Van Caspel Quotes & Sayings

You cannot endow even the best machine with initiative; the jolliest steamroller will not plant flowers. — Walter Lippmann

Once the computers got control, we might never get it back. We would survive at their sufferance. If we're lucky, they might decide to keep us as pets. — Marvin Minsky

Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion. — Henri Frederic Amiel

If only the good were a little less heavy-footed — W. Somerset Maugham

The two roads that lead to poverty and riches travel in opposite directions. If you want riches, you must refuse to accept any circumstance that leads to poverty. (The word riches is here used in its broadest sense, meaning financial, spiritual, mental, and material estates). — Napoleon Hill

Be real. Make connections with people. Look them in the eye. Tell them how you feel. Don't be afraid to say what you mean. When you let go of the stuff you hold inside, you'll be amazed at what comes back to you. — Rachael Ray

When a man lacks mental balance in pneumonia he is said to be delirious. When he lacks mental balance without the pneumonia, he is pronounced insane by all smart doctors. — Martin H. Fischer

Oversimplifying is the first grave mistake we make when confronted by complexity; overconfidence is the second. And there is a third: based on our overconfidence in our oversimplified conclusions, we overreact. — Ted Cadsby

He howled in despair as his body was enveloped by a terrifying and sickening darkness. — Alan Kinross