Maxioms by Sydney J. Harris
The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think read more
The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.
Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it read more
Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own.
Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet read more
Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage.
The two words Ôinformation' and Ôcommunication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; read more
The two words Ôinformation' and Ôcommunication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.
An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that read more
An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.