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Posted in Quotations by Greg Ross on January 5th, 2011

“There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.”

– G.K. Chesterton


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Posted in Quotations by Greg Ross on December 30th, 2010

“I see men ordinarily more eager to discover a reason for things than to find out whether the things are so.” — Montaigne


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Posted in Quotations by Greg Ross on December 23rd, 2010

“Absolutely speaking, Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you is by no means a golden rule, but the best of current silver. An honest man would have but little occasion for it.” — Thoreau


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Posted in Quotations,Society by Greg Ross on December 17th, 2010

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“From the earliest times the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser than they, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture.” — Somerset Maugham, Cakes and Ale, 1930


Misc

Posted in Language,Quotations,Science & Math,Trivia by Greg Ross on December 12th, 2010
  • The sum of the numbers on a roulette wheel is 666.
  • ANTITRINITARIANIST contains all 24 arrangements of the letters I, N, R, and T.
  • The Empire State Building has its own zip code.
  • 63945 = 63 × (-9 + 45)
  • “Isn’t it strange that we talk least about the things we think about most!” — Charles Lindbergh

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Posted in Quotations by Greg Ross on December 7th, 2010

“Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do.” — Katharine Hepburn


Misc

Posted in Art,Language,Quotations,Science & Math by Greg Ross on December 4th, 2010
  • When an amoeba divides, does it cease to exist?
  • The Thinker’s right elbow is on his left knee.
  • 48625 = 45 + 82 + 66 + 28 + 54
  • MARASCHINO is an anagram of HARMONICAS.
  • “Genius is nothing but continued attention.” — Helvetius

Misc

Posted in Art,Language,Quotations,Science & Math,Society by Greg Ross on November 27th, 2010
  • 34425 = 34 × 425
  • A running joke is a standing joke.
  • RESTAURATEURS balances two identical sets of letters on either side of the central R.
  • Does an artwork have value if no one sees it?
  • “Marriage is a covered dish.” — Swiss proverb

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Posted in Quotations by Greg Ross on November 17th, 2010

“No one becomes a laughingstock who laughs at himself.” — Seneca


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Posted in Quotations by Greg Ross on November 9th, 2010

“It is impossible for a man to begin to learn that which he thinks that he knows.” — Epictetus


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