Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank. Give a man a bank and he can rob the world.
@Bonoboism [according to kottke]
I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.
You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, “Look at that, you son of a bitch.”
Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut, on political quagmire
[via BB]
Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.
[via LH]
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
If all the economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.
Not all those who wander are lost.
If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first four hours sharpening the axe.
[via Lifehacker]
It is the job that is never started that takes longest to finish.
“Kleine Opfer müssen gebracht werden!” (“Small sacrifices must be made!”)