Quote of the day, mostly related to astronomy.

[messier 111]

That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.
Steve Jobs

[messier 111]

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.
R. Buckminster Fuller

[messier 111]

We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and of the season of which we are born. Astrology does not lay claim to anything more. Carl Jung

[messier 111]

The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. Bruce Feirstein

[messier 111]

Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway. Mary Kay Ash

[GCoyote]

We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and of the season of which we are born. Astrology does not lay claim to anything more. Carl Jung

Actually it does and most alleged seasonal effects have been proven to wash out over time.

[messier 111]

If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong. Arthur C. Clarke

[messier 111]

Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems. Rene Descartes

[messier 111]

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.
Nhat Hanh

[notFritzArgelander]

If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong. Arthur C. Clarke

It’s an invitation to make ad hominem error rather than look at evidence. So far all elderly distinguished scientists are correct about the impossibilities of faster than light travel and violations of the second law of thermodynamics and conservation laws.

[messier 111]

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.
Daniel J. Boorstin

[messier 111]

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
Og Mandino

[messier 111]

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
William James

[messier 111]

If we wish to make a new world we have the material ready. The first one, too, was made out of chaos. Robert Quillen

[messier 111]

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox. Galileo Galilei

[messier 111]

The credit which the apparent conformity with recognized scientific standards can gain for seemingly simple but false theories may, as the present instance shows, have grave consequences. Friedrich August von Hayek

[messier 111]

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
Calvin Coolidge

[messier 111]

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
Friedrich Nietzsche

[messier 111]

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
Samuel Johnson

[messier 111]

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. William Morris