Daily Fortunes

Aug 18, 2017

Theory is gray, but the golden tree of life is green...
Theory is gray, but the golden tree of life is green. -- Goethe

There *is* no such thing as a civil engineer.
There *is* no such thing as a civil engineer.

There are no data that cannot be plotted on a straight line...
There are no data that cannot be plotted on a straight line if the axis are chosen correctly.

"There are three principal ways to lose money: wine,...
"There are three principal ways to lose money: wine, women, and engineers. While the first two are more pleasant, the third is by far the more certain." -- Baron Rothschild, ca. 1800

There are three schools of magic. One: State a tautology,...
There are three schools of magic. One: State a tautology, then ring the changes on its corollaries; that's philosophy. Two: Record many facts. Try to find a pattern. Then make a wrong guess at the next fact; that's science. Three: Be aware that you live in...

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