Aithaca Quotes & Sayings

The problem is that after two centuries of conflict about just who was wanted in the Australian nation the term 'Australia' both includes and excludes. There are still people for whom 'Australian' means predominatly Anglo-Celtic white people whose parents were born here before 'New Australians' came as migrants after the Second World War. A common alternative to 'white people' (who from an Aboriginal perspective might be more genially called 'whitefellas') is 'Europeans'. This makes an incongruous appeal to history. Politically the colonisers were British, but they includes people of many nationalities. It's an odd usage, as when you see a sign in a national park telling you 'Europeans' brought the invasive weeds and pests. They brought the sign and the concept of a park too, and 'they', in a complex sense, are 'us'. — Nicholas Jose

When you construct a mix tape, the first song you come out with has to be a barnburner. — Sherman Alexie

We can support Barack Obama because he's committed to putting America back to work with good jobs - and he proved it by saving the auto industry. — Richard Trumka

Now quantitatively we rank things on something called alpha over standard deviation, which is the return independent of the market divided by volatility. Usually, to get a high ranking, you need some buying pressure. — Louis Navellier

We obsess about celebrities. We create them, build myths around them, and then hunt them and destroy them. I don't know where it's taking us or what it means, but I know we do it. I have seen a lot of it myself. — Casey Affleck

In all human affairs there are efforts and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result. — James Lane Allen

Be careful about virtual relationships with artificially intelligent pieces of software. — Larry Ellison