Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Post-Procrastination

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
 ― Mark Twain

Monday, 18 June 2012

Emeritus

An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
 — Niels Bohr

Sunday, 17 June 2012

Uncalled To Account

Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; 
it is the part the schools cannot recognise.
 — James Joyce

Saturday, 16 June 2012

Man In Before You

Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honoured by posterity because he was the last to discover America.
 — James Joyce

Friday, 15 June 2012

The Burden of Proof

A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. 
It is innocent, unless found guilty. 
A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. 
It is guilty, until found effective.
 — Edward Teller

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Conviction Vs Truth

I cannot give any scientist of any age better advice than this:
the intensity of a conviction that a hypothesis is true 
has no bearing over whether it is true or not.
 — Peter Medawar

Monday, 21 May 2012