June 2013
7 posts
“An incompetent attorney can delay a trial for months or years. A competent attorney can delay one even longer.”
—Evelle J. Younger
“I’m sick of following my dreams. I’m just going to ask them where they’re going and hook up with them later.”
—Mitch Hedberg
“The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don’t have to waste your time voting.”
—Charles Bukowski
May 2013
27 posts
“Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment.”
—Norman Mailer
“John, when people thought the Earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the Earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the Earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the Earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together.”
—
Asimov to John Campbell
“Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman’s cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club.”
—Thomas H. Huxley
if you ever think mythology is boring or serious business or whatever shit
just remember that cerberus, the hell-hound and guard dog of the underworld, comes from the root indo-european word ḱerberos, which evolved into the greek word kerberos, which got changed to cerberus when it went from greek to latin
ḱerberos means “spotted”
that’s right
hades, lord of the dead, literally fucking named his pet dog spot
Beth, this is for you.
See Spot run!
“Never learn to do anything: if you don’t learn, you’ll always find someone else to do it for you.”
—Mark Twain
“Man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that great gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creature is born.”
—Fyodor Dostoevsky
