Quote of the Day
September 17, 2026
"The pursuit of truth requires the courage to abandon comfortable assumptions."
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"Complexity in rules often hides simplicity in motivation."
"A rational individual in a latent group will not be willing to sacrifice his time and money to overcome even a relatively small cost imposed on the group as a whole."
"The measurement of productivity must account for all costs, including hidden and deferred ones."
"The only real failure is not trying."
"A civilization survives not by its military might, but by its moral resilience."
"The residual, as I've always said, is a measure of our ignorance."
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"I want to throw my hat in the air and cheer."John Maynard Keynes 2026-10-18
"Solitude serves the mind that seeks to understand deeply."Giovan Battista della Porta 2026-10-17
"The eternal substance requires no beginning, for it simply is."Anaximenes 2026-10-16
"Time is the most precious resource because it cannot be created or stored."Vernon Smith 2026-10-15
"Through anthropology, we learn that human nature is far more various and creative than we imagined."Bronislaw Malinowski 2026-10-14
"Freedom of thought is the foundation of freedom of action."Jérémie Bentham 2026-10-13
"A man who cannot laugh at himself will never understand his people."Vespasian 2026-10-12
"Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever."Aristophanes 2026-10-11
"Leadership is not about being in charge; it's about taking care of those in your charge."Bjarne Stroustrup 2026-10-10
"Wrongdoing often recoils upon the wrongdoer himself."Plutarch 2026-10-09
"Art that serves ideology ceases to be art; it becomes propaganda."Lucien Goldmann 2026-10-08
"The intersection of different disciplines is where breakthroughs hide."Gordon Moore 2026-10-07
"Politics is the arena where competing visions shape society."Benjamin Bloom 2026-10-06
"To lead is to bear the weight of others' futures; only fools smile beneath such burdens."Cincinnatus 2026-10-05