Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

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Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Hope is not a strategy. Luck is not a factor. Fear is not an option." - James Cameron

"I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes." - Edward Gibbon

"It is not things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance." - Epictetus 

"If you risk what you need in order to gain what you don't need, that is foolish. It's just plain foolish." - Warren Buffett

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Hope is not a strategy. Luck is not a factor. Fear is not an option." -James Cameron

"I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes." - Edward Gibbon

"It is not things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance." - Epictetus

"Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it." - Boethius 

Quotes for Today

Some quotes that I hope may resonate with you.

"Intentions don't matter. Actions do. That's why being ethical is hard." - Naval Ravikant

"If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present." - Lao Tzu

"There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law." - Abraham Lincoln

"Hope is not a strategy. Luck is not a factor. Fear is not an option." -James Cameron

"If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law." - Winston Churchill

"In war there is no substitute for victory." - Douglas MacArthur

"Distrust all men in whom the impulse to punish is powerful." - Friedrich Nietzche

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting and thought I'd share.

How did James Cameron manage to "Tweet" from the bottom of the Marianas Trench? Simple

Silly? Yes. But I found it funny.

Doctor Who Series Seven Trailer

A very disturbing chart on the US economy

Happy drunk guy in Las Vegas is mesmerizing 

Interesting - Tuna, swordfish, Humbolt squid and other sharks fear this fish

James Cameron into the Abyss

The news of James Cameron reaching the bottom of the Marianas Trench - the deepest point in the oceans and thus the deepest part of the Earth - was woefully under-reported. I'm not saying that this is of landing on the moon significant but you would think this achievement in man's exploration of the planet would get more attention than a Jennifer Lopez nipple slip.

Here's a very well done discussion of what Cameron's achievement means.

If you think of it - over the weekend Cameron reached the deepest point on Earth and Dick Cheney the former Vice President had a heart transplant. News of both was greeted with almost a ho-humm reaction. News of Chaney getting a heart transplant was news because of who was getting the transplant (and the opportunity for some to break out more Dick Chaney has not heart jokes) not because of the awe of how far modern medical science has come. Likewise - would reaching the bottom of the Marianas Trench have been reported if it wasn't Jim Cameron piloting the vessel? People have become too jaded and apathetic when it comes to technological achievement. The achievement itself should be the news - not the celebrity level involved.