Archive for November, 2007

Robert Louis Stevenson on Life

Friday, November 30th, 2007

There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.

- Robert Louis Stevenson

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M. Scott Peck on Time

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.

- M. Scott Peck

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Rene Char on Poetry

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.

- Rene Char

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Dwight D. Eisenhower on Society

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Brendan Gill on Life

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.

- Brendan Gill

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Linus Torvalds on Technology

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

The Linux philosophy is ‘Laugh in the face of danger’. Oops. Wrong One. ‘Do it yourself’. Yes, that’s it.

- Linus Torvalds

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Ralph Nader on Business

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

I don’t think meals have any business being deductible. I’m for separation of calories and corporations.

- Ralph Nader

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Edgar R. Fiedler on Business

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.

- Edgar R. Fiedler

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Norman Cousins on History

Monday, November 26th, 2007

History is a vast early warning system.

- Norman Cousins

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Martin Scorsese on Movies

Monday, November 26th, 2007

Cinema is a matter of what’s in the frame and what’s out.

- Martin Scorsese

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