Kalifer Deil Quotes & Sayings

Miscellaneous Thoughts:
Give me a home where the buffalo roam and I will give you boredom and isolation.
Want to go to Mars? Spend a week in Red Rock Canyon.
Blueberry muffins last longer because you can't tell when they're moldy.
I came in piece, please assemble. — Kalifer Deil

On Philosophy:
It's the search for meaning that has value, not the meaning itself.
All problems are solvable if a problem is a question that can't be shown not to have a solution.
To those with burning passion, follow it; to those of lessor passion, fill a need. — Kalifer Deil

On Loyalty:
Loyalty is warranted only when it's been earned.
Misplacing loyalty is like signing blank checks. — Kalifer Deil

On Improbability:
There's an infinite number of things that can go wrong but only a finite number of things that can go right.
In the infinitude of unlikely events many will happen with unnerving frequency.
Tautology: A given improbable event isn't likely to happen.
Corollary: Shit happens, but you'll not know its ilk.
I'm certain that nothing is certain. — Kalifer Deil

On Intelligence:
Intelligence will not make you rich unless your intelligence is about getting rich.
Corollary: Intelligence will lead one to to appreciate things that cost money over things that make money.
Corollary: Being a genius is antithetical to being successful unless you're a genius at being successful.
Corollary: Being intelligent does not make you rich but it can keep you from being poor.
Corollary: Intelligence leads to interests, mostly not gainful.
Corollary: Intelligence is like molasses, with effort, it goes where you put it.
Rubbers are best for those who refuse to use them.
Corollary: Intelligence adds but stupidity multiplies.
Corollary: Reverse evolution is the new norm.
Only luck can save one from one's own stupidity.
Only idiots regard a second chance the same as the first.
The higher the IQ, the greater the chance of self-deception.
Still waters are often shallow puddles. — Kalifer Deil

Writer Decartisms

Sci-Fi Writer:
I think, therefore it will be.

Romance Writer:
I don't think, hormones are in control.

Real Life Writer:
I don't think, it is what it is.

History Writer:
I thought, "What did they think?"

Philosphy Writer:
I think about what I think about and then I think about that.

X in a Nutshell Writer:
I think, "Hello World!"

Stock Market TV Channel Writer:
What do you think? — Kalifer Deil

On Common Sense:
Common sense isn't.
Corollary: Uncommon sense is. — Kalifer Deil