Furious activity is no substitute for understanding.
-- H.H. Williams
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Furious activity is no substitute for understanding.
-- H.H. Williams
Your concern alone is the action of duty, not the judgment of that duty.
"One should not confuse the truth with the opinion of the majority.”
--Jorge Luis Borges
Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
Thich Nhat Hanh
"So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers."
--Jorge Luis Borges
Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.
Paulo Coelho
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The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.
Henry Miller
"The most absolute lie is the presentation irrefutable fact based upon unassailable numbers"
Our business is run on trust. We trust you will pay in advance.
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there. -- Josh Billings
"The dangers of knowledge are threefold;There is the danger of not learning; the danger of learning too much; and the danger of not understanding.""
Every second you have on this planet is very precious and it’s your responsibility that you’re happy.
Naval Ravikant
"A fool seeks easy prey in the denial of that which he cannot see or understand, only to discover a monster which cannot be vanquished with ignorance."
--Dr L.C.W.
"The shape of a container is not the nature of what is contained."
LE Modesitt, JR Author
"To the work alone are you entitled; not its fruits."
LE Modesitt, JR Author
Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.
Marilyn Monroe
"The understanding of freedom is relative to the memory of the absence of freedom."
--I'm sure I heard it somewhere
"We cannot change what we diidn't do, We can only change what we do from now on"
Modessitt
"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets."
Voltaire
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
Truman Capote
"Life is what we were given, Its progress is mostly up to us!"
"No matter how many men you kill, you can't kill your successor.”
Emperor Nero.
To be or not to be.
-- Shakespeare
To do is to be.
-- Nietzsche
To be is to do.
-- Sartre
Do be do be do.
-- Sinatra
''In my youth i wanted to be a great pantomime artist, Unfortunately I had nothing to say."
Victor Borge
Kid, you’ll move mountains! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way!
Dr. Seuss
Life is a journey, not a destination. For the only thing you can take with you, is the memories.
Common sense
'If enough data is collected, statistics can prove anything.'
47.3% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
- no idea where I heard that, but I added the decimal to be more convincing.
Liars figure and figures lie.
The title of a book I have somewhere on the shelf behind me.
Often statistics are used as a drunken man uses lampposts - for support rather than illumination.
Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.
Charles Bukowski
Sometimes you have to let go of the picture of what you thought life would be like and learn to find joy in the story you are actually living.
Rachel Marie Martin
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
Attributed to Benjamin Disraeli
"Statistics are like bikinis; they reveal a lot but hide vital spots."
Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.
Kurt Vonnegut
"HARRIS' LAW: Any philosophy that can be put "in a nutshell" belongs there.."