Archive for November, 2007

Robert Louis Stevenson on Life

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

- Robert Louis Stevenson

[tags]Quotes, Famous Quotes, Robert Louis Stevenson, Life [/tags]

M. Scott Peck on Time

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

[tags]Quotes, Famous Quotes, M. Scott Peck, Time [/tags]

Rene Char on Poetry

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

- Rene Char

[tags]Quotes, Famous Quotes, Rene Char, Poetry [/tags]

Dwight D. Eisenhower on Society

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

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

[tags]Quotes, Famous Quotes, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Society [/tags]

Brendan Gill on Life

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

- Brendan Gill

[tags]Quotes, Famous Quotes, Brendan Gill, Life [/tags]

Linus Torvalds on Technology

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

- Linus Torvalds

[tags]Quotes, Famous Quotes, Linus Torvalds, Technology [/tags]

Ralph Nader on Business

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

- Ralph Nader

[tags]Quotes, Famous Quotes, Ralph Nader, Business [/tags]

Edgar R. Fiedler on Business

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

- Edgar R. Fiedler

[tags]Quotes, Famous Quotes, Edgar R. Fiedler, Business [/tags]

Norman Cousins on History

History is a vast early warning system.

- Norman Cousins

[tags]Quotes, Famous Quotes, Norman Cousins, History [/tags]

Martin Scorsese on Movies

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

- Martin Scorsese

[tags]Quotes, Famous Quotes, Martin Scorsese, Movies [/tags]