quotes of day Friday, September 18, 2026

“Opinions about obviousness are to a certain extent a function of time.”

“If your goal is to make the world a better place, one thing you can do is pick a specific challenge that you really care about. Then, learn as much as you can about it and try to volunteer your time to help an organization that is working in this area. While you're doing that, look for creative new ways to use technology to tackle parts of the problem that you come in contact with.”

“Most of our difficulties come from losing contact with our instincts, with the age-old forgotten wisdom stored up in us.”

“Derangement is the only possible explanation for owning a cat, an animal whose preferred mode of communication is to sink its claws three-quarters of an inch into your flesh.”

“Death forerunneth Love to win "Sweetest eyes were ever seen."”

“If you try to do too much, you will not achieve anything.”

“Dogmatic toleration is nonsense: I would no more tolerate the teaching of Calvinism to children if I had power to persecute it than the British Raj tolerated suttee in India. Every civilized authority must draw a line between the tolerable and the intolerable.”

“Lack of orders is no excuse for inaction.”

“Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.”

“When I could have used a wife, I could not support one; and when I could support one, I no longer needed any”

“If you don't know where you're going, you'll wind up somewhere else.Not all those who wander are lost.”

“Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.”

“Talk to people, not above them.”

“Some women pick men to marry--and others pick them to pieces.”