Just as some things are too strange for fiction, others are too true for
journalism. -- P.J. O'Rourke
Saturday, August 31, 2019
Friday, August 30, 2019
Fortune Quote #2585
Be with people in silence; don't spend precious time and energy in idle
talk. Eat in silence; work in silence. God loves silence. --
Paramahansa Yogananda
talk. Eat in silence; work in silence. God loves silence. --
Paramahansa Yogananda
Thursday, August 29, 2019
Fortune Quote #2584
Never give in - never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small,
large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good
sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming
might of the enemy. -- Winston Churchill
large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good
sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming
might of the enemy. -- Winston Churchill
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Fortune Quote #2583
In my country, as in yours, public men are proud to be the servants of the
State and would be ashamed to be its masters. -- Winston Churchill
State and would be ashamed to be its masters. -- Winston Churchill
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Fortune Quote #2582
The truth is incontrovertible: malice may attack it, ignorance may deride
it, but in the end, there it is. -- Winston Churchill
it, but in the end, there it is. -- Winston Churchill
Monday, August 26, 2019
Fortune Quote #2581
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the
opportunity in every difficulty. -- Winston Churchill
opportunity in every difficulty. -- Winston Churchill
Sunday, August 25, 2019
Fortune Quote #2580
A lie gets halfway around the world before truth has a chance to get its
pants on. -- Winston Churchill
pants on. -- Winston Churchill
Saturday, August 24, 2019
Fortune Quote #2579
Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there
will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending,
ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the
journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and
glory of the climb. -- Winston Churchill
will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending,
ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the
journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and
glory of the climb. -- Winston Churchill
Friday, August 23, 2019
Fortune Quote #2578
One's right to life, liberty, and property, to free speech, a free press,
freedom of worship and assembly, and other fundamental rights may not be
submitted to vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections. --
Justice Jackson
freedom of worship and assembly, and other fundamental rights may not be
submitted to vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections. --
Justice Jackson
Thursday, August 22, 2019
Fortune Quote #2577
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought
as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. --
1 Corinthians 13:11
as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. --
1 Corinthians 13:11
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Fortune Quote #2576
I am thankful for my U.S. citizenship. To me, it is the adult equivalent
of being allowed to sit up at the front of the bus next to the
driver. -- John Derbyshire
of being allowed to sit up at the front of the bus next to the
driver. -- John Derbyshire
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Fortune Quote #2575
One of the tasks of liberal education is to render students ill-suited to
the ways of a utilitarian society. -- Thomas Hibbs, professor of
philosophy at Boston College
the ways of a utilitarian society. -- Thomas Hibbs, professor of
philosophy at Boston College
Monday, August 19, 2019
Sunday, August 18, 2019
Fortune Quote #2573
The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.
-- L. P. Hartley, "The Go-Between"
-- L. P. Hartley, "The Go-Between"
Saturday, August 17, 2019
Fortune Quote #2572
The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please:
we ought to see what it will please them to do before we risk
congratulations, which may soon be turned into complaints. --
Edmund Burke
we ought to see what it will please them to do before we risk
congratulations, which may soon be turned into complaints. --
Edmund Burke
Friday, August 16, 2019
Fortune Quote #2571
The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against
forgetting. -- Milan Kundera
forgetting. -- Milan Kundera
Thursday, August 15, 2019
Fortune Quote #2570
The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between
classes, nor between political parties, but right through every human
heart---and through all human hearts. -- Solzhenitsyn
classes, nor between political parties, but right through every human
heart---and through all human hearts. -- Solzhenitsyn
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Fortune Quote #2569
Having offspring did not in itself make you an adult, but not having
them---as our generation seemed intent on proving---was an invitation to
remain a child. -- David Horowitz, "Radical Son"
them---as our generation seemed intent on proving---was an invitation to
remain a child. -- David Horowitz, "Radical Son"
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Fortune Quote #2568
A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of forms. --
G. H. Hardy, "A Mathematician's Apology"
G. H. Hardy, "A Mathematician's Apology"
Monday, August 12, 2019
Fortune Quote #2567
We are preoccupied with time. If we could learn to love space as deeply
as we are now obsessed with time, we might discover a new meaning to the
phrase 'to live like men.' -- Edward Abbey
as we are now obsessed with time, we might discover a new meaning to the
phrase 'to live like men.' -- Edward Abbey
Sunday, August 11, 2019
Fortune Quote #2566
After all, who would make music if they can't make money on it? Who would
write? Who would program? I know the answer. The answer is that musicians
will make music, not because they can make money, but because musicians are
the people who can't not make music. Writers will write because they can't
not write. -- Mark Pilgrim
write? Who would program? I know the answer. The answer is that musicians
will make music, not because they can make money, but because musicians are
the people who can't not make music. Writers will write because they can't
not write. -- Mark Pilgrim
Saturday, August 10, 2019
Fortune Quote #2565
You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan, in the moment that you touch
perfect speed. And that isn't flying a thousand miles an hour, or a
million, or flying at the speed of light. Because any number is a limit,
and perfection doesn't have limits. Perfect speed, my son, is being
there. -- Richard Bach, "Jonathan Livingston Seagull"
perfect speed. And that isn't flying a thousand miles an hour, or a
million, or flying at the speed of light. Because any number is a limit,
and perfection doesn't have limits. Perfect speed, my son, is being
there. -- Richard Bach, "Jonathan Livingston Seagull"
Friday, August 9, 2019
Fortune Quote #2564
Sometimes I think the entire universe is just a long urban legend.
-- Ben Shulman
-- Ben Shulman
Thursday, August 8, 2019
Fortune Quote #2563
The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty
of messenger boys. -- Sir William Preece, British Post Office Chief
Engineer, 1876
of messenger boys. -- Sir William Preece, British Post Office Chief
Engineer, 1876
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Fortune Quote #2562
Whenever I'm asked what kind of writing is the most lucrative, I have to
say ransom notes. -- H. N. Swanson, Literary Agent
say ransom notes. -- H. N. Swanson, Literary Agent
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Fortune Quote #2561
I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a
bunch of blank paper. -- Steve Martin
bunch of blank paper. -- Steve Martin
Monday, August 5, 2019
Fortune Quote #2560
What the caterpillar calls a tragedy, the Master calls a
butterfly. -- Richard Bach
butterfly. -- Richard Bach
Sunday, August 4, 2019
Fortune Quote #2559
Where the eyes should be, I found myself drawing mouths with little teeth
and I stepped back and thought, "This is really disturbing. I should use
this." -- Neil Gaiman
and I stepped back and thought, "This is really disturbing. I should use
this." -- Neil Gaiman
Saturday, August 3, 2019
Friday, August 2, 2019
Fortune Quote #2557
We have the right, and the obligation, to tell old stories in our own
ways, because they are OUR stories. -- Neil Gaiman
ways, because they are OUR stories. -- Neil Gaiman
Thursday, August 1, 2019
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