Fortune Quote #462

A dead atheist is someone who is all dressed up with no place to
go. -- James Duffecy

Fortune Quote #461

There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right
keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself. -- J.S. Bach

Fortune Quote #460

Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that
are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while
things that are uncomfortable palpitating, and even gruesome, may make a
good tale, and take a deal of telling anyway. -- J.R.R. Tolkein

Fortune Quote #459

Americans are benevolently ignorant about Canada, while Canadians are
malevolently well informed about the United States. -- J. Bartlett
Brebner

Fortune Quote #458

Time travel stories are too much fun for them to be eliminated merely out
of mundane considerations of impracticability, or even
impossibility. -- Isaac Asimov

Fortune Quote #457

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new
discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny ..."
-- Isaac Asimov

Fortune Quote #456

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds;
and the pessimist fears this is true. -- Irving Caesar

Fortune Quote #455

What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is
alive? -- Irv Kupcinet

Fortune Quote #454

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist. -- Indira Gandhi

Fortune Quote #453

There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take
the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition
there. -- Indira Gandhi