“Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Society
Oscar Wilde on Society
“The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.” Continue reading
Victor Hugo on Education
“He who opens a school door, closes a prison.” Continue reading
Albert Einstein on Solving Problems
“The world will not evolve past its current state of crisis by using the same thinking that created the situation.” Continue reading
Franklin P. Jones on Punctuality
“The trouble with being punctual is that nobody’s there to appreciate it.” Continue reading
Robertson Davies on Society
“There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity.” Continue reading
Howard Scott on Business
“Criminal: A person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation.” Continue reading
Douglas Adams on Society
“Nothing travels faster than light, with the possible exception of bad news, which follows its own rules” Continue reading
Esther Dyson on Internet
“The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect.” Continue reading
Bertrand Russell on Happiness
“If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.” Continue reading
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