Tuesday, April 26, 2011

No Debate

"It is better to debate a question without settling it
than to settle a question without debating it."
- Joseph Joubert

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Who Watches

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
-Roman poet, Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis, know in English as Juvenal

which is literally translated as "Who will guard the guards themselves?" Also sometimes rendered as "Who watches the watchmen?

Friday, April 22, 2011

Politicians

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

-George Bernard Shaw

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Who Bites

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
-Mark Twain

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Work Reward

Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice.
-Henry Ford

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Truly Poor

Who are the truly poor, and who chooses to act poorly?

Friday, April 15, 2011

Less Government

That government is best which governs least.
-Thomas Paine

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Wrong Cure

Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.
-Henry Ford

Health

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
-Mark Twain

Awards

"I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either."
- Jack Benny

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Water Everywhere

Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.
-Ambrose Bierce

Life Long Learning

Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out.
-Carl Sagan

Monday, April 4, 2011

Eating

Never eat more than you can lift.
-Miss Piggy

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Help People

Help people that need it a little; when you help too much, you hurt a lot.

Poverty

Ignorance causes poverty; provide more knowledge, not more money.

More Means Faster

Crash programs fail because they are based on the theory that, with nine women pregnant, you can get a baby a month.

-Wernher von Braun