X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=signature_stuff%2Fquote.txt;fp=signature_stuff%2Fquote.txt;h=7dcc99db1682919532df4b07462df59370324dfc;hb=dc0abd598024790becf60ea7f2e88343fa6bd713;hp=4bb4c2bbfc8cf1bfe79437c4bc2df9fc68a8ccdc;hpb=415b7909770cd0f798d56186a3dc1ef56724605b;p=lib.git diff --git a/signature_stuff/quote.txt b/signature_stuff/quote.txt index 4bb4c2b..7dcc99d 100644 --- a/signature_stuff/quote.txt +++ b/signature_stuff/quote.txt @@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. -- Frederick Douglass % "That is why I am still tyrant of [Ankh-Morpork]. The way to retain -power, I have always thought, is to ensure the absolute unthinkabilty +power, I have always thought, is to ensure the absolute unthinkability of oneself not being there." -- Terry Pratchett _Unseen Academicals_ p391 % @@ -1102,3 +1102,9 @@ scraped together for particle accelerators." "Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bombs. [...] We have a protractor." -- Neal Stephenson _Anathem_ p320 +% +The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and +Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making +mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes +from being corrected. + -- G. K. Chesterton "Illustrated London News (1924-04-19)"