Friday, November 30, 2018
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Fortune Quote #2310
A sect or party is an elegant incognito devised to save a man from the
vexation of thinking. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals, 1831
vexation of thinking. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals, 1831
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Fortune Quote #2309
A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks
you not to kill him. -- Sir Winston Churchill, 1952
you not to kill him. -- Sir Winston Churchill, 1952
Monday, November 26, 2018
Fortune Quote #2308
A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national
blessing. -- Alexander Hamilton
blessing. -- Alexander Hamilton
Sunday, November 25, 2018
Fortune Quote #2307
"A great nation is any mob of people which produces at least one honest
man a century."
man a century."
Saturday, November 24, 2018
Fortune Quote #2306
A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the
edges. -- B. Franklin
edges. -- B. Franklin
Friday, November 23, 2018
Fortune Quote #2305
A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to
take it all away. -- Barry Goldwater
take it all away. -- Barry Goldwater
Thursday, November 22, 2018
Fortune Quote #2304
A general leading the State Department resembles a dragon commanding
ducks. -- New York Times, Jan. 20, 1981
ducks. -- New York Times, Jan. 20, 1981
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Fortune Quote #2303
A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that
you actually look forward to the trip. -- Caskie Stinnett, "Out of
the Red"
you actually look forward to the trip. -- Caskie Stinnett, "Out of
the Red"
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Fortune Quote #2302
A billion here, a billion there--pretty soon it adds up to real
money. -- attributed to Senator Everett Dirksen
money. -- attributed to Senator Everett Dirksen
Monday, November 19, 2018
Fortune Quote #2301
A "No" uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a "Yes"
merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble. --
Mahatma Ghandi
merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble. --
Mahatma Ghandi
Sunday, November 18, 2018
Fortune Quote #2300
... no two people want exactly the same mix of strangeness and
familiarity. Some are content to read the same stories over and over
again, with only a few cosmetic details changed--or so it appears to those
of us who don't enjoy gothics or bodice-rippers or teen romances or
literary novels about writers who can't write or painters who can't paint.
Others are forever searching for something new or different, so they can no
longer recognize the verities contained in old familiar stories--or so it
seems to those of us who don't enjoy literary experiments like those of
Faulkner, Joyce, or Robbe-Grillet. -- Orson Scott Card
familiarity. Some are content to read the same stories over and over
again, with only a few cosmetic details changed--or so it appears to those
of us who don't enjoy gothics or bodice-rippers or teen romances or
literary novels about writers who can't write or painters who can't paint.
Others are forever searching for something new or different, so they can no
longer recognize the verities contained in old familiar stories--or so it
seems to those of us who don't enjoy literary experiments like those of
Faulkner, Joyce, or Robbe-Grillet. -- Orson Scott Card
Saturday, November 17, 2018
Fortune Quote #2299
The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and
sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only
pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. -- Ursula K. Le
Guin, "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas"
sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only
pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. -- Ursula K. Le
Guin, "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas"
Friday, November 16, 2018
Fortune Quote #2298
We cannot do great things in life; we can only do small things with great
love. -- Mother Theresa
love. -- Mother Theresa
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Fortune Quote #2297
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but
rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. -- Hugh Downs
rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. -- Hugh Downs
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Fortune Quote #2296
In Germany, they first came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't
speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for
the homosexuals, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a homosexual. Then
they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a
Protestant. Then they came for me---but by that time there was no one left
to speak up. -- Rev. Martin Niemoller, 1945
because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't
speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for
the homosexuals, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a homosexual. Then
they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a
Protestant. Then they came for me---but by that time there was no one left
to speak up. -- Rev. Martin Niemoller, 1945
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Fortune Quote #2295
Is it not plain that the machines are gaining ground upon us, when we
reflect on the increasing number of those who are bound down to them as
slaves, and of those who devote their whole souls to the advancement of the
mechanical kingdom? -- Samuel Butler, "Erewhon," 1871
reflect on the increasing number of those who are bound down to them as
slaves, and of those who devote their whole souls to the advancement of the
mechanical kingdom? -- Samuel Butler, "Erewhon," 1871
Monday, November 12, 2018
Fortune Quote #2294
How many men at this hour are living in a state of bondage to the
machines? How many spend their whole lives, from the cradle to the grave,
in tending them by night and day? -- Samuel Butler, "Erewhon," 1871
machines? How many spend their whole lives, from the cradle to the grave,
in tending them by night and day? -- Samuel Butler, "Erewhon," 1871
Sunday, November 11, 2018
Fortune Quote #2293
The one with the greatest command of language is the one who's learned to
keep his mouth shut. -- Sam Raeburn
keep his mouth shut. -- Sam Raeburn
Saturday, November 10, 2018
Fortune Quote #2292
"The manipulation of infinity as if it were a number used to be a cardinal
sin in mathematics, but with the advent of Georg Cantor it was reduced to
merely an ordinal sin, and soon ceased to be forbidden altogether."
sin in mathematics, but with the advent of Georg Cantor it was reduced to
merely an ordinal sin, and soon ceased to be forbidden altogether."
Friday, November 9, 2018
Fortune Quote #2291
"There are two kinds of people: those who say `Good morning, Lord!' and
those who say `Good Lord, morning!'"
those who say `Good Lord, morning!'"
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Fortune Quote #2288
These things are being determined inductively, but the induction goes on
long after most of us have gone to bed. -- John Conway [Re:
transfinite induction]
long after most of us have gone to bed. -- John Conway [Re:
transfinite induction]
Monday, November 5, 2018
Fortune Quote #2287
Love is when someone hurts you. And you get so mad but you don't yell at
them because you know it would hurt their feelings. -- An
8-year-old child
them because you know it would hurt their feelings. -- An
8-year-old child
Sunday, November 4, 2018
Fortune Quote #2286
When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know
that your name is safe in their mouth. -- An 8-year-old child
that your name is safe in their mouth. -- An 8-year-old child
Saturday, November 3, 2018
Friday, November 2, 2018
Fortune Quote #2284
I can understand how a scientist can be an atheist, but no atheist can be
a good scientist. -- Robert Millikan, Nobel-prize winning physicist
a good scientist. -- Robert Millikan, Nobel-prize winning physicist
Thursday, November 1, 2018
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