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Omit needless words. Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.
-- William Strunk Jr. -
Omit needless words. Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.
-- William Strunk Jr. -
Sweep around your own front door before you try to sweep around mine.
-- Anonymous -
Sweep around your own front door before you try to sweep around mine.
-- Anonymous -
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
-- Albert Einstein -
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
-- Albert Einstein -
When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.
-- William Hazlitt -
When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.
-- William Hazlitt -
When you don't create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. Your tastes only narrow and exclude people. So create!
-- Why the Lucky Stiff -
When you don't create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. Your tastes only narrow and exclude people. So create!
-- Why the Lucky Stiff -
In the end there is only one useful piece of dietary advice: eat fruit. Then eat whatever else you like. Unless you are allergic to it.
-- Richard Lehman (RL's Journal Review) -
In the end there is only one useful piece of dietary advice: eat fruit. Then eat whatever else you like. Unless you are allergic to it.
-- Richard Lehman (RL's Journal Review) -
The future will be better tomorrow.
-- Dan Quayle -
The future will be better tomorrow.
-- Dan Quayle -
Our fascination with computers is more deeply spiritual than utilitarian. When online, we break free from bodily existence, from our earthy existence, and emulate the viseo dei, the perspective of God, the "all-at-oneness" of divine knowledge.
-- David F. Noble (The Religion of Technology)⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #DavidFNoble #Computers #Existence #Religion
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Our fascination with computers is more deeply spiritual than utilitarian. When online, we break free from bodily existence, from our earthy existence, and emulate the viseo dei, the perspective of God, the "all-at-oneness" of divine knowledge.
-- David F. Noble (The Religion of Technology)⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #DavidFNoble #Computers #Existence #Religion
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Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel.
-- William Shakespeare (King Lear) -
Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel.
-- William Shakespeare (King Lear) -
The rabbit runs faster than the fox, because the rabbit is running for his life, while the fox is only running for his dinner.
-- Anonymous -
The rabbit runs faster than the fox, because the rabbit is running for his life, while the fox is only running for his dinner.
-- Anonymous -
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
-- J. M. Barrie -
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
-- J. M. Barrie -
Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.
-- Gertrude Stein -
Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.
-- Gertrude Stein -
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.
-- Robert Green Ingersoll -
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.
-- Robert Green Ingersoll -
Making sense has as much to do with formulating useful questions as it has to do with developing useful answers.
-- Peter J. Gomes -
Making sense has as much to do with formulating useful questions as it has to do with developing useful answers.
-- Peter J. Gomes -
If the misery of our poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.
-- Charles Darwin (Voyage of the Beagle) -
If the misery of our poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.
-- Charles Darwin (Voyage of the Beagle) -
Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities.
-- Lord Dunsany -
Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities.
-- Lord Dunsany -
The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots.
-- Erich Fromm⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #ErichFromm #HumanDestiny #TheFuture #ThePast
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The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots.
-- Erich Fromm⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #ErichFromm #HumanDestiny #TheFuture #ThePast
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Free speech in hypertext implies the right to link.
-- Tim Berners-Lee -
Free speech in hypertext implies the right to link.
-- Tim Berners-Lee -
Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.
-- Victor Hugo -
Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.
-- Victor Hugo -
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
-- Hermann Hesse -
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
-- Hermann Hesse -
Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.
-- Henry Adams -
Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.
-- Henry Adams -
Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
-- Madame de Stael -
Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
-- Madame de Stael -
The future has a way of arriving unannounced.
-- George Will -
The future has a way of arriving unannounced.
-- George Will