“the great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.” thomas h. huxley (1825 - 1895)
“few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.” robertson davies
“civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.” oliver wendell holmes (1809 - 1894)
“truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.” ralph waldo emerson (1803 - 1882)
every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.” bertrand russell (1872 - 1970)
“you don’t get anything clean without getting something else dirty.” cecil baxter
why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?” james thurber (1894 - 1961)
“we don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are.” anais nin (1903 - 1977)
“love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke.” lynda barry
“every increased possession loads us with new weariness”. john ruskin (1819 - 1900)
“the art of leadership is saying no, not yes. it is very easy to say yes.” tony blair (1953 - )
“only the mediocre are always at their best.” jean giraudoux (1882 - 1944)
“furious activity is no substitute for understanding.” h. h. williams
“in three words i can sum up everything i’ve learned about life: it goes on.” robert frost (1874 - 1963)
happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.” albert schweitzer (1875 - 1965)
“one of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.” william feather (1908 - 1976)
“nothing of me is original. i am the combined effort of everybody i’ve ever known.” chuck palahniuk (1962 - )
“society, my dear, is like salt water, good to swim in but hard to swallow.” arthur stringer
“i don’t know why we are here, but i’m pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.” ludwig wittgenstein (1889 - 1951)
“i don’t generally feel anything until noon; then it’s time for my nap.” bob hope (1903 - 2003)
“there are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves.” albert guinon (1863 - 1923)
“human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.” laurens van der post
“where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.” carl sagan (1934 - 1996)
“no dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.” ralph waldo emerson (1803 - 1882)
“if at first you don’t succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.” bill lyon
“it is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.” george bernard shaw (1856 - 1950)
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