Quotes of the day, April 3
And a rock feels no pain; And an island never cries.
Paul Simon
Simon & Garfunkel
February 21
February 20
A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it.
Edward P. Morgan
February 19
For a foreman, heat-treat seems like a very small kingdom, not much of a prize. There is nothing intrinsically attractive about running that operation, and having only two people to manage makes it seem like no big deal. To prevent it from seeming like a demotion to them, I make a point to go down there periodically on each of the shifts. In talking to the foreman, I drop some rather direct hints that the rewards will be great for anyone who can improve the output of heat-treated parts.
Eliyahu Goldratt
February 18
The school of life offers some difficult courses, but it is in the difficult class that one learns the most.
Corrie Ten Boom
February 17
Persistently leavening public opinion, in a grossly superstitious age, with the theological doctrine of popular preachers, that woman is a sex of superior wickedness and inferior mentality, could have but one general result throughout Christendom.
Ellen Battelle Dietrick
