Only Atoms & Space, Democritus, c. 460–370 B.C.E.
#Democritus, #Essence, #Existence, #Philosophy, #Quotations, #Quotes, #Reality, #Science
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I Think, Therefore I Am, René Descartes, 1596–1650
#Awareness, #CogitoErgoSum, #Existence, #Philosophy, #Quotations, #Quotes, #RenéDescartes, #Science
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Polynomials Are Untrustworthy, Gertrude Mary Cox, 1900–1978
#Coefficients, #Equations, #GertrudeMaryCox, #Humor, #Indeterminates, #Mathematics, #Quotations, #Quotes, #Science, #Variables
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The Same River, Heraclitus c. 540–c. 480 B.C.E
#Business, #Entrepreneurship, #Existence, #Heraclitus, #Motivation, #Philosophy, #Quotations, #Quotes, #SelfHelp, #Thoughtfulness
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**Law Librarian Who Chases Words Shares Some in Parting**
_“What sets his books apart is his research. Through his pioneering use of online databases of historical books and newspapers, Shapiro has been able to find the rightful source of quotes that had long been misattributed.”_
https://law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/law-librarian-who-chases-words-shares-some-parting
We cannot negotiate with those who say "What's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable."
– John F. Kennedy
#JohnFKennedy #TheColdWar #Quotes #quotations #Russia #USSR #USA #СоюзПостсоветскихКлептократическихВатников #ДобейПутина #ДональдТрамп #InvasionOfUkraine #ТрампПутинскийПудель #USHistory #USPolitics
Also horribly relevant is a dark H. L. Mencken remark from 1926. It's almost always misquoted for pithiness, but apparently in its original form was:
"No one in this world, so far as I know — and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me — has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.”
"Remember that there is a distinction between a programming language and a graphical user interface. Don't confuse snazzy graphics (generated using someone else's libraries and tools) with good programming."~ Bjarne Stroustrup (C++ Inventor)
@democratsabroad 
"Stop posting internet memes quoting things I never said, or I'll kill you." --Sun Tsu, The Art of War
#Quotations #SunTsu #ArtofWar ##TuckersBalls
Just a reminder to those who didn't see it last Friday, I am moving my Fediverse presence to @wist -- check out that address to get your daily dosage of #quotes, #quotations, #aphorisms, etc.!
Unfortunately, unlike moving from one Mastodon account to another, there's no an automated way to redirect folk to the Friendica site. I hate to risk losing followers through "Oh, I never saw the announcement," but the improved service and maintainability of this site are worth the risk.
I will send out some follow-up messages over the coming weeks, just to maximize chances folk will see it.
Hope to see you at @wist (https://my-place.social/profile/wist).
WIST Quotations is MOVING to @wist
That Friendica site gets me around the 500 byte limits here and includes rich text formatting, but is still fully accessible via ActivityPub to all Mastodon and Fediverse users. Since I don't want to double-dip on posting content, I will be quiescing this Mastodon account.
If you have enjoyed this account, please search for @wist (https://my-place.social/profile/wist). Hope to see you there!
Quotations from the Anarchists by Paul Berman, 2020
Quotations summarising the nature, history and aims of anarchism.
"Be the change you want to see in the world." --Luigi Mangione, 2024
#HealthInsurance #USPolitics #LuigiMangione #Quotations #TuckersBalls
Einstein didn’t say that: How viral misquotes evolve and replicate - Big Think
https://bigthink.com/high-culture/how-viral-misquotes-evolve-and-replicate/
#Quotations
#Misquotations
#GarsonO_Toole
#WorldWideWeb #MediaEcologyStandingUp #Quotations #FWakeQuotes
Unicode text needs a world-wide convention for quoting stuff that is said sarcastically or when people quote things to join multiple words together.
Guillemets « »
"Air Quotes", etc
' single quotes
The fast consumption nature of social media it is often difficult to recognize when someone is providing an exact quote of words or using them for other purposes.
Probably repeating myself on this. And I bet others have observed.
So rather than spending the day doomscrolling, I spent much of it posting (and reposting) quotations about #elections, #voting, and presidential #character at my #quotations website.
Lucky for you, I made a consolidated post at my highly neglected blog, so you can see them all in one place.
https://hill-kleerup.org/blog/2024/11/05/quotations-on-elections-and-character.html
Cont’d #Trump quote:
“the Epstein-socializing, family-separating, woman-hating, millionaire former reality TV star and convicted felon said [that ]about himself and his vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance…
“‘He is weird,’ Trump continued, referring to Walz. ‘Did you ever see him go on the stage and go, like, crazy? Between his movement and her laugh, there’s a lot of crazy’.”
