Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
13 Oct , 2011
To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. To summarize the summary of the summary: […]
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Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts (1931) "In the World"
13 Oct , 2011
To suppose, as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and keep absolutely sober. Great short quote and quotation by: Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts (1931) “In the World” , (1865 – 1946)
13 Oct , 2011
To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. Great short quote and quotation by: Isaac Asimov , US science fiction novelist & scholar (1920 – 1992)
13 Oct , 2011
To sway an audience, you must watch them as you speak. Great short quote and quotation by: C. Kent Wright ,
13 Oct , 2011
To teach well is to believe in what and whom you teach. Great short quote and quotation by: Donna Bulger ,
13 Oct , 2011
To Thales the primary question was not what do we know, but how do we know it. Great short quote and quotation by: Aristotle , Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist (384 BC – 322 BC)
Hilary Alexander, Sunday Telegraph (1993)
13 Oct , 2011
To the accountants, a true work of art is an investment that hangs on the wall. Great short quote and quotation by: Hilary Alexander, Sunday Telegraph (1993) ,
J.B.S. Haldane, "On Being the Right Size" in the (1928) book "Possible Worlds"
13 Oct , 2011
To the biologist the problem of socialism appears largely as a problem of size. The extreme socialists desire to run every nation as a single business concern. I do not suppose that Henry Ford would find much difficulty in running Andorra or Luxembourg on a socialistic basis. He has already more men on his pay-roll […]
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Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essay: Nature
13 Oct , 2011
To the body and mind which have been cramped by noxious work or company, nature is medicinal and restores their tone. Great short quote and quotation by: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essay: Nature , US essayist & poet (1803 – 1882)
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13 Oct , 2011
To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it. Great short quote and quotation by: Benjamin Franklin , US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 – 1790)
13 Oct , 2011
To the Nahuas, words were flowers, metaphors that gave birth to thoughts and actions. Great short quote and quotation by: Jose Antonio Burciaga ,
13 Oct , 2011
To the person in the bell jar, blank and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is a bad dream. Great short quote and quotation by: Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar , US novelist & poet (1932 – 1963)