Archive for February, 2010

Isaac Asimov on Business

Nothing interferes with my concentration. You could put on an orgy in my office and I wouldn’t look up. Well, maybe once.

- Isaac Asimov

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John W. Gardner on Politics

When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale.

- John W. Gardner

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Sydney J. Harris on Marriage

Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage.

- Sydney J. Harris

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John Perry Barlow on Technology

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.

- John Perry Barlow

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Ralph Waldo Emerson on Nature

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Larry Ellison on Technology

Bill Gates is the pope of the personal computer industry. He decides who’s going to build.

- Larry Ellison

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George Deukmejian on Sports

The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can’t improve your lie.

- George Deukmejian

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James H. Boren on Marriage

A dress that zips up the back will bring a husband and wife together.

- James H. Boren

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Ansel Adams on Nature

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.

- Ansel Adams

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Gilbert K. Chesterton on Imagination

There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

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