#mit

The present aristocracy of western culture, at the moment when it most clearly dominates the world, is being imitated rapidly and successfully in every eastern country. ↗

— John Desmond Bernal

#being #clearly #country #culture #dominates

We are afraid of the enormity of the possible. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#enormity #possible

We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#because #call #compelled #majority #our

Never permit failure to become a habit. ↗

— William Frederick Book

#failure #habit #never #permit

I was a pretty good imitator of Roy Acuff, but then I found out they already had a Roy Acuff, so I started singin' like myself. ↗

— Hank Williams

#found #good #had #i #imitator

I was actually telling people that - by harnessing the atom - we could enter a new era of unlimited power that would do away with the need to dam our beautiful streams. ↗

— David R. Brower

#atom #away #beautiful #could #dam

I will say this, - though: If it is true that fusion will put unlimited amounts of energy into our hands, then I'm worried. Our record on this score is extremely poor. ↗

— David R. Brower

#extremely #fusion #hands #i #into

The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#everyone #likes #reward #you #yourself

Facebook collects a lot of data from people and admits it. And it also collects data which isn't admitted. And Google does too. As for Microsoft, I don't know. But I do know that Windows has features that send data about the user. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#admitted #also #collects #data #does

Our greatest privilege and responsibility as leaders of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs is to provide our veterans with a system that cares for their wounds and ensures that they have an opportunity to succeed. ↗

— Steve Buyer

#cares #committee #ensures #greatest #greatest privilege