How does so much [false news] get into the American newspapers, even the good ones? Is it because journalists, as a class, are habitual liars, and prefer what is not true to what is true? I don't think it is. Rather, it is because journalists are, in the main, extremely stupid, sentimental and credulous fellows -- because nothing is easier than to fool them -- because the majority of them lack the sharp intelligence that the proper discharge of their duties demands.
This is no time to make new enemies. -- Voltaire, when asked on his deathbed to forswear Satan.
That totally made me think of Micromegas by Voltaire.
“Irregularity is inherent in our very nature; expecting people to be perfectly wise is as crazy as putting wings on dogs or horns on eagles” --Voltaire, Micromegas
If you've never read Micromegas, you should. Voltaire actually wrote a Sci-Fi story! It's very specifically about an alien from another star meeting another alien on Jupiter, who's tiny compared to him (still gigantic by our standards) and coming to Earth and conversing with philosophers with the other alien.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
"Bender knows love, and love doesn't share itself with the world. Love is suspicious, love is needy. Love is fearful, love is greedy. My friends, there is no great love without great jealousy! I love you meatbags!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez
People aren't stupid. On average, people are of average intelligence.
- Randall Munroe
and on that note:“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.” ― Confucius
in other words: Chung Mee: Speed is important in business. Time is money.
Lawrence Bourne III: You said opium was money.
Chung Mee: Money is Money.
Lawrence Bourne III: Well then, what is time again?
“And although it might be best of all to be Socrates satisfied, having both happiness and depth, we would give up some happiness in order to gain the depth.”
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
- P.J. o'Rourke
The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
- P.J. o'Rourke
The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.
- Socrates
Wait... Socrates said that! 3000 years ago! Nothing changes... The kids all had tablets back then as well... Only difference was the brands Slate or Clay... They would laugh at you if you pulled out an Apple back then...
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
- P.J. o'Rourke
The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.
- Socrates
Wait... Socrates said that! 3000 years ago! Nothing changes... The kids all had tablets back then as well... Only difference was the brands Slate or Clay... They would laugh at you if you pulled out an Apple back then...
Well...
The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know if they are genuine.
"It would have been nice to have some sort of instruction from the OP on how to change font colour for this thread." - Sylvus Moonbow
"Of all the fantasies indulged in by a society speeding toward self-destruction, none is as consequential as the idea that continuing growth-both in size of population and size of economy-has a happy-ever-after ending." - Craig Durian
"The problem of rapidly increasing numbers in relation to natural resources, to social stability and to the well-being of individuals-this is now the central problem of mankind." - Aldous Huxley
"American suburbia represents the greatest misallocation of resources in the history of the world. The far-flung housing subdivisions, commercial highway strips, big-box stores, and all the other furnishings and accessories of extreme car dependence will function poorly, if at all, in an oil-scarce future." - James Howard Kunstler
"Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist." - Kenneth Boulding
"Consumerism is not an ahistorical trait of human nature but a specific product of capitalism." - Juliet B. Schor
"I don't understand why when we destroy something created by man we call it vandalism, but when we destroy something created by nature we call it progress." - Ed Begley, Jr.
"Except for giant meteorite strikes or other such catastrophes, Earth has never experienced anything like the contemporary human juggernaut. We are in a bottleneck of overpopulation and wasteful consumption that could push half of Earth's species to extinction in this century." - E. O. Wilson
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How does so much [false news] get into the American newspapers, even the good ones? Is it because journalists, as a class, are habitual liars, and prefer what is not true to what is true? I don't think it is. Rather, it is because journalists are, in the main, extremely stupid, sentimental and credulous fellows -- because nothing is easier than to fool them -- because the majority of them lack the sharp intelligence that the proper discharge of their duties demands.
— H.L. Mencken, Prejudices, Second Series, 1920
This is no time to make new enemies.
-- Voltaire, when asked on his deathbed to forswear Satan.
“Irregularity is inherent in our very nature; expecting people to be perfectly wise is as crazy as putting wings on dogs or horns on eagles”
--Voltaire, Micromegas
If you've never read Micromegas, you should. Voltaire actually wrote a Sci-Fi story! It's very specifically about an alien from another star meeting another alien on Jupiter, who's tiny compared to him (still gigantic by our standards) and coming to Earth and conversing with philosophers with the other alien.
It's public domain, so you can read it for free here
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/30123/30123-h/30123-h.htm
When in doubt, cause as much confusion as you can, and, with luck, there'll always be a loophole.
-- Richard Mueller
An educated people can be easily governed.
-- Frederick the Great
He whose life has a why can bear almost any how.
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
A gentle answer turns away wrath.
-Proverbs 15:1
Dark humour is like food, not everyone gets it.
Always remember you are unique. Just like everyone else.
4 But Jesus, said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
... Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head.
- Howard Tayler: Maxim 12
-- Bender Bending Rodriguez
- Inspector Sydney Wang
People aren't stupid. On average, people are of average intelligence.
- Randall Munroe― Confucius
in other words: Chung Mee: Speed is important in business. Time is money.
Lawrence Bourne III: You said opium was money.
Chung Mee: Money is Money.
Lawrence Bourne III: Well then, what is time again?
"Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create and wield it"
Milton Friedman
“And although it might be best of all to be Socrates satisfied, having both happiness and depth, we would give up some happiness in order to gain the depth.”
Robert Nozick
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
- P.J. o'Rourke
The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.
- Socrates
The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know if they are genuine.
- Abraham Lincoln
Al. Gore. Rythm.
(I can't believe I just did that...)
"Of all the fantasies indulged in by a society speeding toward self-destruction, none is as consequential as the idea that continuing growth-both in size of population and size of economy-has a happy-ever-after ending." - Craig Durian
"The problem of rapidly increasing numbers in relation to natural resources, to social stability and to the well-being of individuals-this is now the central problem of mankind." - Aldous Huxley
"American suburbia represents the greatest misallocation of resources in the history of the world. The far-flung housing subdivisions, commercial highway strips, big-box stores, and all the other furnishings and accessories of extreme car dependence will function poorly, if at all, in an oil-scarce future." - James Howard Kunstler
"Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist." - Kenneth Boulding
"Consumerism is not an ahistorical trait of human nature but a specific product of capitalism." - Juliet B. Schor
"I don't understand why when we destroy something created by man we call it vandalism, but when we destroy something created by nature we call it progress." - Ed Begley, Jr.
"Except for giant meteorite strikes or other such catastrophes, Earth has never experienced anything like the contemporary human juggernaut. We are in a bottleneck of overpopulation and wasteful consumption that could push half of Earth's species to extinction in this century." - E. O. Wilson
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The mind is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master.
~ Robin SharmaWhen we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.
~ Saul BellowWhere did all these Indians come from?
- George Armstrong Custer
Je suis Marxiste. Tendance Groucho
— author unknown, Paris graffiti, 1968