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"Most men complacently accept 'knowledge' as 'truth.' They are sheep, ruled by fear."
-- Sydney Losstarot (Vagrant Story)

People want stories about things they can relate to: life and death, good and evil.

Politics is storytelling. We just pick the one we like best.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.
-- Will Durant

It says a lot about the US when they ban lawn darts but you can still buy semi-automatic weapons in a department store.
-- Brian Manz

Education's purpose is to replace an open mind with a full one.
-- David Nestor

When I was your age I...wait, I can't tell that story, it's wildly inappropriate. Which, oddly enough, is my point. Don't you want wildly inappropriate stories that you can't tell your children?
-- Castle

"To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising yourself."
-- Will and Ariel Durant

Please storyteller, pull a tale from your pocket,
Spin me a story from your coat-tails so bare,
For my heart has turned cold, and my dreams are too old,
And I need to know the magic's still there

-- Heather Alexander (Storyteller)

The Creation of the Universe was made possible by a grant from Texas Instruments.
(Credits, "The Creation of the Universe" (A PBS scientific documentary))

Bozone, n: The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating.

The moral of the story is that with a contrived example, you can prove anything. Oops. No, that's not what I meant to say.
-- Joel Spolsky

A winning formula can be obliterated simply by the change to an ingorant new manager.

Dessert is probably the most important stage of the meal, since it will be the last thing your guests remember before they pass out all over the table.
-- The Anarchist Cookbook

Those who do not remember history are doomed to sound silly.
-- Carole Ashmore

Real love stories never have endings.
-- Richard Bach