Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Rick Cook on Programing
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. - Rick Cook
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Galileo on Truths
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. - Galileo Galilei
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
J. William Fulbright on Dissent
In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its effects. - J. William Fulbright
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
William Lloyd Garrison on Arguments
With reasonable men I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost. - William Lloyd Garrison
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Catherine of Siena on Justice
The pearl of justice is found in the heart of mercy. - Catherine of Siena. (h/t: lj)
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
George Carlin on Death
People aren’t afraid of being dead, they’re afraid of getting dead. - George Carlin
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
Mark Hannah on Money and Politics
There are two things you need for success in politics. Money and I can’t think of the other. Senator Mark Hannah
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Edward R. Murrow on Expert Opinion
Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn’t mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar. - Edward R. Murrow (1908 - 1965)
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Phil Woosnam on Soccer
The rules of soccer are very simple, basically it is this: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn’t move, kick it until it does. - Phil Woosnam
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Sunday, June 15th, 2008
Umberto Eco on Fathers
I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us. - Umberto Eco
