“The good Christian should beware of mathematicians and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of Hell.”   — Saint Augustine

“In a little while you will have forgotten everything; in a little while everything will have forgotten you. ”— Marcus Aurelius

“It isn’t death, pain, exile or anything else you care to mention that accounts for the way we act, only our opinion about death, pain and the rest.”–Epictetus

“Perhaps the most extraordinary popular delusion about violence of the past quarter-century is that it is caused by low self-esteem. That theory has been endorsed by dozens of prominent experts, has inspired school programs designed to get kids to feel better about themselves, and in the late 1980s led the California legislature to form a … More Quote of the Day

“Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of ‘medicine.’ That’s something you might remind your New Age friends who’ve gone gaga over ‘holistic medicine’ and ‘alternative Chinese cures.’” ― Anthony Bourdain, A Cook’s Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines    

“One of the biggest challenges in science writing when discussing unproven or implausible therapies and products is that people tend to trust their own personal perceptions more than any other source of information.”—Brian Dunning, “Don’t Try It Before You Knock It”   https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4533

“The world is full of fools, and he who would not see it should live alone and smash his mirror.” ― Claude Le Petit

“Look, having nuclear—my uncle was a great professor and scientist  and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart —you know, if you’re a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal … More Quote of the Day

“It’s said that in the beginning was the word, but for me the beginning is always an image. When I think about a conversation, it always starts with images. And what I love about photography is the inscription of a single moment: it’s completely ephemeral. You take the photograph, and one second later, everything has … More Quote of the Day

“Donald Trump doesn’t believe in the science. He says, ‘The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese.’ I’ll tell you what: If the Chinese were really capable of designing some kind of diabolical farce to hurt America, they wouldn’t invent global warming. They’d invent Donald Trump.”–Martin O’Malley http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-by-the-honorable-martin-omalley-588484821.html