Rene Descartes on Weirdness
THERE IS NOTHING SO STRANGE AND SO UNBELIEVABLE THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN SAID BY ONE PHILOSOPHER OR ANOTHER. — RENE DESCARTES Continue reading Rene Descartes on Weirdness
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Alan Alda on Fairness
HERE’S MY GOLDEN RULE FOR A TARNISHED AGE: BE FAIR WITH OTHERS, BUT KEEP AFTER THEM UNTIL THEY’RE FAIR WITH YOU. — ALAN ALDA Continue reading Alan Alda on Fairness
Mark Twain on Anger
WHEN ANGRY, COUNT TO FOUR. WHEN VERY ANGRY, SWEAR. — MARK TWAIN Continue reading Mark Twain on Anger
Francis Bacon on Truth
TRUTH EMERGES MORE READILY FROM ERROR THAN FROM CONFUSION. — FRANCIS BACON Continue reading Francis Bacon on Truth
Winston Churchill on Circular History
WANT OF FORESIGHT, UNWILLINGNESS TO ACT WHEN ACTION WOULD BE SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE, LACK OF CLEAR THINKING, CONFUSION OF COUNSEL UNTIL THE EMERGENCY COMES, UNTIL SELF-PRESERVATION STRIKES ITS JARRING GONG — THESE ARE THE FEATURES WHICH CONSTITUTE THE ENDLESS REPITITION OF HISTORY. — WINSTON CHURCHILL Continue reading Winston Churchill on Circular History
Albert Einstein on Human Absurdities
CONFUSION OF GOALS AND PERFECTION OF MEANS SEEMS, IN MY OPINION, TO CHARACTERIZE OUR AGE. — ALBERT EINSTEIN Continue reading Albert Einstein on Human Absurdities
Edgar Allan Poe on Power
WORDS HAVE NO POWER TO IMPRESS THE MIND WITHOUT THE EXQUISITE HORROR OF THEIR REALITY. — EDGAR ALLAN POE Continue reading Edgar Allan Poe on Power
Simon Helberg Quotation
I OWN A FART CD. IT HAS, I BELIEVE, OVER 100 FART SOUNDS. A LOVELY VARIETY, FROM THE UP-CLOSE AND PERSONAL TO THE MORE EXPERIMENTAL AND DISSONANT. SOME PEOPLE PREFER TO LISTEN TO BACH WHEN THEY GO TO SLEEP…NOT ME. — SIMON HELBERG Continue reading Simon Helberg Quotation
Elijah Wood Quotation
SAFETY AND COMFORT COME WITH COMPLACENCY, AND THAT’S NEVER A GOOD PLACE TO BE WORKING FROM. — ELIJAH WOOD Continue reading Elijah Wood Quotation
Benjamin Franklin Quotation
THEY WHO CAN GIVE UP ESSENTIAL LIBERTY TO OBTAIN A LITTLE TEMPORARY SAFETY DESERVE NEITHER LIBERTY NOR SAFETY. — BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Continue reading Benjamin Franklin Quotation
