Quote of the Day

[John]

Quote of the Day - 10th December 2024:

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Piet Hein - Danish polymath (mathematician, inventor, designer, writer & poet),
often writing under the Old Norse pseudonym Kumbel, meaning "tombstone".
Born 16th December 1905 – Died 17th April 1996

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Must get some bits 'right' musn't we ?

Depends on the length of the lifetime.

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 11th December 2024:

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France [officially the French Republic - a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic,
the French West Indies, & many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it one of the largest discontiguous
exclusive economic zones in the world.

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Wise words.

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 12th December 2024:

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Shame on the 'i' Newspaper !

They've repeated a quote they used just two days ago !

Here's a better one:

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Clive James died aged 80 on 24th November 2019.

A sad loss.

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 13th December 2024:

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Sarah Margaret Fuller [AKA Margaret Fuller Ossoli] US journalist, editor, critic, translator, & women's rights advocate
associated with the US transcendentalism movement.
Born May 23rd 1810 – Died July 19th 1850

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Next thing, they'll expect you to provide the candles...

... seriously, I don't know anything that I'm not willing to share with others...

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 14th December 2024:

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Fletcher Knebel - US author of several popular works of political fiction.
Born October 1st 1911 –Died February 26th 1993

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"There are lies, damn lies & statistics !"

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 16th December 2024:

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François Rabelais - French writer who has been called the first great French prose author.
Born between 1483 and 1494; Died 1553

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And sometimes less than that.

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 17th December 2024:

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Robert Bresson - French film director.
Known for his ascetic approach, made a notable contribution to the art of cinema; his non-professional actors, ellipses,
& sparse use of scoring have led his works to be regarded as pre-eminent examples of minimalist film.
Much of his work is known for being tragic in story and nature.
Born 25th September 1901 – Died 18th December 1999.

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Tried that, case comes up next week...

[John]

Quote of the Day - 17th December 2024:

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Robert Bresson - French film director.
Known for his ascetic approach, made a notable contribution to the art of cinema; his non-professional actors, ellipses,
& sparse use of scoring have led his works to be regarded as pre-eminent examples of minimalist film.
Much of his work is known for being tragic in story and nature.
Born 25th September 1901 – Died 18th December 1999.

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Tried that, case comes up next week...

Nice out, innit?

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 18th December 2024:

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Mignon McLaughlin - Born in Baltimore, Maryland, and grew up in New York City, where her mother, Joyce Neuhaus a prominent attorney.
Born June 6th 1913 – December 20th 1983.

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Guilty...

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 19th December 2024:

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Richard Phillips Feynman - US theoretical physicist.
He is best known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics,
the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, & in particle physics, for which he proposed the parton model.
Born May 11th 1918 – Died February 15th 1988

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I keep getting e-mails telling me how to increase the size of my problem [if I had one]...

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 20th December 2024

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Herbert Eugene Caen - US [San Francisco] humorist & journalist whose daily column of local goings-on and insider gossip, social and political happenings, & offbeat puns and anecdotes—"A continuous love letter to San Francisco" — in the San Francisco Chronicle for almost 60 years.
Born April 3rd 1916 – Died February 1st 1997

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... and drink anything too...

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 23rd December 2024:

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Stanisław Jerzy Lec [Baron Stanisław Jerzy de Tusch-Letz] - Polish aphorist and poet.
Born 6th March 1909 – Died 7th May 1966

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When it comes to advice in a quote, I wash my hands of it...

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 24th December 2024:

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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. - US physician, poet, & polymath based in Boston.
Born August 29th 1809 – Died October 7th 1894

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My knowledge has been 'seasoned' for so long, it's starting to rot...

A Gif - Xmas Tree.gif

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 27th December 2024:

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Timothy Francis Leary - US psychologist & author known for his strong advocacy of psychedelic drugs.
Evaluations of Leary are polarized, ranging from "bold oracle" to "publicity hound".
Born October 22nd 1920 – Died May 31st 1996

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I'm all for equal rights, as long as we don't forget that men & women are different
& some jobs/tasks are more suited to one rather than the other....

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 30th December 2024:

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George Bernard Shaw [known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw] - Irish playwright, critic, polemicist & political activist.
His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond.
Born 26th July 1856 – Died 2nd November 1950.

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Would they ever consent to such treatment ?