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 2015-12-20

"We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality."

— Albert Einstein (1879-1955) "The Goal of Human Existence," NBC Radio broadcast for United Jewish Appeal, April 11, 1943, Einstein Archive 28-587

Portrait of Steve Jobs by Marco Grob for Time magazine (2010)