There are two kinds of fool. One says, "This is old, and therefore good."
And one says, "This is new, and therefore better." -- John
Brunner, "The Shockwave Rider"
Thursday, January 31, 2019
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Fortune Quote #2373
There are a lot of lies going around... and half of them are true.
-- Winston Churchill
-- Winston Churchill
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Fortune Quote #2372
"The Right Honorable Gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests and
to his imagination for his facts." -- Sheridan
to his imagination for his facts." -- Sheridan
Monday, January 28, 2019
Fortune Quote #2371
The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but
because it gave pleasure to the spectators. -- Thomas
Macaulay, "History of England"
because it gave pleasure to the spectators. -- Thomas
Macaulay, "History of England"
Sunday, January 27, 2019
Fortune Quote #2370
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd.
The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever
been. -- Alan Ashley-Pitt
The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever
been. -- Alan Ashley-Pitt
Saturday, January 26, 2019
Fortune Quote #2369
The law will never make men free; it is men who have got to make the law
free. -- Henry David Thoreau
free. -- Henry David Thoreau
Friday, January 25, 2019
Fortune Quote #2368
The fact that people are poor or discriminated against doesn't necessarily
endow them with any special qualities of justice, nobility, charity or
compassion. -- Saul Alinsky
endow them with any special qualities of justice, nobility, charity or
compassion. -- Saul Alinsky
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Fortune Quote #2367
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence that it is
not utterly absurd; indeed, in view of the silliness of the majority of
mankind, a widespread belief is more often likely to be foolish than
sensible. -- Bertrand Russell, in "Marriage and Morals", 1929
not utterly absurd; indeed, in view of the silliness of the majority of
mankind, a widespread belief is more often likely to be foolish than
sensible. -- Bertrand Russell, in "Marriage and Morals", 1929
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Fortune Quote #2366
The assertion that "all men are created equal" was of no practical use in
effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the
Declaration not for that, but for future use. -- Abraham Lincoln
effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the
Declaration not for that, but for future use. -- Abraham Lincoln
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Fortune Quote #2365
That government is best which governs least. -- quoted by Henry
David Thoreau in "Civil Disobedience"
David Thoreau in "Civil Disobedience"
Monday, January 21, 2019
Fortune Quote #2364
Ten persons who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are
silent. -- Napoleon I
silent. -- Napoleon I
Sunday, January 20, 2019
Fortune Quote #2363
Sentenced to two years hard labor (for sodomy), Oscar Wilde stood
handcuffed in driving rain waiting for transport to prison. "If this is
the way Queen Victoria treats her prisoners," he remarked, "she doesn't
deserve to have any."
handcuffed in driving rain waiting for transport to prison. "If this is
the way Queen Victoria treats her prisoners," he remarked, "she doesn't
deserve to have any."
Saturday, January 19, 2019
Fortune Quote #2362
Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next
week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to
explain why it didn't happen. -- Winston Churchill
week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to
explain why it didn't happen. -- Winston Churchill
Friday, January 18, 2019
Fortune Quote #2361
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between
the disastrous and the unpalatable. -- John Kenneth Galbraith
the disastrous and the unpalatable. -- John Kenneth Galbraith
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Fortune Quote #2360
Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective
stories. -- Arthur C. Clarke
stories. -- Arthur C. Clarke
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Fortune Quote #2359
Political speeches are like steer horns. A point here, a point there, and
a lot of bull in between. -- Alfred E. Neuman
a lot of bull in between. -- Alfred E. Neuman
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Fortune Quote #2358
People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather
than surrender any material part of their advantage. -- John
Kenneth Galbraith
than surrender any material part of their advantage. -- John
Kenneth Galbraith
Monday, January 14, 2019
Fortune Quote #2357
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an
election. -- Otto Von Bismarck
election. -- Otto Von Bismarck
Sunday, January 13, 2019
Fortune Quote #2356
Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is really quite as satisfying as
an income tax refund. -- F. J. Raymond
an income tax refund. -- F. J. Raymond
Saturday, January 12, 2019
Fortune Quote #2355
Neglect of duty does not cease, by repetition, to be neglect of
duty. -- Napoleon
duty. -- Napoleon
Friday, January 11, 2019
Fortune Quote #2354
"MacDonald has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into
the smallest amount of thoughts." -- Winston Churchill
the smallest amount of thoughts." -- Winston Churchill
Thursday, January 10, 2019
Fortune Quote #2353
Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.
-- Harry Emerson Fosdick
-- Harry Emerson Fosdick
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Fortune Quote #2352
"It's important that people know what you stand for. It's more important
that they know what you WON'T stand for."
that they know what you WON'T stand for."
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Fortune Quote #2351
It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a
sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in
all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too,
shall pass away." -- Abraham Lincoln
sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in
all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too,
shall pass away." -- Abraham Lincoln
Monday, January 7, 2019
Fortune Quote #2350
It is necessary for the welfare of society that genius should be
privileged to utter sedition, to blaspheme, to outrage good taste, to
corrupt the youthful mind, and generally to scandalize one's
uncles. -- George Bernard Shaw
privileged to utter sedition, to blaspheme, to outrage good taste, to
corrupt the youthful mind, and generally to scandalize one's
uncles. -- George Bernard Shaw
Sunday, January 6, 2019
Saturday, January 5, 2019
Fortune Quote #2348
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Martin
Luther King, Jr.
Luther King, Jr.
Friday, January 4, 2019
Thursday, January 3, 2019
Fortune Quote #2346
If we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it,
and involve others in our doom. -- Samuel Adams
and involve others in our doom. -- Samuel Adams
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Fortune Quote #2345
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it's still a foolish
thing. -- Bertrand Russell
thing. -- Bertrand Russell
Tuesday, January 1, 2019
Fortune Quote #2344
If everybody minded their own business, the world would go around a deal
faster. -- The Duchess, "Through the Looking Glass"
faster. -- The Duchess, "Through the Looking Glass"
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