a few quotations I (really) like
I am what I have around
Theoria, Wallace Stevens
Algernon. The doctors found
out that Bunbury could not live, that is what I mean — so Bunbury died.
Lady Bracknell.
He seems to have had great confidence in
the opinion of his physicians.
from "The Importance of being Ernest", Oscar Wilde
Science may set limits to knowledge,
but should not set limits to imagination.
Bertrand Russell
Just like everything in life,
if something isn't adding to the composition,
it's taking away.
Algernon. Did you hear what I was playing, Lane?
Lane. I didn’t think it polite to listen, sir.
from "The Importance of being Ernest", Oscar Wilde
Almost nothing fundamental has been developed by large corporations, or even by people working at their day jobs. All large organizations do is bring other people's brilliant ideas to market, but the brilliant ideas always start in the imagination of a single man.
Almost everything earth-shaking has been developed by individuals working in their garage on their own time.
Lane. I believe it IS a very pleasant state, sir. I have had very little experience of it myself up to the present. I have only been married once. That was in consequence of a misunderstanding between myself and a young perso