History is the unfolding of miscalculations
Barbara Tuchman
History is the unfolding of miscalculations
Month: August 2011
Immanuel Kant
… skepticism is a resting place for reason, … but it cannot be its permanent dwelling-place.
… skepticism is a resting place for reason, … but it cannot be its permanent dwelling-place.
Soren Kierkegaard
Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
Richard Feynman
Details that could throw doubt on your interpretation must be given, if you know them.
Details that could throw doubt on your interpretation must be given, if you know them.
James Mackintosh
It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are.
It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are.
G K Chesterton
Fairyland is nothing but the sunny country of common sense.
Fairyland is nothing but the sunny country of common sense.
Roald Amundsen
Adventure is just bad planning.
Adventure is just bad planning.
David Thomson
Eyebrows are made to be raised.
Eyebrows are made to be raised.