No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot
“No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot.” (Mark Twain)
Roberto Grippi
Today I have become 65 years old!
Today I have become 65 years old. My thought of the day is connected to this event; it seems that my birthday is important for someone, albeit less for me. I do not feel the time grinding my bones. Here we are: “As I have grown older, I have learned that pleasing everyone is impossible … Read more
Never give explanations …
“Never give explanations: your friends don’t need them and your enemies won’t believe them anyway.” (Elbert Hubbard)
Never tell a lie …
“Never tell a lie when you can bullshit your way through.” (Eric Ambler, Dirty story)
Being literate …
“Being literate does not mean remembering all the notions, but knowing where to look for them. That is why it is important to have a large personal library of unread books.” (Umberto Eco)
You can buy a man’s work …
“You can buy a man’s work, his experience, his advice, but you can never buy enthusiasm, initiative, devotion of heart, mind, soul. These things you must deserve by your loyalty to him.” (Plato)
The secret of life …
The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made. (MARX [Groucho])
We are what we repeatedly do
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not a single act but a habit.” (Aristotle)
Leave every place …
“Leave every place better than you found it.” (Robert Baden-Powell)
Never complain …
“Never complain and never explain – just get on with it.” (Benjamin Disraeli)
For every winner …
For every winner there are dozens of losers: it is very likely that you are among the latter. It could be that your only purpose in life is to be a warning to others. (Arthur Bloch)
There are no bad regiments …
“There are no bad regiments, only incompetent colonels.” (Napoleon)
“April Come She Will”
April, come she will When streams are ripe and swelled with rain May, she will stay Resting in my arms again June, she’ll change her tune In restless walks, she’ll prowl the night July, she will fly And give no warning of her flight August, die she must The autumn winds blow chilly and cold … Read more
He who quits …
He who quits, never wins; he who wins, never quits. But he who never wins and never quits is an idiot. (Unknown Author)
Success is a journey …
Success is a journey, not a destination. So stop running. (Unknown Author)
By what parameter do you measure your own life standing?
By what parameter do you measure your own life standing? “When the Soviet authorities during the 1940s exhibited the 1940 movie of ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ as evidence of how miserable the poor were in capitalist America, it backfired. What amazed the Soviet audiences was that the Joad family fled starvation BY CAR.” (Deirdre N. … Read more
Part of the inhumanity of a computer lies in …
“Part of the inhumanity of a computer lies in the fact that, once it is programmed and put into operation, it behaves in a fully honest manner.” (Isaac Asimov)
Chaos is the word …
“Chaos is the word we have invented for an order we do not understand.” (Henry Miller)
It’s never too late …
“It’s never too late, it’s never too bad, and you’re never too old or too sick to start from scratch once again.” (Bikram Choudhury Yoga Master, born 1946)
Religion is for …
“Religion is for people who fear hell. Spirituality is for people who have been there.” (David Bowie)