A Twofer - “I have not failed 10,000 times—I’ve successfully found 10,000 ways that will not work.” Thomas Edison Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ideas...of-Thomas-Edison-232667881.html#ixzz2mT8qzEY4 Follow us: @SmithsonianMag on Twitter
btw ... I don’t care how the future pans out, any Amazon delivery from now on is referred to as a drone strike!
"Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age." -- Christopher Morley, American writer
"The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in a period of moral crisis, maintain their neutrality." -- John F. Kennedy,
"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason than of blindfolded fear." Thomas Jefferson Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/st...s-politicians-100901_Page2.html#ixzz2nUJOJSSq
"Success and failure. We think of them as opposites, but they're really not. They're companions -- the hero and the sidekick." -- Laurence Shames,
"I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well." -- Johann Sebastian Bach
I love this one, after flooring the attic over New Year's weekend I can relate! "The years between 50 and 70 are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down." -- T.S. Eliot, American-British writer
"I freed a thousand slaves; I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves." -- Harriet Tubman
Correction of the week By DYLAN BYERS | 2/10/14 9:47 AM EST Via The Economist: Correction: "An earlier version of this article said that The Economist first proposed legalising drugs in 1993. In fact we argued for legalisation, albeit in more cautious terms, in a cover story in 1988. Who says drug use doesn't damage long-term memory?"
And a 2nd from a friend that recently passed: "It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with." Pete Seeger
"You cannot write for children. They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them." -- Maurice Sendak,
