“The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.” Continue reading
Voltaire on Boredom
Victor Hugo on Music
“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” Continue reading
Frank Tibolt on Inspiration
“We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.” Continue reading
Adam Osborne on Computers
“People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They’re wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster.” Continue reading
Jean Giraudoux on Mediocrity
“Only the mediocre are always at their best.” Continue reading
Will Rogers Cynical Quote
“Everything is funny as long as it is happening to Somebody Else.” Continue reading
George Orwell on Language
“The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.” Continue reading
Mark Twain on Temptation
“There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.” Continue reading
Olin Miller Cynical Quote
“You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.” Continue reading
Arthur C. Clarke on Science
“If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong.” Continue reading
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