One From One Leaves Two (1934)

Abracadabra, thus we learn
The more you create, the less you earn.
The less you earn, the more you're given,
The less you lead, the more you're driven,
The more destroyed, the more they feed,
The more you pay, the more they need,
The more you earn, the less you keep,
And now I lay me down to sleep.
I pray the Lord my soul to take
If some Soul Commission hasn't got it before I wake.
 
-- Ogden Nash

It is never worth a first class man's time to express a majority opinion. By definition, there are plenty of others to do that. -- G.H. Hardy

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty. -- John F. Kennedy

When Byrd became senator in 1959, West Virginia ranked No. 39 in median family income, and No. 42 in per capita income. Today, it's No. 48 in both categories.

"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." Mark Twain

The struggle in the world today for the hearts of and minds of mankind is based on one simple question: Is man born to be free, or slave? In country after country, people have long know that the answer to that question. We are free by divine right. Ronald Reagan, 1982, during the crackdown on Solidarity

The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their own money. Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1835

"I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody." Barack Obama, on the campaign trail in 2008

"Atlas Shrugged", Ayn Rand, 1957

"By the way, How to design program is very great and beautiful literary work. My brother and I enjoy it very much as we enjoy Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. Even, HTDP is easier to understand than many discourses in Les Miserables(with part on Generative Recursion as the only exception)." Regards, Eko Hermiyanto

I wonder how far Moses would have gone if he'd taken a poll in Egypt? What would Jesus Christ have preached if he'd taken a poll in Israel? Where would the Reformation have gone if Martin Luther had taken a poll? It isn't polls or public opinion of the moment that counts. It is right and wrong, and leadership--men with fortitude, honesty and a belief in the right that-makes epochs in the history of the world. Harry Truman

You know the difference between a liberal and a cannibal? A cannibal eats only his enemies. Lyndon Johnson

The maxim "Nothing but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis". Winston Churchill

(Was he thinking of programming languages?)

Despite many scholars finding calculating with Indian symbols helpful in their work, the business community continued to use their finger arithmetic throughout the tenth century. Abu'l-Wafa, who was himself an expert in the use of Indian numerals, nevertheless wrote a text on how to use finger-reckoning arithmetic since this was the system used by the business community and teaching material aimed at these people had to be written using the appropriate system. the Arabic numeral system

On Research: I'm talking about a specific, extra type of integrity that is not lying, but bending over backwards to show that you're maybe wrong, that you ought to have when acting as a scientist. And this is our responsibility as scientists, certainly to other scientists, and I think to laymen. Richard P. Feynman, "Surely you're joking Mr. Feynman"

On theory vs practice: Once there were two research groups, one American and one French. The American group had solved a practical problem. The French group looked at their solution and said "very nice, but will it work in theory?"anonymous