Aphorism of the Day

You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.

Rita Mae Brown, in Altruism and Cynicism

Education is civil defense against media fallout.

Marshall McLuhan, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.

Laurie Anderson, in Vice and Virtue

Things don't go wrong, they simply happen.

Jacob Ghitis, in Success and Failure

For my part, the longer I live the less I feel the need of any sort of theological belief, and the more I am content to let unseen powers go on their way with me and mine without question or distrust.

John Burroughs, in Science and Religion

A political campaign starts when a politician stops working and goes about making speeches about all the work he intends to do.

Unknown, (from Politicians and Other Scoundrels by Ferdinand Lundberg), in Law and Politics

The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.

Paul Fix, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than in a Lada.

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Wealth and Poverty

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.

Richard P. Feynman, in Science and Religion

If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.

Publilius Syrus, in Success and Failure