietro
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Fortune Quote #1819
Falling in love is not the silliest thing that people do, but gravity
cannot be held responsible for it. -- Albert Einstein
cannot be held responsible for it. -- Albert Einstein
Monday, July 24, 2017
Fortune Quote #1818
An organization dries up if you don't challenge it with growth. --
Mark Shepherd, former President and CEO of Texas Instruments
Mark Shepherd, former President and CEO of Texas Instruments
Sunday, July 23, 2017
Fortune Quote #1817
Bureaucracy is the enemy of innovation. -- Mark Shepherd, former
President and CEO of Texas Instruments
President and CEO of Texas Instruments
Saturday, July 22, 2017
Fortune Quote #1816
Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think
about. -- B. L. Whorf
about. -- B. L. Whorf
Friday, July 21, 2017
Fortune Quote #1815
To take a significant step forward, you must make a series of finite
improvements. -- Donald J. Atwood, General Motors
improvements. -- Donald J. Atwood, General Motors
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Fortune Quote #1814
...all the good computer designs are bootlegged; the formally planned
products, if they are built at all, are dogs! -- David E.
Lundstrom, "A Few Good Men From Univac"
products, if they are built at all, are dogs! -- David E.
Lundstrom, "A Few Good Men From Univac"
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Fortune Quote #1813
There is such a fine line between genius and stupidity. -- David
St. Hubbins, "Spinal Tap"
St. Hubbins, "Spinal Tap"
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Fortune Quote #1812
Plan to throw one away. You will anyway. -- Fred Brooks, "The
Mythical Man Month"
Mythical Man Month"
Monday, July 17, 2017
Fortune Quote #1811
There is nothing new under the sun, but there are lots of old things we
don't know yet. -- Ambrose Bierce
don't know yet. -- Ambrose Bierce
Sunday, July 16, 2017
Fortune Quote #1810
It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because
he is not of the same opinion, is a monster. -- Voltaire
he is not of the same opinion, is a monster. -- Voltaire
Saturday, July 15, 2017
Fortune Quote #1809
What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all
formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly
-- that is the first law of nature. -- Voltaire
formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly
-- that is the first law of nature. -- Voltaire
Friday, July 14, 2017
Fortune Quote #1808
Truth has always been found to promote the best interests of
mankind... -- Percy Bysshe Shelley
mankind... -- Percy Bysshe Shelley
Thursday, July 13, 2017
Fortune Quote #1807
The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain
it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through
the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through
striving after rational knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through
the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through
striving after rational knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Fortune Quote #1806
It is the quality rather than the quantity that matters. -- Lucius
Annaeus Seneca (4 B.C. - A.D. 65)
Annaeus Seneca (4 B.C. - A.D. 65)
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Fortune Quote #1805
There is no statute of limitations on stupidity. -- Randomly
produced by a computer program called Markov3.
produced by a computer program called Markov3.
Monday, July 10, 2017
Fortune Quote #1804
Remember, there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending
over. -- Frank Zappa
over. -- Frank Zappa
Sunday, July 9, 2017
Fortune Quote #1803
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on
society. -- Mark Twain
society. -- Mark Twain
Saturday, July 8, 2017
Fortune Quote #1802
On our campus the UNIX system has proved to be not only an effective
software tool, but an agent of technical and social change within the
University. -- John Lions (University of New South Wales)
software tool, but an agent of technical and social change within the
University. -- John Lions (University of New South Wales)
Friday, July 7, 2017
Thursday, July 6, 2017
Fortune Quote #1800
...there can be no public or private virtue unless the foundation of
action is the practice of truth. -- George Jacob Holyoake
action is the practice of truth. -- George Jacob Holyoake
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Fortune Quote #1799
As to Jesus of Nazareth...I think the system of Morals and his Religion,
as he left them to us, the best the World ever saw or is likely to see; but
I apprehend it has received various corrupting Changes, and I have, with
most of the present Dissenters in England, some doubts as to his
divinity. -- Benjamin Franklin
as he left them to us, the best the World ever saw or is likely to see; but
I apprehend it has received various corrupting Changes, and I have, with
most of the present Dissenters in England, some doubts as to his
divinity. -- Benjamin Franklin
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
Monday, July 3, 2017
Fortune Quote #1797
It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no
God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. -- Thomas
Jefferson
God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. -- Thomas
Jefferson
Sunday, July 2, 2017
Fortune Quote #1796
I judge a religion as being good or bad based on whether its adherents
become better people as a result of practicing it. -- Joe Mullally,
computer salesman
become better people as a result of practicing it. -- Joe Mullally,
computer salesman
Saturday, July 1, 2017
Fortune Quote #1795
So we follow our wandering paths, and the very darkness acts as our guide
and our doubts serve to reassure us. -- Jean-Pierre de Caussade,
eighteenth-century Jesuit priest
and our doubts serve to reassure us. -- Jean-Pierre de Caussade,
eighteenth-century Jesuit priest
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