hopelessly hopeful

July 2010

6 posts

“Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.” —Haruki Murakami

Jul 30, 2010

“It would be easy to think… that we are now sadder and wiser, but there is a lot of evidence to suggest that we are merely sadder and better informed.” —Douglas Adams

Jul 23, 20101 note

“But it is vital to remember that information — in the sense of raw data — is not knowledge, that knowledge is not wisdom, and that wisdom is not foresight.” —Sir Arthur C Clarke

Jul 23, 2010

“Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.” —Clifford Stoll

Jul 23, 2010

“Life isn’t fair. It’s just fairer than death, that’s all.” —William Goldman

Jul 17, 2010

“What is love of one’s country; is it hate of one’s uncountry? Then it’s not a good thing. Is it simply self-love? That’s a good thing, but one mustn’t make a virtue of it, or a profession…. Insofar as I love life, I love [my country], but that sort of love does not have a boundary-line of hate.” —Estraven, from The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

Jul 2, 2010