Memes that Deserve to Live On
In loving memory of
Dez
killed in action in the
neurotransmitter wars, January 1998. May his courage, humor and
spirit of adventure live on in all of us.
Meo periculum sub mensa.
We don't know who said some of these. If you do, let us know.
IF is the most powerful word in the universe
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.
- James Branch CabellThe instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head
- Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters.
- Frank Lloyd Wright (1868-1959)People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.
- Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
- Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983)Shit - I've just dropped a laser in my tea
- The Lone GunmanThe significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
- Alan KayI don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying.
- Woody Allen (1935-)I am afflicted with a disease that causes gradual, worsening disability followed by death. You have it too. It's called aging.
There is no such thing as a natural death.
-J.R.R. Tolkien