Robert Louis Stevenson on Life
Friday, November 30th, 2007There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
Archive for November, 2007
M. Scott Peck on Time
Friday, November 30th, 2007Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.
- M. Scott Peck
Rene Char on Poetry
Thursday, November 29th, 2007A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.
- Rene Char
Dwight D. Eisenhower on Society
Thursday, November 29th, 2007A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Brendan Gill on Life
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
- Brendan Gill
Linus Torvalds on Technology
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007The Linux philosophy is ‘Laugh in the face of danger’. Oops. Wrong One. ‘Do it yourself’. Yes, that’s it.
- Linus Torvalds
Ralph Nader on Business
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007I don’t think meals have any business being deductible. I’m for separation of calories and corporations.
- Ralph Nader
Edgar R. Fiedler on Business
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.
- Edgar R. Fiedler
Norman Cousins on History
Monday, November 26th, 2007History is a vast early warning system.
- Norman Cousins
Martin Scorsese on Movies
Monday, November 26th, 2007Cinema is a matter of what’s in the frame and what’s out.
- Martin Scorsese
