"Quote of the Day "
"The least of learning is done in the
classrooms." -- Thomas Merton
"Not to be absolutely certain is, I think,
one of the essential things in rationality." --
Bertrand Russell, "Am I An Atheist Or An
Agnostic?", 1947
"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you
meet is fighting a battle of some kind" --
Unknown
"[It's] time for the human race to enter the
solar system." -- Dan Quayle
"One of the keys to happiness is a bad
memory." -- Rita Mae Brown
"A diplomat... is a person who can tell you
to go to hell in such a way that you actually look
forward to the trip." -- Caskie Stinnett, Out
of the Red (1960)
"The secret of a good sermon is to have a
good beginning and a good ending, then having the
two as close together as possible." -- George
Burns
"The problem with political jokes is they
get elected." -- Henry Cate VII
"What we think, or what we know, or what we
believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The
only consequence is what we do." -- John Ruskin
"The great thing about democracy is that it
gives every voter a chance to do something
stupid." -- Art Spander
"The really frightening thing about middle
age is that you know you'll grow out of it." --
Doris Day
"The right to be heard does not
automatically include the right to be taken
seriously." -- Hubert H. Humphrey
"The trouble with the rat race is that even
if you win, you're still a rat." -- Lily Tomlin
"The real problem is not whether machines
think but whether men do." -- B. F. Skinner
"Be who you are and say what you feel,
because those who mind don't matter and those who
matter don't mind." -- Dr. Seuss
"We should be taught not to wait for
inspiration to start a thing. Action always
generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates
action." -- Frank Tibolt
"Facts do not cease to exist because they
are ignored." -- Aldous Huxley, "Proper
Studies", 1927
"I have never met a man so ignorant that I
couldn't learn something from him." -- Galileo
Galilei
"Many people would sooner die than think; In
fact, they do so." -- Bertrand Russell