A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying. — BF Skinner (a famous psychologist) Aren’t you just the greatest? Or rather, if you’ve read my last two posts, don’t you just think you’re the greatest? For as I have…
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality. — Bertrand Russell Like many people, you have certainly been presented with the following dilemma: Should I go with my gut instinct or should I change my decision based on further reasoning? Sometimes this occurs when trying to figure out…
When you can do a common thing in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. — George Washington Carver Many writers dislike being asked where they get their creative ideas from, largely, because they have no clue themselves. Creativity seems to strike sporadically and harnessing it can sometimes feel like trying…
A smile is a curve that sets things straight. — Anonymous If you’ve ever worked in the food or service industry, there’s one thing you learn firsthand that others often fail to recognize: You’re a human, too. For most who have been a waiter or waitress, masseuse or cashier clerk, the patrons relying on your service…
It is not wisdom but authority that makes a law. — Thomas Hobbes On Tuesday, I had to go to court. Not the courts, where I play basketball, have fun, and get some exercise. But the court where I sit and wait, hear Latin words I don’t know, and pay money for driving faster than…
The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant, that few stood against many, and before this battle was over, even a god-king can bleed. — King Leonidas, 300 On March 19th, 2012, I wrote my very first post for this site, First Foray (though, I’m not linking it here because it’s terrible). Now, over five…