"Kindly whisper ‘Norbury’ in my ear" – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“Kindly whisper ‘Norbury’ in my ear” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Month: May 2010
"I’m astounded by people who want to ‘know’ the universe when it’s hard enough to find your way around Chinatown." – Woody Allen
“I’m astounded by people who want to ‘know’ the universe when it’s hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.” – Woody Allen
"Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it." – Mark Twain
“Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar …
"Man is a piece of the universe made alive" – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Man is a piece of the universe made alive” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
"People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty." – Richard J. Needham
“People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.” – Richard J. Needham
"Peace is its own reward." – Mahatma Gandhi
“Peace is its own reward.” – Mahatma Gandhi
"The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people’s hands, that is, to give them the power at all times to defend it in the legislature and in the courts of justice" – John Adams
“The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people’s hands, that is, to give them the power at all times to defend …
"Dogs come when they’re called; cats take a message and get back to you later." – Mary Bly
“Dogs come when they’re called; cats take a message and get back to you later.” – Mary Bly
"I don’t believe in an afterlife, so I don’t have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse." – Isaac Asimov
“I don’t believe in an afterlife, so I don’t have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the …
"Some are slaves of ambition or money, but others are interested in understanding life itself. These give themselves the name of philosophers (lovers of wisdom), and they value the contemplation and discovery of nature beyond all other pursuits." – Pythagoras
“Some are slaves of ambition or money, but others are interested in understanding life itself. These give themselves the name of philosophers (lovers of wisdom), …
"I have the same goal I’ve had ever since I was a girl. I want to rule the world." – Madonna
“I have the same goal I’ve had ever since I was a girl. I want to rule the world.” – Madonna
"Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art" – Leonardo da Vinci
“Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art” – Leonardo da Vinci
"A man ought to do what he thinks is right" – John Wayne
“A man ought to do what he thinks is right” – John Wayne
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." – Galileo Galilei
“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo …
"I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe." – Dalai Lama
“I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.” – Dalai Lama
"We shall find the answer when we examine the problem, the problem is never apart from the answer, the problem IS the answer, understanding the problem dissolves the problem." – Bruce Lee
“We shall find the answer when we examine the problem, the problem is never apart from the answer, the problem IS the answer, understanding the …
"The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality." <br/> – Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher" – Arthur Schopenhauer
“The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of …
"The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human" – Aldous Huxley
“The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human” – Aldous Huxley
"Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life" – Akhenaton
“Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean …
"You have to begin to lose your memory, if only in bits and pieces, to realize that memory is what makes our lives. Life without memory is no life at all, just as an intelligence without the possibility of expression is not really an intelligence. Our memory is our coherence, our reason, our feeling, even our action. Without it, we are nothing." – Luis Buñuel
“You have to begin to lose your memory, if only in bits and pieces, to realize that memory is what makes our lives. Life without …
"I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits that strict justice." – Abraham Lincoln
“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits that strict justice.” – Abraham Lincoln
"The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest" – Albert Einstein
“The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest” – Albert Einstein
"I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice." – Abraham Lincoln
“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.” – Abraham Lincoln
"What’s important is that this electoral process keep moving forward. The Haitian people have waited too long already, and it’s our hope that this process will meet its timetable and that a new government will be inaugurated soon." – Thomas Shannon
“What’s important is that this electoral process keep moving forward. The Haitian people have waited too long already, and it’s our hope that this process …
"PIPPIN: I didn’t think it would end this way.<br/><br/>GANDALF: End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it.<br/><br/>PIPPIN: What? Gandalf? See what?<br/><br/>GANDALF: White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.<br/><br/>PIPPIN: Well, that isn’t so bad.<br/><br/>GANDALF: No. No, it isn’t." – Lord of The Rings
“PIPPIN: I didn’t think it would end this way. GANDALF: End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path, one that we …
"If you want an interesting party sometime, combine cocktails and a fresh box of crayons for everyone." – Robert Fulghum
“If you want an interesting party sometime, combine cocktails and a fresh box of crayons for everyone.” – Robert Fulghum
"It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few." – Pythagoras
“It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle …
"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." – Nelson Mandela
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel …
"My priority is my family, absolutely, 100 percent." – Madonna
“My priority is my family, absolutely, 100 percent.” – Madonna
"There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves" – John Wayne
“There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves” – John Wayne
"Those who make peaceful revolutions impossible will make violent revolutions inevitable" – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“Those who make peaceful revolutions impossible will make violent revolutions inevitable” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal" – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Creationists make it sound as though a ‘theory’ is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night." – Isaac Asimov
“Creationists make it sound as though a ‘theory’ is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.” – Isaac Asimov
"I’m kind of obsessed with that song, I’ve used it in almost every project I’ve done, … I can’t get over it. I own 30 versions of it." – Isaac Newton
“I’m kind of obsessed with that song, I’ve used it in almost every project I’ve done, … I can’t get over it. I own 30 …
"Don’t find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain" – Henry Ford
“Don’t find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain” – Henry Ford
"To command the professors of astronomy to confute their own observations is to enjoin an impossibility, for it is to command them not to see what they do see, and not to understand what they do understand, and to find what they do not discover." – Galileo Galilei
“To command the professors of astronomy to confute their own observations is to enjoin an impossibility, for it is to command them not to see …
"You can never lose anything that really belongs to you, and you can’t keep that which belongs to someone else." – Edgar Cayce
“You can never lose anything that really belongs to you, and you can’t keep that which belongs to someone else.” – Edgar Cayce
"I love to doubt as well as know." – Dante Alighieri
“I love to doubt as well as know.” – Dante Alighieri
"Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress." – Charles Dickens
“Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it …
"It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." – Dr. Carl Sagan
“It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” – Dr. Carl Sagan