WIST Quotations

Bacon, Francis -- “Of Innovations,” Essays, No. 24 (1625)

Dave — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 00:56:54 +0000

As the births of living creatures at first are ill-shapen, so are all Innovations, which are the births of time.

Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, scientist, author, statesman
“Of Innovations,” Essays, No. 24 (1625)
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Dave — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 14:20:36 +0000

TRELANE: I don’t know if I like your tone. It’s most challenging. That’s what you’re doing, challenging me?

SPOCK: I object to you. I object to intellect without reason. I object to power without constructive purpose.

TRELANE: Why, Mr. Spock, you do have a saving grace, after all — you’re ill-mannered!

Paul Schneider (1923-2008) American screenwriter
Star Trek, 1×17 “The Squire of Gothos” (1967)

Dave — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 14:01:52 +0000

Teenagers can be idiotic and stupid, but teenagers also model their behavior from the signals they get from adults.

John Scalzi (b. 1969) American writer
The Last Colony, ch. 4 (2007)