May 24, 2005

Quotes:

Thoughts for a Tuesday

    By Jack Grant

Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it in to a fact.
   -Honore de Balzac

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away.
   -Ronald Reagan

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.
   -David Brin

After all is said and done, more is said than done.
   -Anonymous

It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.
   -Caron de Beaumarchais

Posted by Jack Grant at 02:29 on 24 May 2005
Comments

Of course, Reagan's quote assumes that the best minds are interested in money above all, that intelligence is valued by the corporate mentality, and that they're capable of recognizing it in the first place.

That said...*tips her hat to de Beaumarchais*

Posted by: Kerlyssa at May 24, 2005 06:01 PM



























































































































































































































































































































































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