Fortune Quote

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Fortune Quote #1288

The two most common things in the Universe are hydrogen and
stupidity. -- Harlan Ellison

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Fortune Quote #1287

The subspace W inherits the other 8 properties of V. And there aren't
even any property taxes. -- J. MacKay, Mathematics 134b

Monday, February 8, 2016

Fortune Quote #1286

"The study of non-linear physics is like the study of non-elephant
biology."

Sunday, February 7, 2016

Fortune Quote #1285

The solution of problems is the most characteristic and peculiar sort of
voluntary thinking. -- William James

Saturday, February 6, 2016

The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and
tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will
have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy... neither its pipes nor its
theories will hold water.

Friday, February 5, 2016

Fortune Quote #1283

The only possible interpretation of any research whatever in the `social
sciences' is: some do, some don't. -- Ernest Rutherford

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Fortune Quote #1282

The only person who always got his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe.

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Fortune Quote #1281

The goal of science is to build better mousetraps. The goal of nature is
to build better mice.

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Fortune Quote #1280

The function of the expert is not to be more right than other people, but
to be wrong for more sophisticated reasons. -- Dr. David Butler,
British psephologist

Monday, February 1, 2016

Fortune Quote #1279

The laws of population growth tell us that approximately half the people
who were ever born in the history of the world are now dead. There is
therefore a 0.5 probability that this message is being read by a
corpse. -- John W. Campbell