Quote of the Day, with Rebuttal

Several email newsletters I receive include a Quote of the Day. Some are funny, some profound, and some just wrong, IMHO. In this blog I will express my opinions when one strikes me as particularly obnoxious, or perhaps especially good.

Friday, August 09, 2013

Robert King Merton, sociologist (1910-2003)

Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue. -Robert King Merton, sociologist (19...

Sunday, August 04, 2013

Voltaire, philosopher (1694-1778)

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind. -Voltaire, philosopher (1694-1778) This ...

Rumi, poet and mystic (1207-1273)

There is a field beyond all notions of right and wrong. Come, meet me there. -Rumi, poet and mystic (1207-1273) It is a false and dange...

Samuel Butler, poet (1612-1680)

For blocks are better cleft with wedges, Than tools of sharp or subtle edges, And dullest nonsense has been found By some to be the...

H.L. Mencken, writer, editor, and critic (1880-1956)

You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth. -H.L. Mencken, writer, editor...

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Robert M. Pirsig, author and philosopher (b. 1928)

When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kind of dogmas or goals, it's always because these...

Aldous Huxley, novelist (1894-1963)

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude. -Aldous Huxley, novelist (1894-1963) ...

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