Dr. Jose Delgado: Quote for May 15, 2009

The individual may think that the most important reality is his own existence, but this is only his personal point of view. This lacks historical perspective. Man does not have the right to develop his own mind. This kind of liberal orientation has great appeal. We must electronically control the brain. Someday armies and generals will be controlled by electric stimulation of the brain.

-- Dr. Jose Delgado

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Pierre Curie: Quote for May 14, 2009

Some of the greatest achievements of science have come through that same type of foolishness. When an explanation is given of something and everyone in the world believes it, there may be one person somewhere who can't quite accept it; who instinctively says, "I'm not sure that this is sufficient explanation, there may be something beyond this." It's that kind of foolishness, Marie.

-- Pierre Curie

from: Madame Curie (1943)

Walter Pidgeon acted as Pierre Curie

Greer Garson appears in this clip acting as Marie Curie.

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Soren Kierkegaard: Quote for May 13, 2009

Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion, while the strength of a majority is illusory, formed by the gangs who have no opinion -- and who, therefore, in the next instant (when it is evident that the minority is the stronger) assume its opinion ... while Truth again reverts to a new minority.

-- Soren Kierkegaard

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Lewis H. Lapham: Quote for May 12, 2009

It is no accident that banks resemble temples, preferably Greek, and that the supplicants who come to perform the rites of deposit and withdrawal instinctively lower their voices into the registers of awe. Even the most junior tellers acquire within weeks of their employment the officiousness of hierophants tending an eternal flame. I don't know how they become so quickly inducted into the presiding mysteries, or who instructs them in the finely articulated inflections of contempt for the laity, but somehow they learn to think of themselves as suppliers of the monetarized DNA that is the breath of life.

-- Lewis H. Lapham

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Mr. Spock: Quote for May 11, 2009

Dying from a fatal exposure to radiation that he subjected himself to in order to save his ship.

Don't grieve, Admiral. It is logical. The needs of the many outweigh ...the needs of the few... or the one.

-- Mr. Spock

from: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Leonard Nimoy acted as Mr. Spock

William Shatner appears in this clip acting as Admiral Kirk.

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Noah Porter: Quote for May 10, 2009

Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry. Don't take too much advice — keep at the helm and steer your own ship, and remember that the great art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.

-- Noah Porter

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Dalai Lama XIV: Quote for May 9, 2009

Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. It will not remove the pain of torture inflicted on a prisoner of conscience. It does not comfort those who have lost their loved ones in floods caused by senseless deforestation in a neighboring country. Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free.

-- Dalai Lama XIV

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John C. Dvorak: Quote for May 8, 2009

The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a 'mouse.' There is no evidence that people want to use these things. What businessman knows about point sizes on typefaces or the value of variable point sizes? Who out there in the general marketplace even knows what a 'font' is?

The whole concept and attitude towards icons and hieroglyphs is actually counterrevolutionary -- it's a language that is hardly 'user friendly'. This type of machine was developed by hardware hackers working out of Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center. It has yet to find popular success. There seems to be some mysterious user resistance to this type of machine.

-- John C. Dvorak

from: San Francisco Examiner (1984)

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Nelson Mandela: Quote for May 7, 2009

No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

-- Nelson Mandela

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Father Chisholm: Quote for May 6, 2009

My soul doth magnify the Lord and my spirit doth rejoice in God, my savior. For He that is mighty hath done great things to me, and mighty is His Name.

-- Father Chisholm

from: The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)

Gregory Peck acted as Father Chisholm

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Erma Bombeck: Quote for May 5, 2009

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me."

-- Erma Bombeck

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Frederick Bastiat: Quote for May 4, 2009

Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the distinction between government and society. As a result of this, every time we object to a thing being done by government, the socialists conclude that we object to its being done at all.

We disapprove of state education. Then the socialists say that we are opposed to any education. We object to a state religion. Then the socialists say that we want no religion at all. We object to a state-enforced equality. Then they say that we are against equality. And so on, and so on. It is as if the socialists were to accuse us of not wanting persons to eat because we do not want the state to raise grain.

-- Frederick Bastiat

from: The Law (1850)

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Papi: Quote for May 3, 2009

I only wish to say that if you ever need someone to lick inside your ears, or chew the hard to reach places, or share your slumber in the sun, I would be most honored to be that special someone.

-- Papi

from: Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)

George Lopez (voice) acted as Papi

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Dr. Robert S. Mendelsohn: Quote for May 2, 2009

There is no convincing scientific evidence that mass inoculations can be credited with eliminating any childhood disease. While it is true that some once common childhood diseases have diminished or disappeared since inoculations were introduced, no one really knows why, although improved living conditions may be the reason. If immunizations were responsible for the diminishing or disappearance of these diseases in the United States, one must ask why they disappeared simultaneously in Europe, where mass immunizations did not take place.

-- Robert S. Mendelsohn

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The Blind Man: Quote for May 1, 2009

A visitor is all I ask. A temporary companion to help me pass a few short hours in my lonely life... Door bursts open and a growling stranger enters... Thank you, Lord. Thank you.

-- The Blind Man

from: Young Frankenstein (1974)

Gene Hackman acted as The Blind Man

Peter Boyle appears in this clip acting as the Monster.

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