“In the media age, everybody was famous for 15 minutes. In the Wikipedia age, everybody can be an expert in five minutes.”— Stephen Colbert, Wired Magazine article (14 August 2006)Share
“Cynics always say no. But saying yes begins things. Saying yes is how things grow. Saying yes leads to knowledge.”— Stephen ColbertShare
“It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of a man should?”— EpictetusShare
“In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taught; but in life there are many things to draw us aside.”— EpictetusShare
“If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.”— William ShakespeareShare
“That which makes the man no worse than he was makes his life no worse: it has no power to harm, without or within.”— Marcus AureliusShare
“Always take the short cut; and that is the rational one. Therefore say and do everything according to soundest reason.”— Marcus AureliusShare
