Omnia mutantus, nihil interit. "Everything changes, but nothing is truly
lost." -- "Sandman: The Wake" by Neil Gaiman
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Monday, April 29, 2019
Fortune Quote #2462
Sometimes, I suspect that we build our traps ourselves, then we back into
them, pretending amazement the while. That this is the way of life, from
the All-Highest down to the meanest creature in creation.
-- "Sandman: The Wake" by Neil Gaiman
them, pretending amazement the while. That this is the way of life, from
the All-Highest down to the meanest creature in creation.
-- "Sandman: The Wake" by Neil Gaiman
Sunday, April 28, 2019
Fortune Quote #2461
There was once a sage who loved his only son... One day the son died, and
yet the father shed no tears and made no mourning. When they asked why, he
told them, "I did not mourn him before he was born, and I will not mourn
him now he is gone." -- "Sandman: The Wake" by Neil Gaiman
yet the father shed no tears and made no mourning. When they asked why, he
told them, "I did not mourn him before he was born, and I will not mourn
him now he is gone." -- "Sandman: The Wake" by Neil Gaiman
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Fortune Quote #2460
It is important to keep in mind that no technique has been or ever will be
discovered for teaching students to have ideas. -- Harvard Math
Dept. Guide to Graduate Study
discovered for teaching students to have ideas. -- Harvard Math
Dept. Guide to Graduate Study
Friday, April 26, 2019
Fortune Quote #2459
Gary Player, a famous golfer, upon hearing the comment "I'd give anything
if I could hit a golf ball like you," responded impatiently: "No, you
wouldn't. You'd do anything to hit a golf ball like me, if it were easy!
Do your know what you have to do to hit a golf ball like me? You've got to
get up at 5:00 every morning, go out to the golf course, and hit a thousand
golf balls! Your hands start bleeding, and you walk to the clubhouse and
wash the blood off your hands, slap a bandage on it, and go out and hit
another thousand golf balls! That is what it takes to hit a golf ball like
me!"
if I could hit a golf ball like you," responded impatiently: "No, you
wouldn't. You'd do anything to hit a golf ball like me, if it were easy!
Do your know what you have to do to hit a golf ball like me? You've got to
get up at 5:00 every morning, go out to the golf course, and hit a thousand
golf balls! Your hands start bleeding, and you walk to the clubhouse and
wash the blood off your hands, slap a bandage on it, and go out and hit
another thousand golf balls! That is what it takes to hit a golf ball like
me!"
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Fortune Quote #2458
Not knowing everything is all that makes it okay, sometimes. --
Delirium, "Sandman: Brief Lives" by Neil Gaiman
Delirium, "Sandman: Brief Lives" by Neil Gaiman
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Fortune Quote #2457
When you say words a lot they don't mean anything. Or maybe they don't
mean anything anyway, and we just think they do. --
Delirium, "Sandman: Brief Lives" by Neil Gaiman
mean anything anyway, and we just think they do. --
Delirium, "Sandman: Brief Lives" by Neil Gaiman
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Fortune Quote #2456
It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick
society. -- Krishnamurti
society. -- Krishnamurti
Monday, April 22, 2019
Fortune Quote #2455
"You shouldn't trust the storyteller; only trust the story."
-- "Sandman: Fables and Reflections" by Neil Gaiman
-- "Sandman: Fables and Reflections" by Neil Gaiman
Sunday, April 21, 2019
Fortune Quote #2454
"Of course you don't believe in fairies. You're fifteen. You think I
believed in fairies at fifteen? Took me until I was at least a hundred and
forty. Hundred and fifty, maybe." -- "Sandman: Fables and
Reflections" by Neil Gaiman
believed in fairies at fifteen? Took me until I was at least a hundred and
forty. Hundred and fifty, maybe." -- "Sandman: Fables and
Reflections" by Neil Gaiman
Saturday, April 20, 2019
Friday, April 19, 2019
Fortune Quote #2452
Not everything that counts can be counted; not everything that can be
counted counts. -- Albert Einstein
counted counts. -- Albert Einstein
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Fortune Quote #2451
"Work like you don't need money; love like you've never been hurt; dance
like no one is watching."
like no one is watching."
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Fortune Quote #2450
AUTOLOGICAL means "capable of describing itself," such
as "short," "polysyllabic," and "McCarthyite." HETEROLOGICAL means "not
capable of describing itself," such as "long" and "monosyllabic." Is the
word "heterological" heterological or autological?
as "short," "polysyllabic," and "McCarthyite." HETEROLOGICAL means "not
capable of describing itself," such as "long" and "monosyllabic." Is the
word "heterological" heterological or autological?
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Fortune Quote #2449
AUTOLOGICAL means capable of describing itself, such as "short"
and "polysyllabic." HETEROLOGICAL means not capable of describing itself,
such as "long" and "monosyllabic." Is the word "heterological"
heterological or autological?
and "polysyllabic." HETEROLOGICAL means not capable of describing itself,
such as "long" and "monosyllabic." Is the word "heterological"
heterological or autological?
Monday, April 15, 2019
Fortune Quote #2448
It occurs to me now... that only things that are truly unreasonable have
reasons... perhaps only the inconsequential have consequences. --
Fiddlers' Green, "Sandman: The Kindly Ones" by Neil Gaiman
reasons... perhaps only the inconsequential have consequences. --
Fiddlers' Green, "Sandman: The Kindly Ones" by Neil Gaiman
Sunday, April 14, 2019
Fortune Quote #2447
Um. The last time I saw you I got kind of mad at you, but I figured that
if I didn't mention it you'd probably have forgotten all about it by now,
like I have, so that's okay. -- Delirium, "Sandman: The Kindly
Ones" by Neil Gaiman
if I didn't mention it you'd probably have forgotten all about it by now,
like I have, so that's okay. -- Delirium, "Sandman: The Kindly
Ones" by Neil Gaiman
Saturday, April 13, 2019
Fortune Quote #2446
Destinations are often a surprise to the destined. -- "Sandman:
The Kindly Ones" by Neil Gaiman
The Kindly Ones" by Neil Gaiman
Friday, April 12, 2019
Fortune Quote #2445
"Women are about waking, Rose." "As mothers we wake them from nothingness
to existence." "As maidens we wake them to the joys and miseries of
adulthood, wake them to the worlds of lust and responsibility." "And
when their time's up, it's always us has to wash them for the last
time, and we lay them out for the wake." -- "Sandman: The Kindly
Ones" by Neil Gaiman
to existence." "As maidens we wake them to the joys and miseries of
adulthood, wake them to the worlds of lust and responsibility." "And
when their time's up, it's always us has to wash them for the last
time, and we lay them out for the wake." -- "Sandman: The Kindly
Ones" by Neil Gaiman
Thursday, April 11, 2019
Fortune Quote #2444
"If you had stayed with us, we could have given you life until
death." "Don't I get that anyway?" "That's what we liked about you. You
were so funny." -- "Sandman: The Kindly Ones" by Neil Gaiman
death." "Don't I get that anyway?" "That's what we liked about you. You
were so funny." -- "Sandman: The Kindly Ones" by Neil Gaiman
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Fortune Quote #2443
"I don't like flowers, not really. I like growing them, but that's only
because I like seeing them blossom, and seeing them die." -- Rose
Walker, "Sandman: The Kindly Ones" by Neil Gaiman
because I like seeing them blossom, and seeing them die." -- Rose
Walker, "Sandman: The Kindly Ones" by Neil Gaiman
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Fortune Quote #2442
"I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you in school.
They don't teach you how to love someone. They don't teach you how to be
famous. They don't teach you how to be rich, or how to be poor. They don't
teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They
don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They
don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you
anything worth knowing." -- Rose Walker, "Sandman: The Kindly Ones"
by Neil Gaiman
They don't teach you how to love someone. They don't teach you how to be
famous. They don't teach you how to be rich, or how to be poor. They don't
teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They
don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They
don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you
anything worth knowing." -- Rose Walker, "Sandman: The Kindly Ones"
by Neil Gaiman
Monday, April 8, 2019
Fortune Quote #2441
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out
that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and
the emperor remains an emperor. -- Dream, "Sandman: The Kindly
Ones" by Neil Gaiman
that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and
the emperor remains an emperor. -- Dream, "Sandman: The Kindly
Ones" by Neil Gaiman
Sunday, April 7, 2019
Fortune Quote #2440
"I remember once I dreamed that Peggy died. And I woke up in tears. Then
I woke up a bit more, and it came to me it was only a silly dream. And I
rolled over in bed to tell Peg about it. But she wasn't there. And then I
woke up properly and I realized that she'd died a month before. Dreams are
tricky buggers. You can't trust them." -- Robert
Gadling, "Sandman: The Kindly Ones" by Neil Gaiman
I woke up a bit more, and it came to me it was only a silly dream. And I
rolled over in bed to tell Peg about it. But she wasn't there. And then I
woke up properly and I realized that she'd died a month before. Dreams are
tricky buggers. You can't trust them." -- Robert
Gadling, "Sandman: The Kindly Ones" by Neil Gaiman
Saturday, April 6, 2019
Fortune Quote #2439
"You know, there's something it took me a couple of centuries to figure
out. I mean, there was a while when I thought that life was all about
fighting and eating and sex. Mainly sex.... But one day I realized that it
was sort of empty if you weren't with someone you wanted to spend some time
with." -- Robert Gadling, "Sandman: The Kindly Ones" by Neil Gaiman
out. I mean, there was a while when I thought that life was all about
fighting and eating and sex. Mainly sex.... But one day I realized that it
was sort of empty if you weren't with someone you wanted to spend some time
with." -- Robert Gadling, "Sandman: The Kindly Ones" by Neil Gaiman
Friday, April 5, 2019
Fortune Quote #2438
"If you find a watch in the desert, you don't assume it was spontaneously
created. You figure someone *made* it. That there's a watchmaker. And if
the watch has stopped, then you repair it." -- Prez
Rickard, "Sandman: World's End" by Neil Gaiman
created. You figure someone *made* it. That there's a watchmaker. And if
the watch has stopped, then you repair it." -- Prez
Rickard, "Sandman: World's End" by Neil Gaiman
Thursday, April 4, 2019
Fortune Quote #2437
In the white house is a tiger skin rug, shot and killed many years ago by
Teddy Roosevelt. The feet of the great walk over that tiger skin each
day. It listens to policy being framed and secrets being spoken. Now do
you think that tiger would rather be dead and in the seat of power, or
alive, and walking the jungle of India, sniffing the wind for the scent of
game? -- Neil Gaiman, "Sandman: World's End" (Prez Rickard)
Teddy Roosevelt. The feet of the great walk over that tiger skin each
day. It listens to policy being framed and secrets being spoken. Now do
you think that tiger would rather be dead and in the seat of power, or
alive, and walking the jungle of India, sniffing the wind for the scent of
game? -- Neil Gaiman, "Sandman: World's End" (Prez Rickard)
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Fortune Quote #2436
"Wh-what happened?" "You died. Let me help you up." -- Unity &
Dream, "Sandman: The Doll's House" by Neil Gaiman
Dream, "Sandman: The Doll's House" by Neil Gaiman
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Fortune Quote #2435
Never apologize. Never explain. It's not a bad two-rule maxim for life,
all things considered, but its not very helpful when it comes to writing
afterwords for books. After all, the only reason people read afterwords is
for some kind of explanation of what they've read, if they haven't
understood it, or some kind of apology, if they have. -- Neil
Gaiman, Afterword to "Sandman: The Doll's House"
all things considered, but its not very helpful when it comes to writing
afterwords for books. After all, the only reason people read afterwords is
for some kind of explanation of what they've read, if they haven't
understood it, or some kind of apology, if they have. -- Neil
Gaiman, Afterword to "Sandman: The Doll's House"
Monday, April 1, 2019
Fortune Quote #2434
But for some reason the Slate types... believe that Bush's inability to
articulate precisely what he believes is somehow more damning than Bill
Clinton's genius at articulating things he doesn't believe. Better to have
a clarity of expression of one's moral confusion, says Ivy League
liberalism, than to have confusion of expression of one's moral
clarity. -- Jonah Goldberg, NRO Editor
articulate precisely what he believes is somehow more damning than Bill
Clinton's genius at articulating things he doesn't believe. Better to have
a clarity of expression of one's moral confusion, says Ivy League
liberalism, than to have confusion of expression of one's moral
clarity. -- Jonah Goldberg, NRO Editor
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