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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
Edmund Burke Anglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher 1729 - 1797

Edmund Burke
1729 - 1797
The brain is wider than the sky. For put them side by side, the one the other will contain, with ease - and you beside.
Emily Dickinson American poet 1830 - 1886

Dickinson, E. (1924). The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Boston: Little, Brown.

Emily Dickinson
1830 - 1886
Dickinson, E. (1924). The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Boston: Little, Brown.
When you can't have what you want, it's time to start wanting what you have.
Kathleen A. Sutton

Kathleen A. Sutton
Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow.
J. M. Barrie Scottish writer and playwright 1860 - 1937

J. M. Barrie
1860 - 1937
When the poet Paul Valery once asked Albert Einstein if he kept a notebook to record his ideas, Einstein looked at him with mild but genuine surprise. "Oh, that's not necessary," he replied . "It's so seldom I have one."
Bill Bryson American-British author born 1951

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson
born 1951
A Short History of Nearly Everything
The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.
Norman Mailer American writer 1923 - 2007

Norman Mailer
1923 - 2007
I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.
Harry S. Truman President of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician 1884 - 1972

Harry S. Truman
1884 - 1972
Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.
Karl Popper Austrian-British philosopher of science and social and política e falsificationism and for criticism of Plato, Hegel and Marx as totalitarian opponents of open society 1902 - 1994

Karl Popper
1902 - 1994
Come, blessed peace, we once again implore, And let our pains be less, or power more.
Alexander Brome British poet 1620 - 1666

Alexander Brome
1620 - 1666
Counting the beats, Counting the slow heart beats, The bleeding to death of time in slow heart beats, Wakeful they lie.
Robert Graves English poet and novelist 1895 - 1985

Robert Graves
1895 - 1985
I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals. I'm a vegetarian because I hate plants.
A. Whitney Brown American stand-up comedian born 1952

A. Whitney Brown
born 1952
Who is more humble? The scientist who looks at the universe with an open mind and accepts whatever it has to teach us, or somebody who says everything in this book must be considered the literal truth and never mind the fallibility of all the human beings involved?
Carl Sagan American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author 1934 - 1996

Carl Sagan
1934 - 1996
We are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.
Thomas Jefferson Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 1743 - 1826

Thomas Jefferson
1743 - 1826
Philosophers, for example, often fail to recognise that their remarks about the universe apply also to themselves and their remarks. If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so. If this world is a vicious trap, so is its accuser, and the pot is calling the kettle black.
Alan Watts British American author and lecturer 1915 - 1973

Watts, A. (1968). The Wisdom of Insecurity. Vintage.

Alan Watts
1915 - 1973
Watts, A. (1968). The Wisdom of Insecurity. Vintage.
640kB should be enough for anyone.
Bill Gates American businessman, investor, and philanthropist born 1955

1981

Bill Gates
born 1955
1981
Imagine we could accelerate continuously at 1 g — what we're comfortable with on good old terra firma — to the midpoint of our voyage, and decelerate continuously at 1 g until we arrive at our destination. It would take a day to get to Mars, a week and a half to Pluto, a year to the Oort Cloud, and a few years to the nearest stars.
Carl Sagan American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author 1934 - 1996

Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

Carl Sagan
1934 - 1996
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
What is our policy?...to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime.
Winston Churchill British statesman, soldier and writer 1874 - 1965

Winston Churchill
1874 - 1965
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there Where most it promises; and oft it hits Where hope is coldest, and despair most fits.
William Shakespeare English playwright and poet 1564 - 1616

Used in 'Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy' (2017). With thanks to C-Lee

William Shakespeare
1564 - 1616
Used in 'Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy' (2017). With thanks to C-Lee
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
George Orwell British writer and journalist 1903 - 1950

Opening line : Orwell, G. (1949). Nineteen eighty-four. London: Secker & Warburg.

George Orwell
1903 - 1950
Opening line : Orwell, G. (1949). Nineteen eighty-four. London: Secker & Warburg.

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