The superstitions of a culture are easily discerned: they are the matters on which everyone agrees.
Apr 052013
Apr 042013
We remember what we believe, and believe what we remember.
Apr 032013
In fiction murderers and thieves often elicit the reader’s sympathy and understanding; snobs and ingrates elicit only his contempt.
Apr 022013
Optimism is the philosophy of despair.
Apr 012013
We laugh at novels in which the weather tracks the moods of the characters, yet our own moods mostly track the weather.
Mar 292013
Everyone is vain about his choice of what not to be vain about.
Mar 282013
The most grievous insult is the affected modesty of the truly accomplished.
Mar 272013
Code is poetry, which says nothing about code, but poetry is also code, which says a lot about poetry.
Mar 262013
Computers will never be intelligent because humans define intelligence as whatever they do better than computers.
Mar 252013
Do what you love, provided it is useful and remunerative. Otherwise do something else.