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Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. - Arthur Schopenhauer

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Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

A man whose mind has gone astray should study mathematics. – Francis Bacon

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Monday, January 16th, 2012

A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn’t there. – Charles R Darwin

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Friday, January 13th, 2012

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in 7 years. - Mark Twain

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Thursday, January 12th, 2012

As long as algebra is taught in school, there will be prayer in school. – Cokie Roberts

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Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

No, I’m not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I’m after is just a mediocre brain, something like the President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. – Alan Turing

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Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, “Where’s the self-help section?” She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. – Georg Carlin

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Monday, January 9th, 2012

The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers.  But above all, the world needs dreamers who do. – Sarah Ban Breathnach

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Friday, December 16th, 2011

A good listener is usually thinking about something else. - Kin Hubbard

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Thursday, December 15th, 2011

The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love. - Joe E Lewis