Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - September 25, 2016
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
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Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993)  
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that works.
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John Gaule  
Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.
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Voltaire (1694 - 1778)  
Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.
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Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)  
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