Hard Ass Cafe

Wise nations

hardrox — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:00:01 +0000

“Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.”

- Abba Eban (1915-2002)

hardrox — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:00:40 +0000

“I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying.”

- Woody Allen

hardrox — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:00:04 +0000

“You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.”

- Al Capone (1899-1947)

hardrox — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:00:16 +0000

“Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.”

- Robert J. Oppenheimer (1904-1967) (citing from the Bhagavad Gita, after witnessing the world’s first nuclear explosion)

hardrox — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:00:46 +0000

“Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.”

- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

hardrox — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:00:54 +0000

“The mistakes are all waiting to be made.”

- chessmaster Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower (1887-1956) on the game’s opening position

hardrox — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:00:27 +0000

“Luck is the residue of design.”

- Branch Rickey – former owner of the Brooklyn Dodger Baseball Team

hardrox — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:00:06 +0000

“Fill what’s empty, empty what’s full, and scratch where it itches.”

- Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor, when asked what is the secret of a long and happy life

hardrox — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:00:14 +0000

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it”

- Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

hardrox — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:00:11 +0000

“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”

- Will Durant