“There is one touch of nature that makes the whole world kin, that is, men's fondness for praising that which is new, though it be gilded dust, rather than that which is ancient, though it be gold that is somewhat dusty.” Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida

“In Holland, we have two words for design.” Gert Dumbar www.swiss-miss.com/2011/09/the-dutch-have-two-words-for-design.html

“We are not the stuff that abides, but patterns that perpetuate themselves.” #NorbertWiener

“The idea of a native country, that is to say, the imperative to live on one bit of ground marked red or blue on the map and to hate the other bits in green or black, has always seemed to me narrow-minded, blinkered and profoundly stupid.” #GustavFlaubert

“If a man for whatever reason has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.” #JacquesCousteau

“La vie est faite de morceaux qui ne se joignent pas.” (“Life is made of pieces that don't fit together.”) #AlainDelon on #JeanBart's Modern style

“The most glorious exploits do not always furnish us with the clearest discoveries of virtue or vice in men.” #Plutarch's Life of Alexander

“If ease of use were the only requirement, we would all be riding tricycles.” #DougEngelbart

“I am the song that sings the bird.” #CharlesCausley

“Had +1, -1 and √-1, instead of being called positive, negative and imaginary (or worse still, impossible) unity, been given the names of direct, inverse and lateral unity, there would hardly have been any scope for such obscurity.” #Gauss