And whosoever shall be found
Lyrics to “Thriller”, written by Rodney Lynn Temperton, performed by Michael Jackson
Without the soul for getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell
And rot inside a corpse’s shell
A superior pilot uses his superior judgment to avoid situations which require the use of his superior skill.
Frank Borman, Apollo 8
It’s easy to convince people that children need to learn the alphabet and numbers… How do we help people to realize that what matters even more than the superimposition of adult symbols is how a person’s inner life finally puts together the alphabet and numbers of his outer life? What really matters is whether he uses the alphabet for the declaration of war or the description of a sunrise — his numbers for the final count at Buchenwald or the specifics of a brand-new bridge.
Fred Rogers
The chief cause of problems is solutions.
Eric Sevareid
Nine people can’t make a baby in a month.
Fred Brooks
If upon a fair and unprejudiced examination, thou findest I have mistaken the sense and tenour of the Gospel, I beseech thee, as a true Christian, in the spirit of the Gospel, (which is that of charity,) and in the words of sobriety, set me right, in the doctrine of salvation.
John Locke, On The Reasonableness Of Christianity
Answer them [critics] with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger and argument.
Gioacchino Rossini
…most mental health care does not take place in the psychologist’s office at all – but in the way we live our lives.
Natalia Dashan, from “It is not you, but existence itself, that is fundamentally unsound”, Aeon
Now you’re criticizing everyone.
Todd Howard
To foresee is to rule.
Blaise Pascal