60 Selected Best Famous Quotes II It has been over a year since I published my collection of 60 very best quotes, and it still remains one of the most popular pages on this website. I thought it was time for a sequel, including great quotes that were left out of the first collection or have been recently discovered. Enjoy! Wisdom and Inspirational Quotes 1. —Albert Einstein 2. —Woody Allen 3. —Wilson Mizner 4. —Daniel J. 5. —William Arthur Ward 6. —Frank Wilczek 7. —Eric Hoffer 8. 9. —Alfred A. 10. —Bill Cosby 11. —Spanish Proverb 12. —Oscar Wilde 13. —Harold Stephens 14. —Alfred Adler 15. —Chinese Proverb 16. —Unknown Author 17. —Wallace Wattles 18. —Barry LePatner 19. —Abraham Lincoln 20. —Winston Churchill Humor Quotes 21. —Joe Martin 22. —Ambrose Bierce 23. —Noel Coward 24. —Will Rogers 25. —George Burns 26. —Groucho Marx 27. 28. —Sam Levenson 29. 30. —Calvin Trillin 31. —David Richerby 32. —Garry Shandling 33. —Jack Benny 34. —Lily Tomlin 35. —Mel Brooks 36. —Ted Turner 37. —Henny Youngman 38. 39. —Douglas Hofstadter 40. —Franklin P. 41. 42. 43.
The Craig Web Experience: Presentation Tips Presentation Tips This collection of tips was transcribed from a seminar given in Seattle by Edward Tufte. He attributes these tips to another author (but I can't remember who it was). Show up early, and something good is bound to happen. Post scriptum October 18th, 1999: Amazing. October 24th, 1999: I guess the trend is catching. October 24th, 1999: Thanks to Shimon Schocken from Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya for pointing out a typo on this page. October 4th, 2001: Bernhard Reiter points out that the above links to Ted Romer's home page are now defunct. Less Framework 4 Let the Good Times Roll by Guy Kawasaki: How to Get a Standing Ovation When I started public speaking in about 1986, I was deathly afraid of public speaking—for one thing, working for the division run by Steve Jobs was hugely intimidating: How could you possibly compete with Steve? It’s taken me twenty years to get comfortable at it. I hope that many of you are are called upon to give speeches—it’s the closest thing to being a professional athlete that many of us will achieve. The purpose of this blog entry is to help you give great speeches. Have something interesting to say. It’s taken me twenty years to get to this point.
11 Ways to Cure Someday Syndrome | zen habits Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Alex Fayle of the Someday Syndrome blog. Someday Syndrome: not doing what you want to because you don’t know what it is, because you’re procrastinating about it, or because you have too much stuff getting in your way. Everyone suffers from Someday Syndrome at some point in their lives, often catching it repeatedly. For me, most recently, I’d been saying that I really should give running a try without doing anything about it. You probably have something similar going on in your life – a project, a task, a goal – that you just haven’t got around to doing yet. Right? I could quote Nike and say: Just Do It, but if it were that simple Someday Syndrome wouldn’t exist. I decided that here had to be an easier way than waiting for pain to push me into getting over myself and getting on with my goals. 1. Maybe you’re not doing something because in reality, it doesn’t fit with who you are. 2. 3. 4. I have a goal of running 20K next November. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
The Ten Videos to Change How You View the World - lifehack.org I believe that a sign of good information is that it makes you think. If reading a book, listening to a lecture or watching a video doesn’t change how you think, it probably isn’t that important. But if you encounter something that forces you to change your views, even if you don’t completely agree with it, you’ve found something valuable. The problem is where do you find these ideas? Recently I found a great place to get started. In this video, Steven Pinker tackles the myth that today is a more violent era than in the past. Pinker believes that a more sensitive reporting system has led us to believe violence has increased, when it has actually dropped. Particle accelerators producing black holes that could destroy the world? Plus, who doesn’t want to terraform Mars? Statistics generally aren’t described as beautiful, but Hans Rosling comes close in showing the information about our changing world. Are games becoming a serious medium?
Assembled Philosophers J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement : Harvard Magazine J.K. Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter book series, delivers her Commencement Address, “The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination,” at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association. For more on the 2008 Commencement Exercises, read "University Magic." President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all, graduates.The first thing I would like to say is 'thank you.' How to Always Have Something Better to Talk About Than the Weather | ... Six years ago, when I lived in a snowy mountain village and paid my bills by cleaning high-end sinks and toilets, someone said something that prompted me to confront an uncomfortable truth about myself. A well-meaning coworker mentioned that she had been talking to another housekeeper about me. Oh? “She said, ‘David is a such great guy to work with, it’s just that he’s just so quiet.‘” I don’t remember how I responded, but I assume I tried to disagree somehow, and went back to my work hoping nobody would ever say that to me again. Quiet. I remember the rest of that day. “Maybe I don’t want to talk about what any of you want to talk about. My little internal rant echoed a common human pattern, though I didn’t see it at the time: When people feel inadequate in some way, they tend to make up whatever prejudices or beliefs they need to feel okay about it. Of course, nobody realizes it while they’re doing it. The Black Hole of Social Anxiety Silence seems to quickly become the smartest policy.
Making A Bacon Candle Scented Candle: For Men Here is a quick tutorial... BEST PART: When you're done, you have a lot of bacon to eat! Black Eyed Peas Halftime Show...LOL There was one empty seat at the Super Bowl! Top 10 Life-Changing Movies The top 10 life changing movies that everyone should watch. We are all human and we all are touched by different things that we experience as life or that we watch others experience in the movies. These are the top ten life changing movies that you should watch. “The Blind Side” hit theaters and took America by storm awakening many people to a story that they never heard of. “The Blind Side” is a true story about Michael Oher; this movie showed him going from homeless with only one extra shirt to being taken in loved and accepted by an amazing and wealthy family.
This Will Mindfuck You: The Double-Slit Experiment The video below shows scientific proof that there is something NOT quite logical or scientific about this universe. The mere act of observation can completely change the outcome of an event! Before I get too ahead of myself, you need to watch the video below to understand: (Forgive the corny cartoon character explaining the concept — at least he knows his stuff) Recap: When a camera observed the electrons, they acted as particles. However, when the no equipment was used to observe the electrons, they acted as waves and particles simultaneously. So what’s the reason for this? Want even further proof? Then in 2002, a group of researchers set up the experiment in a way that the electron could not possibly receive information about the existence of an observing instrument. The Results: The photons acted like particles 93% of the time that they were observed. What are the implications of this? 1. 2. 3. What other implications did you get out of these experiments?