Quote of the day
I record the quotes I like here. Most of them are from The Economist.
2023-11-06
Nations have their ego, just like individuals. by James Joyce
2023-11-07
No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war. by Eleanor Roosevelt
2023-11-08
What hath night to do with sleep? by John Milton
2023-11-09
He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest. by Dylan Thomas
2023-11-10
Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women. by Kemal Ataturk
2023-11-11
We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth. by Lucretia Mott
2023-11-13
In difficult times, fashion is always outrageous. by Elsa Schiaparelli
2023-11-14
Great causes and little men go ill together. by Jawaharlal Nehru
2023-11-15
You get whatever accomplishment you are willing to declare. by Georgia O’Keeffe
2023-11-16
A man who makes troubles for others makes troubles for himself. by Chinua Achebe
2023-11-17
Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. by Auguste Rodin
2023-11-18
A word after a word after a word is power. by Margaret Atwood
2023-11-20
The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means. by Robert F. Kennedy
2023-11-22
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. by John F. Kennedy
2023-11-23
The war against the imagination is the only one the capitalists have actually managed to win. by David Graeber
2023-11-24
All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare. by Baruch Spinoza
2023-12-5
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. by Nelson Mandela
2023-12-6
If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done. by Ludwig Wittgenstein
2023-12-9
Hard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk. by John Milton
2023-12-11
True rigour is productive, being distinguished in this from another rigour which is purely formal and tiresome, casting a shadow over the problems it touches. by Émile Picard
2023-12-21
You mustn’t confuse a single failure with a final defeat. by F.Scott Fitzgerald
2024-2-2
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education. by Bertrand Russell