Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.
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If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice.
If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice.
For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I read more
For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother thought it would make the best gift.
I find sitting at a specially equipped desk in front of some pretty ugly plastics and staring at a little read more
I find sitting at a specially equipped desk in front of some pretty ugly plastics and staring at a little window is a very unnatural event.
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
Always the more beautiful answer who asks the more beautiful question.
Always the more beautiful answer who asks the more beautiful question.
Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and never can be taught.
Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and never can be taught.
Usenet is like Tetris for people who still remember how to read.
Usenet is like Tetris for people who still remember how to read.
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
To think, and to feel, constitute the two grand divisions of men
of genius--the men of reasoning and the read more
To think, and to feel, constitute the two grand divisions of men
of genius--the men of reasoning and the men of imagination.
