Saturday, December 31, 2022
Friday, December 30, 2022
Fortune Quote #3809
It's pretty clear now that what looked like it might have been some kind
of counterculture is, in reality, just the plain old chaos of
undifferentiated weirdness. -- Jerry Garcia
of counterculture is, in reality, just the plain old chaos of
undifferentiated weirdness. -- Jerry Garcia
Thursday, December 29, 2022
Wednesday, December 28, 2022
Fortune Quote #3807
The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our
actions. Our inner balance, and even our very existence depends on it. Only
morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to our lives.
-- Albert Einstein
actions. Our inner balance, and even our very existence depends on it. Only
morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to our lives.
-- Albert Einstein
Tuesday, December 27, 2022
Monday, December 26, 2022
Sunday, December 25, 2022
Fortune Quote #3804
And the sea will grant each man new hope, as sleep brings dreams of
home. -- Christopher Columbus
home. -- Christopher Columbus
Saturday, December 24, 2022
Fortune Quote #3803
The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced. The
arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled. Payments to
foreign governments must be reduced if the nation doesn't want to go
bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public
assistance. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 55 B.C
arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled. Payments to
foreign governments must be reduced if the nation doesn't want to go
bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public
assistance. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 55 B.C
Friday, December 23, 2022
Fortune Quote #3802
Nothing that results from human progress is achieved with unanimous
consent. And those who are enlightened before the others are condemned to
pursue that light in spite of others. -- Christopher Columbus
consent. And those who are enlightened before the others are condemned to
pursue that light in spite of others. -- Christopher Columbus
Thursday, December 22, 2022
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Fortune Quote #3800
Science has always been based on subjective experiences of scientists,
including their perceptions, choices, and values, and the bias toward
quantifiable, objective data has been a preference in, and not an intrinsic
quality of, scientific inquiry. Science has been constructed, partly, on
the basis of scientists' shared subjective experiences and epistemological
assumptions; thus, the difference between the objectivity of so-called
objective and subjective data is one of degree rather than of
kind. -- Ronald J. Pekala and Etzel Cardena
including their perceptions, choices, and values, and the bias toward
quantifiable, objective data has been a preference in, and not an intrinsic
quality of, scientific inquiry. Science has been constructed, partly, on
the basis of scientists' shared subjective experiences and epistemological
assumptions; thus, the difference between the objectivity of so-called
objective and subjective data is one of degree rather than of
kind. -- Ronald J. Pekala and Etzel Cardena
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Fortune Quote #3799
Essential science has so far been (officially) done in our ordinary state
of consciousness, but my understanding of any state of consciousness is
that any state has both advantages and disadvantages. There is no one state
that is uniformly superior in all regards.... Thus if we want a complete
understanding of consciousness, we must practice essential science in a
variety of states of consciousness, and create and refine complementary
bodies of state-specific knowledge. -- C. T. Tart
of consciousness, but my understanding of any state of consciousness is
that any state has both advantages and disadvantages. There is no one state
that is uniformly superior in all regards.... Thus if we want a complete
understanding of consciousness, we must practice essential science in a
variety of states of consciousness, and create and refine complementary
bodies of state-specific knowledge. -- C. T. Tart
Monday, December 19, 2022
Fortune Quote #3798
As di bubbe volt gehat beytsim volt zi gevain mayn zaidah ("If my
grandmother had balls, she'd be my grandfather"). -- Yiddish saying
grandmother had balls, she'd be my grandfather"). -- Yiddish saying
Sunday, December 18, 2022
Fortune Quote #3797
Something that is simultaneously bungling, messy, disgraceful, and
disastrous usually requires very clever people working very hard at being
clever. Watergate was the classic example. -- Thomas Sowell
disastrous usually requires very clever people working very hard at being
clever. Watergate was the classic example. -- Thomas Sowell
Saturday, December 17, 2022
Fortune Quote #3796
Character is what you have left when you've lost everything you can
lose. -- Evan Esar
lose. -- Evan Esar
Friday, December 16, 2022
Fortune Quote #3795
If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of
exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea,
which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to
himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the
possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it.
Its peculiar character, too, is that no one possesses the less, because
every other possesses the whole of it. -- Thomas Jefferson
exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea,
which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to
himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the
possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it.
Its peculiar character, too, is that no one possesses the less, because
every other possesses the whole of it. -- Thomas Jefferson
Thursday, December 15, 2022
Fortune Quote #3794
Photographs of crowded cities in third world countries may create the
impression that there is not enough room for the populations of these
countries, and that this somehow accounts for their poverty. However,
crowding is what cities are all about, whether in poor countries or in rich
countries. Park Avenue has more people per square mile than in many third
world villages or urban slums. Crowding lowers the cost per person of
supplying everything from electricity to running water to sewage lines,
movie theaters, and ambulance services. -- Thomas Sowell
impression that there is not enough room for the populations of these
countries, and that this somehow accounts for their poverty. However,
crowding is what cities are all about, whether in poor countries or in rich
countries. Park Avenue has more people per square mile than in many third
world villages or urban slums. Crowding lowers the cost per person of
supplying everything from electricity to running water to sewage lines,
movie theaters, and ambulance services. -- Thomas Sowell
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Fortune Quote #3793
Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always
been like this. -- Gustave Flaubert
been like this. -- Gustave Flaubert
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Fortune Quote #3792
We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has,
because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying
into that matter. -- Mark Twain
because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying
into that matter. -- Mark Twain
Monday, December 12, 2022
Fortune Quote #3791
You ask what is our policy. I will say, it is to wage war with all our
might, with all the strength that God can give us, to wage war against a
monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of
human crime. -- Winston Churchill, 1940
might, with all the strength that God can give us, to wage war against a
monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of
human crime. -- Winston Churchill, 1940
Sunday, December 11, 2022
Fortune Quote #3790
One of the reasons I don't like personal invective is that it usually
leads you to the wrong answer. The world is way more complicated than
that. -- George Friedman, founder of Stratfor
leads you to the wrong answer. The world is way more complicated than
that. -- George Friedman, founder of Stratfor
Saturday, December 10, 2022
Fortune Quote #3789
I can calculate the motions of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of
people. -- Isaac Newton
people. -- Isaac Newton
Friday, December 9, 2022
Fortune Quote #3788
In short, killing the goose that lays the golden egg is a viable political
strategy, so long as the goose does not die before the next election and no
one traces the the politician's fingerprints on the murder weapon.
-- Thomas Sowell, _Applied Economics_
strategy, so long as the goose does not die before the next election and no
one traces the the politician's fingerprints on the murder weapon.
-- Thomas Sowell, _Applied Economics_
Thursday, December 8, 2022
Fortune Quote #3787
...is it surprising that today we have become so morally blind (for
wickedness blinds) that we save the baby whales at great cost, and murder
millions of unborn children? -- Alice von Hildebrand, The Privilege
of Being a Woman
wickedness blinds) that we save the baby whales at great cost, and murder
millions of unborn children? -- Alice von Hildebrand, The Privilege
of Being a Woman
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Fortune Quote #3786
Indeed, one could define science as reason's attempt to compensate for our
inability to perceive big numbers. -- Scott Aaronson
inability to perceive big numbers. -- Scott Aaronson
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Fortune Quote #3785
To put meaning in one's life may end in madness, But life without meaning
is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire-- It is a boat longing
for the sea and yet afraid. -- Edgar Lee Masters
is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire-- It is a boat longing
for the sea and yet afraid. -- Edgar Lee Masters
Monday, December 5, 2022
Fortune Quote #3784
...time misspent and faculties mis-employed, and senses jaded by labor, or
impaired by excess, cannot be recalled any more than that freshness of the
heart, before it has become aware of the deceits of others, and of its
own. -- John Randolph
impaired by excess, cannot be recalled any more than that freshness of the
heart, before it has become aware of the deceits of others, and of its
own. -- John Randolph
Sunday, December 4, 2022
Fortune Quote #3783
A ruling intelligentsia, whether in Europe, Asia or Africa, treats the
masses as raw material to be experimented on, processed, and wasted at
will. -- Eric Hoffer
masses as raw material to be experimented on, processed, and wasted at
will. -- Eric Hoffer
Saturday, December 3, 2022
Fortune Quote #3782
There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an
achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We
still have to prove our worth anew each day: we have to prove that we are
as good today as we were yesterday. But when we have a valid alibi for not
achieving anything we are fixed, so to speak, for life. -- Eric
Hoffer
achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We
still have to prove our worth anew each day: we have to prove that we are
as good today as we were yesterday. But when we have a valid alibi for not
achieving anything we are fixed, so to speak, for life. -- Eric
Hoffer
Friday, December 2, 2022
Fortune Quote #3781
The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement
leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of
the opinion of others, the singlehanded defiance of the world. --
Eric Hoffer
leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of
the opinion of others, the singlehanded defiance of the world. --
Eric Hoffer
Thursday, December 1, 2022
Fortune Quote #3780
Examine the records of history, recollect what has happened within the
circle of your own experience, consider with attention what has been the
conduct of almost all the greatly unfortunate, either in private or public
life, whom you may have either read of, or hear of, or remember, and you
will find that the misfortunes of by far the greater part of them have
arisen from their not knowing when they were well, when it was proper for
them to set still and to be contented. -- Adam Smith
circle of your own experience, consider with attention what has been the
conduct of almost all the greatly unfortunate, either in private or public
life, whom you may have either read of, or hear of, or remember, and you
will find that the misfortunes of by far the greater part of them have
arisen from their not knowing when they were well, when it was proper for
them to set still and to be contented. -- Adam Smith
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