Quote of the Day for 2016-04-16

"The acquisition of any knowledge is always of use to the intellect, because it may thus drive out useless things and retain the good. For nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first known."

— Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Notebooks, "Morals"

The HAL-9000 computer being interviewed in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Quote of the Day for 2016-01-31

"Knowledge itself is power."

— Francis Bacon (1561-1626) "On Heresies," Sacred Meditations

Server room at the Google Data Center in Mayes County, Oklahoma (2012)

Quote of the Day for 2015-12-06

"Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promises only; pain we obey."

— Marcel Proust (1871-1922) Remembrance of Things Past, "Cities of the Plain"

The Scream by Edvard Munch (1893)