Quotes for April 19, 2011
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:20 pm
Thanks Stephen.
God help those who do not help themselves.
-- Wilson Mizner
Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original and the part that is original is not good.
-- Samuel Johnson, (attributed)
In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self Reliance"
There is an evil tendency underlying all our technology - the tendency to do what is reasonable even when it isn't any good.
-- Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
God help those who do not help themselves.
-- Wilson Mizner
Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original and the part that is original is not good.
-- Samuel Johnson, (attributed)
In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self Reliance"
There is an evil tendency underlying all our technology - the tendency to do what is reasonable even when it isn't any good.
-- Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance