Diligence is the most menacing of the virtues.
Mar 262014
Mar 252014
Chronology is to history what arithmetic is to mathematics.
Mar 242014
The less a discipline resembles mathematics, the less likely a clever theory is to be true.
Mar 212014
How vastly computers will improve our metaphors!
Mar 202014
The footnotes are the most important part of corporate annual reports, and the same is often true of non-fiction.
Mar 192014
I owe my sublime indifference to awards, prizes, and all forms of official recognition to never receiving any.
Mar 182014
People would rather be ruled by their own kind than well.
Mar 172014
Nearly every field of human endeavor should be rescued from its admirers.
Mar 142014
The one proven formula for a good book is to follow around someone interesting, and write down everything he says.
Mar 132014
The product of too great a contempt for bad work is no work.