All Writings
There are 750 public works by various authors.
2020-12-18 TF
Gatsby Wikipedia Fetcher
Demo page
https://vacilando.org/article/cosmology is an example of a page that shows both an illustration image and a textual ...
2020-09-11 TF
Lampyria
Once upon a time, there was a tiny little star with a beautiful name: Lampyria. It glowed in the sky and you would be excused for ...
2020-09-02 TF
Danica odišla
Tak bol nazvaný e-mail, ktorý mi dnes prišiel od jej manžela Michala.
V prvom momente som si myslel, že sa rozviedli. To sa stáva. ...
2020-09-02 TF
Danica
Správa, ktorú mi dnes poslal Michal, mala názov "Danica odišla".
Zvláštne, v prvom momente som si pomyslel, že sa rozviedli. Veď to ...
2020-04-05 TF
Seedling Trail Run
Last night I've had a peculiar dream.
I took part in a trail run competition that combined the sport with an environmental ...
2020-02-10 TF
Gatsby Plugin security.txt
What is security.txt
When security risks in web services are discovered by independent security researchers who understand the ...
2019-04-15 TF
Hubert's Voyage
Once upon a time there was a charming country house with a large garden. The garden was full of beautiful flowers, bushes and trees. ...
2017-04-30 TF
Via Crucis, Ronquières
Asi 28 km cyklovýlet v okolí Ronquières - Seneffe - Arquennes. Malebné kanály a stavidlá. Thor statočne prešiel všetko sám na svojom ...
2017-02-04 TF
Chain Reaction
2017 Dan Brown
Any man can stay sober in a desert, he mused, but only the loyal can sit in an oasis and refuse to part his lips.
Any man can stay sober in a desert, he mused, but only the loyal can sit in an oasis and refuse to part his lips.
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2017
We cling to memories as if they define us but... they really don't. What we do is what defines us.
We cling to memories as if they define us but... they really don't. What we do is what defines us.
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2016-07-18 TF
Passed by Molenbeek while running in Brussels the other day. Very green and peaceful, wouldn't you say?
2016-06-25 Laci Joppa, Gabriela Fülöppová
Alojz Krupitzer — prvovýstupy vo Vysokých Tatrách
Prvovýstupy v Tatrách, na ktorých sa zúčastnil Alojz Krupitzer. Podľa sprievodcu WHP (Witold H. Paryski), Przewodnik Taternicki ...
2016-06-12 TF
Popolník značky Maxi
Raz v detstve, muselo to byť na prelome 70/80 rokov, sme si so sestrou od rodičov vymodlikali korytnačku. Už neviem ako a kedy sme ...
2016-05-29 Alain De Botton
Compatibility is an achievement of love; it must not be its precondition.
Compatibility is an achievement of love; it must not be its precondition.
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2016-03-24 Mattias Vral
If changing habits is difficult, make it a habit.
If changing habits is difficult, make it a habit.
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2016-03-17 TF
Recacher
2015-08-08 TF
Thor discovers that some fairy tales can in fact be true. Like that of a baby brother in mum's belly. Welcome, Niels!
2015-07-09 TF
PHP Implementation of Tarjan's Cycle Detection Algorithm
Tarjan's strongly connected components algorithm, published in paper Enumeration of the Elementary Circuits of a Directed Graph by ...
2015-05-11 TF
Granville Bicycle Stolen in Lakenstraat, Brussels
A brazen thief stole my bicycle right in front of my eyes at Lakenstraat 56 in Brussels at 13:35 today, 11. May 2015. I was just ...
2015-04-19 TF
On Genital Mutilation
Stop harming children in the name of religion and pseudoscience. Away with female genital mutilation and circumcision of baby boys!
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2015-01-30 Randall Munroe
Caring about something makes people vulnerable, so not caring gives you power.
Caring about something makes people vulnerable, so not caring gives you power.
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2014-12-02 TF
Webmentions
Webmention is a W3C standard protocol that enables one website address (URL) to notify another website address that the former ...
2014-11-14 TF
Recharging Philae Lander
Philae Lander sits in a shadow on comet 67P and its battery is drained. How difficult would it be to aim a laser (or mirrored ...
2014-10-21 TF
Thor's Quarrel
A solid-looking wall of steely clouds rolled in ruthlessly from the west like a column of invading tanks, then came to a standstill ...
2014-09-21 TF
Whiffer
I don't smoke. When I was a little boy I promised my grandfather that I would never do. He smoked heavily and condemned what he ...
2014-07-25 Optomen
Monumental Mysteries: A Communist Comes to America
A strange dramatization of the Lenin of Poprad coming to Seattle saga compiled for a series Monumental Mysteries, published under ...
2014-07-12 TF
At the Mercy of the AIs
The following bit from http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-28005330 got me thinking:
"Time and space have always meant that ...
2014-06-28 TF
A close encounter of another kind. The creatures inspected each other without animosity but kept their armour on.
2014-05-30 TF
Moving MySQL Data Files to a VirtualBox Shared Folder
Out of virtual space?
Running out of MySQL storage space in VirtualBox? I was. And not once. I did some heavy Googling and ...
2014-05-17 Gabriela Fülöppová
Júnová kosba
Pred pár rokmi, v júni 2011, som sa vrátila z Bruselu a moja najbližšia cesta viedla na našu chatu pri Starej Lesnej. Tráva bola už ...
2014-05-05 Gabriela Fülöppová
Šiesty stupeň obtiažnosti
Teraz, po rokoch mi Žľaby pripadajú oveľa menšie a... také smutnejšie.
V čase môjho detstva to tam žilo. V zime lyžiarske zájazdy ...
2014-05-04 Gabriela Fülöppová
Šlauch
Na chate sa denne varilo a väčšinou to boli jednoduché „Eintopfy“, teda jedlá varené jednoducho v jednom hrnci, napríklad guláš. Za ...
2014-04-23 Gabriela Fülöppová
Súrny hovor
Na chatu chodievali ľudia rôznych pováh. Boli aj takí, čo sami seba brali veľmi vážne.
A keďže naši chatári boli známi recesisti, ...
2014-04-23 Gabriela Fülöppová
Do Jurgova
Na Kežmarskej chate okrem ľudských obyvateľov, psa Borisa a sučky Starky (volala sa Starka, s krátkym „a“), ktorá mimochodom vedela ...
2014-02-14 TF
Puzzler
Demo
Show the link, title, and the lead image from Wikipedia article on Richard Feynman:
puzzler:wikipedia-matching-url:Richard ...
2013-10-19 TF
Link Replace Filter
2013-09-29 TF
Religion
Aj keď sám nie som veriaci, nemám nič proti viere ako takej. Ako ktosi už povedal, je to barla, ktorá pomáha pri chôdzi, ale prekáža ...
2013-08-16 TF
Drupal Performance Mantra: Crawl, Boost, Expire
The last thing we need to do is verification of the new cache logic.
Consider your front page, two views (one using articles, the ...
2013-08-10 TF
Mathesiovy parafráze klasické čínské poezie
Sbírky klasické čínské poezie přebásněné Bohumilem Mathesiem.
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2013-05-15 TF
Sir, Your Head Is Bleeding
Cestou na DrupalCon v Portlande som si chcel urobiť krátku prestávku v New Yorku. Túžil som sa aspoň na dva dni stať obyvateľom toho ...
2013-01-07 TF
Google Analytics Referrer
2012-11-25 TF
Re-development of the Encyclopedia of World Problems
Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential, initiated in 1972 by a collaboration between two international non-profits, the ...
2012-11-22 TF
Why is there still no system to save passengers from a falling airplane?
OK, we know air travel is relatively safe. But there are crashes. And when they are about to happen there is absolutely nothing ...
2012-10-12 TF
PagePeeker Screenshots
Co-maintainer of PagePeeker Screenshots Drupal module since October 12, 2012.
The module uses the PagePeeker.com service to display ...
2012-04-21 TF
Blurry Streets of London
For the helping part, I am proud to again partner with ActionAid.
Why with them? Because I know them, and I trust them to spend ...
2012 Randall Munroe
The universal label — Ingredients: hydrogen, time.
The universal label — Ingredients: hydrogen, time.
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2011-09-07 TF
For perfection, infinity is a requirement.
For perfection, infinity is a requirement.
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2011-07-25 Alain De Botton
So hard to accept that the prison door is open and we could walk out if we truly wanted.
So hard to accept that the prison door is open and we could walk out if we truly wanted.
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2011-05-02 TF
The Che Guevara of al-Qaeda
It is possible that he US government decided not to repeat mistakes that took place in relation to the other well-known terrorist / ...
2011-04-25 Umair Haque
"Ethics" for some is equivalent to "Nice guys finish last." Not great if you wanna be winning.
"Ethics" for some is equivalent to "Nice guys finish last." Not great if you wanna be winning.
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2011-04-25 TF
Bobbing Down La Semois
2011-04-17 TF
You are young as long as you can manage to run more kilometres than what is your age!
You are young as long as you can manage to run more kilometres than what is your age!
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2011-04-17 TF
Človek je mladý dovtedy, kým dokáže zabehnúť viac kilometrov než koľko má rokov.
Človek je mladý dovtedy, kým dokáže zabehnúť viac kilometrov než koľko má rokov.
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2011-04-17 TF
Edo and Tomáš Take on London
On that image, that's me with Edo, my best friend. Two kids in the socialist Czechoslovakia, growing up on a diet of Soviet idolatry ...
2011-01-19 TF
Pavol Hudák... a propos smrť
Práve som sa dozvedel, že Paľo včera, v utorok 18. januára 2011, náhle zomrel. Z ničoho nič som dostal mail od jeho spolužiaka z ...
2010-12-22 Alain De Botton
Transparency is a foolish ideal. Life becomes intolerable without a capacity for secrets.
Transparency is a foolish ideal. Life becomes intolerable without a capacity for secrets.
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2010-12-17 Alain De Botton
A true sense of your age derives not from people you fancy, but from those who start to fancy you.
A true sense of your age derives not from people you fancy, but from those who start to fancy you.
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2010-12-17 Paulo Coelho
Don't ask permission. Do it now and regret later.
Don't ask permission. Do it now and regret later.
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2010-12-16 Alain De Botton
A silence with a beautiful person always leaves you feeling you're the boring one.
A silence with a beautiful person always leaves you feeling you're the boring one.
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2010-12-07 TF
Osama Bin Laden and Other Bloggers Conjured up by Google AI
Other research
The phenomenon of "phantom authors" has been experienced by others, especially with respect to Google Scholar. The ...
2010-12-06 TF
TEDx Brussels 2010
A few quick notes from this year's edition of TEDx in Brussels.
Frank Tipler
The Ultimate Future. The universe is a finite state ...
2010-11-11 Alain De Botton
Of all the unmentioned things between people, one of the greatest is the reality of aging.
Of all the unmentioned things between people, one of the greatest is the reality of aging.
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2010-11-05 TF
Eyeing London
2010-11-04 TF
Return of the Witch Doctors
I'm wondering why do homeopathic doctors limit themselves to administering virtually pure water and sugar pills. Why are they ...
2010-11-03 Alain De Botton
Over 50 guests, you can be sure most people will be bitching about the hosts. Few of us have so many loyal friends.
Over 50 guests, you can be sure most people will be bitching about the hosts. Few of us have so many loyal friends.
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2010-08-28 TF
Hellenic Holland
..., bezstarostnosť, daiquiri, dorado, čo kameň to kus histórie, Εφταλού, farby, grécke báje, Holanďania ale i Gréci, hrad, knihy, ...
2010-08-23 TF
Google Heartbeat
Without missing a beat
Another summer day at Mountain View, CA, another day for stunning news in the world of mass consumer ...
2010-07-30 Umair Haque
In an unpredictable world, the challenge isn't seeing further into the future. It's seeing deeper into now.
In an unpredictable world, the challenge isn't seeing further into the future. It's seeing deeper into now.
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2010-05-05 TF
There's nothing brave in those who expect the worst. They just fear disappointment.
There's nothing brave in those who expect the worst. They just fear disappointment.
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2010-02-14 TF
God seems to be just another unconfirmed extraterrestrial being.
God seems to be just another unconfirmed extraterrestrial being.
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2010-02-09 TF
Instant Web Page Translation with a Google Translate Widget
Google's work in the field of machine translation is certainly admirable. Whatever commercial motives it may have, the web search ...
2010-01-30 TF
Google Analytics Counter
The Google Analytics Counter module is a scalable, lightweight page view counter which stores data collected by Google Analytics API ...
2010 Stephen Hawking
Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist.
Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist.
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2009-11-23 TF
Misspelling
A new young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to help the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church ...
2009-11-23 TF
TEDx Brussels 2009
My TEDx report is in a drawer, waiting to be finished...
Nicholas Negroponte, Dambisa Moyo, Marc van Montagu, Clayton Schaeffer, ...
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2009-10-06 TF
Mámo svaž mi můj ranec
Reálny Jarek Nohavica s virtuálkami u nás v Bruseli!
Ako to už u návštev býva, väčšina poznámok týkajúcich sa Belgicka bola o ...
2009-10-04 TF
Košický polmaratón 2009
2009-10-02 TF
Stretávka 4.A 1989 GPZU Poprad
Po pätine storočia...
Tieto fotky sú akýmsi skupinovým dielom: môj foťák nekontrolovane putoval z ruky do ruky a toto v ňom zostalo ...
2009-09-27 TF
Pieseň pre kanárika
Dnes po práci som si šiel trochu zabehať. Bolo to neskoro popoludní, v čase okolo toho zvláštneho okamihu, keď si človek uvedomí, že ...
2009-09-27 TF
Mistral Klaus
Už nás ľudia v Belgicku navštívili na rôznych dopravných prostriedkoch, ale starý priateľ Klaus ich všetkých tromfol, keď prišiel na ...
2009-07-31 TF
Complete freedom is incompatible with life.
Complete freedom is incompatible with life.
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2009-07-30 TF
The truth in wine is that it helps you to forget the question.
The truth in wine is that it helps you to forget the question.
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2009-07-15 TF
Chata Alojza Krupitzera v Starej Lesnej
Chata pri Starej Lesnej pod Vysokými Tatrami, ktorú v roku 1970 postavil môj dedo, Alojz Krupitzer.
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2009-06-28 TF
Couleur Café (2009)
Couleur Café sa každý rok na tri dni stane srdcom Bruselu. Doslova: to ťažké, horúce dunenie je počuť na celé mesto. Tažko je ...
2009-06-28 TF
Rommelmarkt op de Strijdersstraat
Zasa po dvoch rokoch sa naša ulica zmenila na blší trh domácich i cezpoľných.
Strašne zvláštne, ale príjemné, zobudiť sa na vravu ...
2009-06-26 TF
Czech Street Party
Párty na konci českého predsedníctva EÚ. Trápne stánky s letáčikmi o rôznych českých krajoch. Pivo zadarmo, ale tieklo tak pomaly, ...
2009-06-21 TF
Yet Another Waterloo
A reenactment of the Battle of Waterloo, 194 years (and three days!) after.
(A weird hobby of theatrical history buffs — or the ...
2009-06-06 TF
Kostra v záhrade
Lebka jedného z predošlých obyvateľov nášho domu...
Dodnes nevieme, či to bol pes, mačka... alebo hádam dieťa akéhosi vede neznámeho ...
2009-05-13 Jaromír Nohavica
Důležitá je stopa v srdcích živých, kterou za sebou zanecháme.
Důležitá je stopa v srdcích živých, kterou za sebou zanecháme.
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2009-05-12 TF
Ať mír dál zůstává s touto krajinou
Akýsi bezmenný objekt Európskej komisie v Bruseli. Kopec byrokratov. Starnúci emigranti. Biba. Úžasný Petr Malásek.
A Marta ...
2009-05-08 TF
Stopa v srdcích živých
Začiatkom mája 2009 som sa na nohavica.cz dočítal, že Jarek Nohavica bude vďaka iniciatíve novín Moravskoslezský deník odpovedať na ...
2009-01-21 TF
Pavol Hammel v Bruseli
Pavol Hammel na novoročnom koncerte Slovenskej republiky v Bruseli. Prv vážna hudba a operné kúsky pod taktovkou akéhosi veľmi ...
2008-12-04 TF
Paul Otlet
Paul Otlet was a Belgian dreamer and visionary, and one of the forefathers of the Internet.
One of his achievements was — together ...
2009 Mark Zuckerberg
Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.
Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.
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2008-09-04 TF
Sri Lanka - Epilogue
2008-07-18 TF
Linux Server Backup on Amazon S3 Cloud Using JungleDisk
On backups and drives
Online content is more and more added directly to servers, so there is no local version. Think uploaded files, ...
2008-04-28 TF
TrailScout
2008-04-20 TF
Redirecting E-mail to Non-local Addresses With qmail
Accumulated, I've spent days trying to solve this problem, so now that I've found a solution I am posting it to help others.
I was ...
2008-03-12 TF
One of Those Munich Trips
Honestly, I would hardly ever set foot in a karaoke bar, but Manfred's invitations are hard to resist - especially after a day full ...
2008-01-08 TF
Múmie spomienok
Keď som po dlhom čase v situácii, na ktorú som dávno zabudol, napríklad ak prídem na miesto, kde som kedysi bol, ak stretnem ...
2007-12-28 TF
Evacuation of Limbo
Pope Benedict XVI recently declared his plans to scrap Limbo, claiming that it has "always been only a theological hypothesis". ...
2007-12-28 TF
Evakuácia predpeklia
Pápež Benedikt XVI sa prednedávnom vyjadril, že zruší limbo, pretože vraj "vždy bolo len teologickou hypotézou". Limbo je pre ...
2007-11-13 TF
The AA Delegation
Počasie bolo novembrovo upršané, domček studený a neútulný. Nezbud bola na Srí Lanke a ja som mal doma privítať jej kolegov z ...
2007-09-19 TF
Hypergraph
Step-by-step installation
Default width of the hyper graph.
Default height of the hyper graph
Download the latest version of the ...
2007-08-29 TF
Brilliant Gallery
Configuration
Path to the main folder in which your individual gallery folders will be placed.
Such folder must exist under your ...
2007-06-04 TF
A Blend of Worlds
Second Life enjoys unprecedented boom of popularity. Business in that and many other virtual worlds is thriving, as are social ...
2007-04-20 TF
Krása je ako polarizované svetlo — vidno ju len z určitého uhla.
Krása je ako polarizované svetlo — vidno ju len z určitého uhla.
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2007-04-04 TF
Decision Scheduling
Decision scheduling, a simple strategy adored by some Decision Makers, is a management technique primarily based on delaying.
By ...
2007-02-04 (unknown), Gabriela Fülöppová
Červené srdíčko z Tater
Málo hovorný tatranský průvodce Lajoš přebírá v kufru staré fotografie, obrázky a drobné památky na dobu, kdy vodil po strmých ...
2006-11-04 TF
Messy Monkeys
A pair of macaques copulating grotesquely in the Yala wildlife park in Sri Lanka, [20061104]. Here's the relevant video sequence.
In ...
2006-10-25 TF
Sri Lanka (2006)
Niekoľko týždňov práce a potuliek po Srí Lanke — Colombo, Polonnaruwa, Kandy, Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, Yala National Park, ...
2006-09-12 TF
Neznámej múze
Nuda v rozhovoroch je relatívna. Málo atraktívne témy sa môžu stať zaujímavejšími vďaka osobám, s ktorými sa o nich zhovárame.
—
Na ...
2006-03-13 TF
Stolen Laptop Sony Vaio PCG-V505DC1
My laptop has been stolen, from a hotel room in the Tivoli Ocean Park hotel in Funchal, Madeira. It happened on Monday March 13, ...
2006-02-06 TF
Prehistoric Civilizations
The notion of limiting historical study to a roughly 5000-year span, out of a possible few million years of human existence, and to ...
2006-01-27 TF
Svadba Ma3nky a Pierka
Svadba Ma3nky a Pierka. My sme podľa slov Pascale boli "Tomasje" (témoin de Martina) et "Anjesbuda" :-)
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2006-01-22 TF
Sir Lukas at Van Zande
Petekindje Lukas op bezoek bij mij op Van Zandestraat. Een dappere kleine ridder!
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2006-01-13 TF
Drupal
I've been a Drupal aficionado since sometime in 2005.
At that time I tested several promising open-source content management systems ...
2006 Daniel Suarez
The promise of eternal life is a threat unless you get to start over.
The promise of eternal life is a threat unless you get to start over.
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2006 Richard Dawkins
We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.
We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.
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2005-10-05 TF
Na palube Miss Terre
Na palube Miss Terre s Igorom a Diane (a na začiatku aj Gonsague s Julie). Po príchode na palubu ma čakal krst. Dostal som pivo - ...
2005-06-14 Steve Jobs
Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.
Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because ...
2005-05-27 TF
Miracle is an euphemism for something we do not understand.
Miracle is an euphemism for something we do not understand.
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2005-04-29 TF
Hĺbka samotou
Keď dumám napríklad o otázke inteligencie komplexných sietí (ako Internet), o možnostiach a zmysle medzihviezdnej komunikácie (na čo ...
2005-04-26 TF
Kinpedia
One of the main aims of the Kinpedia project is to provide a central place on the Internet for kin information about all people we ...
2005-04-17 TF
The Last Page of the Internet
Congratulations, you have just reached the very Last Page of the Internet. We hope you have enjoyed your browsing. Now turn off your ...
2005-04-16 TF
A Methodology for the Analysis of Multi-processors
Abstract
In recent years, much research has been devoted to the visualization of 2 bit architectures; unfortunately, few have ...
2005-04-16 Gabriela Fülöppová
Naše zvieratká
V zime roku 1976 sme odkiaľsi doniesli mačičku – už dospelú, ktorá však mala už svoje maniere a možno aj preto u nás dlho nepobudla. ...
2005-01-03 TF
Bezmenný kocúrik
Párkrát som ho videl v záhrade jedného neďalekého domu. Šibalsky na mňa pozeral spod kríkov a pískavým hláskom sa pokúšal nadviazať ...
2004-12-28 TF
Mormel
Náš kocúrik. Narodil sa okolo 28. decembra 2004, myslím niekde pri Gente. Za mlada zvaný "Netopier", neskôr "Mormel" a dokonca "Kráľ ...
2004-12-09 Gabriela Fülöppová
Na Petra a Pavla, 1972
Jún v roku 1972 bol viac daždivý ako slnečný. Aj preto nebolo žiadnym prekvapením, keď tesne pred koncom školského roka začali v ...
2004-12-04 TF
Wikipedia Reflection
Ever wished providing the beauty that is Wikipedia on your own website? Now you can: just include this PHP script wherever you want ...
2004-11-22 TF
Vandrácky syndróm
Nebuďte prekvapení, ak na cestách dostanete chorobu, proti ktorej je medicína úplne bezmocná. Nepomáha očkovanie a neexistujú ...
2004-10-03 TF
Pivný sedan
Bolo to v období, keď som v snahe zachrániť našu organizáciu, UIA, niekoľko mesiacov pracoval aj pätnásť hodín denne. Z práce som ...
2004-08-22 TF
Čarovná moc
Čarodejníci nie sú v zásade dobrí ani zlí.
Sú ako ktorákoľvek veľká sila:
ich priazeň povznáša a ich zlosť... drtí!
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2004-08-05 TF
Medzi Scyllou a Charybdou
2004-08-02 TF
Odysea plastových kačičiek
Boli časy, keď som bol taký malý, že mi vo vani z vody trčala len hlava - a aj to len od spodnej pery vyššie. Vtedy som sa často ...
2004-06-29 Soňa Rebrová
V Mongolsku majú štyri mesiace prázdnin, v Mali deti dostávajú známky od 0 do 20
Keby ste sa aj s deťmi rozhodli presťahovať na iný koniec sveta, je možné, že by ste si v škole museli zvykať na iné hodnotenie ...
2004-06-01 TF
Dievčatá do každého počasia
Prší. Sedím v kaviarni a veľkým oknom pozerám von na ulicu. Uvedomujem si, aké krásne sú zmoknuté dievčatá. Nie tie s dáždnikmi, ...
2004-05-14 TF
UIA at Delphi
Pár nezabudnuteľných dní na Slovensku. Tony a Nadia zahrnutí bezpríkladnou pohostinnosťou Eda a Vlada. Výstup na Brnčalku len pár ...
2004-05-04 Gabriela Fülöppová
Letná prax 1962
Bolo to koncom mája v roku 1962. Skrátili nám semester o mesiac a tí, čo prešli sitom skúšok prvého ročníka na Vysokej škole ...
2004-04-09 TF
Blesková návšteva Islandu
Nedávno som komusi pomáhal s výberom počítačov a príslušenstva. Keďže je to dobrá známa, vytrvale som odmietal prijať nejaký ...
2004-04-07 Gabriela Fülöppová
Fazuľová polievka
Bolo to v čase Dedkovho chatárenia pod Sedlom Váhy (pod Rysmi).
Mal vtedy veľmi dobrého kamaráta a pomocníka menom Dežko Palkovič, ...
2004-03-28 TF
Reference Framing
Imagine dangling from a precipice over a bottomless abyss. It happened to me once. I had no climbing gear and there was no safety ...
2004-03-21 TF
Najúspešnejší podvodník
Je nedeľa 21. marca 2004. Vonku sa búrlivo prebúdza jar. Globálna spoločnosť je natoľko prepojená, že každý každého pozná cez ...
2004-03-21 TF
GoogLang
This script facilitates translation of web pages on your website using Google's Language Tools.
...
2004-02-25 TF
Princeton a New York City
Krátky pracovný výlet z UIA za kolegami na Princetonskú univerzitu, plus pár dní v New Yorku. Dohromady len málo vyše týždňa. Takmer ...
2004-02-06 Gabriela Fülöppová
Životný príbeh Alojza Krupitzera
Kapitola I.
Dedkov otec, s rovnakým menom Alojz, pochádzal z kroměřížska a bol synom horára, ktorého predkovia prišli z ...
2004-02-05 Gabriela Fülöppová
Akože inventúra
Bolo 29. decembra 1970. Kráčali sme zasneženým lesom traja: Apko, Tomy a ja. Ale krásu zimnej prírody a studeného vzduchu sme ...
2003-10-25 TF
Good Morning!
Vo vagóne metra som bol sám s asi piatimi mladými černochmi. Bavili sa medzi sebou a ja som očarene sledoval, že im takmer nič ...
2003-10-01 TF
Kuchári asfaltu
Ako malý chlapec, v Poprade osemdesiatych rokov, som zbožňoval túlanie sa po novostavbách a pozorovanie práce robotníkov. Moja ...
2003-08-02 TF
Mamka v Ríme (2003)
20030802 - [20030808]
Mamkina dovolenka u nás v Belgicku. Nezabudnuteľný skanzen Bokrijk: hodina náboženstva v lavici dedinskej ...
2003-07-18 TF
Odysea gumených kačičiek
P.S. Tento príbeh inšpiroval ďalšiu odyseu plastikových kačičiek — alebo možno vtipnú alternatívu sociologického prieskumu? Od roku ...
2003-07-16 TF
Zvädnutý bunker
Strašne som stále túžil mať svoje miestečko a celkom automaticky som mu dával meno "bunker". Dnes mi to slovo znie cudzo, vojensky, ...
2003-07-14 TF
Zrkadlové vedenie
Ako deti sme s Baškou nemohli pozerať večerné filmy v telke. Často sme sa ale z detskej vplížili do tmavej predsiene, kde sme spoza ...
2003-04-08 TF
Pásik
2003-03-30 TF
Bublinka kľudu
Tak som si niekde sadol a dlho len tak pozoroval ľudí a prostredie. A odrazu sa ma zmocnil ohromný, mocný, dobrý kľud. Uvedomil som ...
2003-03-30 TF
Carpe Diem
Vôňa chladného rána
Závrať z hĺbky výšok
Motýle zvedavých pohľadov
Milenci na lavičkách
Útržok piesne
roztrhol priehradu ...
2003-03-20 TF
Damanhuran zo mňa nebude
Služobne-dovolenková cesta s Tonym a Nadiou. Dve schôdze - jedna v toskánskom Montecatini, druhá v bavorskom Mníchove. Cesta ...
2003-03-05 TF
The Age of Xester
A collection of screenshots from the old Vacilando.org website. A very clean and reliable custom CMS called Xester written, without ...
2003-02-09 Pavol Hudák, TF
Na besede
Bol som na besede v jednom východoslovenskom mestečku. Mala to byť beseda so mnou, o mne, teda o mojej poézii. Pripravené bolo dlhé ...
2002-09-06 TF
Hra s obrom
Pred ohniskom v záhrade je medzi stromom a múrom natiahnutá velikánska pavučina, v strede ktorej sedí jej pyšný majiteľ. Máme spolu ...
2002-08-17 TF
Električkové múmie
Celkom obyčajné ráno v električke. Kývajúce sa telá zavesené na tyčiach a pohľady sústredene nevšímavo smerujúce do prázdna v ...
2002-07-22 TF
Spoločenský hmyz
Zamknutý v tesnej železnej krabici
pod nemilosrdne pražiacim slnkom,
uviaznutý na smolnej ceste
v pasci nekonečnej dopravnej ...
2002-06-22 TF
Rumunsko .ORG
Služobná cesta do Bukurešti: ICANN konferencia, na ktorej sme za UIA a Verisign, pod hlavičkou Diversitas.org bojovali za kontrakt ...
2002-06-06 TF
Návrat do krajiny moreplavcov
Po ôsmich rokoch zasa cesta do rozprávky s názvom Portugalsko. Nuno si bral Anju. Bol tam aj Philippe s Annelies. A samozrejme Elke. ...
2002-04-11 TF
Letom - svetom: Obrázky a rôzne novinky z blízkej a ďalekej cudziny
Naivná stará knižôčka, ktorú som našiel doma v knižnici.
Vydalo "Nakladateľstvo, knihtlačiareň a umelecká tlačiareň J. Steinbrener. ...
2002-03-29
Social Control
Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before ...
2002-02-15 TF
TrailScout (PHP)
A cookie-based PHP script that displays a path of hyperlinks to previously visited pages on a website. For example "Vacilando.Org ...
2002-01-17 TF
Horľavá
Prívaly lásky
za priehradou
veľkého smútku.
Spútané vedomie.
...
Zohriať prstíky v dlaniach,
točiť sa vysoko nad zemou,
rútiť sa bez ...
2001-12-09 TF
Parížska kaviareň
My vám tu
pane
ponúkame
Čas.
Môžeme vám
k nemu naservírovať
aj dobrú kávu
a kývnuť na muzikantov.
Ale za sny,
za tie nám ...
2001-12-09 TF
Mons Martyrium
Chudák pán Denis.
Ako dôstojne
podišiel k svojej
zoťatej
hlave,
zodvihol ju
a ticho
odkráčal.
Ten mocný
pokoj
tu po ňom
zostal.
...
2001-12-09 TF
Bláznivá Markéta
Pouličná ženská
s vyhasnutou tvárou
a cigaretou v ústach
ma pýta oheň.
Nemôžem jej vyhovieť
no moja záporná odpoveď
jej rozpáli ...
2001-12-09 TF
Parížske zázraky
Dievča / čo sa pretekalo / s rýchlovlakom / aby sme boli spolu / aspoň chvíľočku / dlhšie...
Roztočený kruh osudu, ktorého koniec ...
2001-10-18 TF
Zasnívaný
Celú noc som
vraj
zo spánku
nezrozumiteľne džavotal
po slovensky.
Komu? O čom? Prečo?
Nepamätám sa.
Ale aj tak to
strašne ...
2001-09-21 TF
Pa-Li
Zas je tu jeseň,
čas premýšľania.
Naša hruška na dvore dozrieva,
i vína je v pivnici dosť.
Cez nekonečné roviny vanie od mora slaný ...
2001-09-11 TF
War on Terror
This is my small contribution to the protest movement against the senseless war the "coalition" (meaning the USA) wages against ...
2001-09-09 TF
Súdna noc
Útočí posledný voj
najhoršej noci
môjho života.
Noc, proti ktorej nepomohli
protilátky, víno, ba ani básne,
sa končí až rozsudkom ...
2001-09-02 TF
Čakanie na priateľa
Zasa je tu jeseň, čas premýšľania.
Naša hruška na dvore dozrieva,
vína je v pivnici dosť.
Cez nekonečné roviny vanie od mora slaný ...
2001-08-20 TF
Ako?
Nenávidím cynizmus
dospelých,
ktorí sa už
nevedia
naozaj tešiť,
a problémy
riešia
bez potreby
rozmýšľať.
Ich svet -
rozrátaný
na ...
2001-08-20 TF
Dokonalý odpočinok
Lavičku v parku som zdieľal s takou asi päťdesiatročnou ženskou. Ja som jedol — chlieb, tuniaka, cesnak a vodu ako vždy — a čítal. ...
2001-08-20 TF
Životy ciest
Môj zošitok, zvaný "Reis dagboek", má na spodnom okraji takmer každej stránky nejaký duchaplný výrok. Zaujal ma ten od Haraucourta ...
2001-08-11 TF
South Italian Volcano Impressions
Potulky po sopkách talianskeho Stredozemného mora.
[20010811]
Šok z prebudenia po trojhodinovom spánku. Elke ma vzala autom na ...
2001-07-03 Anthony Judge, Nadia McLaren, Joel Fischer, TF
Simulating a Global Brain
Simulating a Global Brain using networks of international associative activity by Anthony Judge, Nadia McLaren, Joel Fischer and ...
2001-06-05 TF
Genealógia rodiny Krupitzerovcov
Na rozdiel od rodiny môjho otca, Fülöppovcov, som o rodine svojej mamy, Krupitzerovcoch, dlho takmer nič nevedel. Mal som nejasný ...
2001-05-07 TF
Renowned Research Fellow Found Singing in a Dormitory!
According to our Eastern-European reporter, Dr. P. Bekaert, the well-known computer graphics expert from Belgium, has been found ...
2001-05-07 TF
Of BPs and... ETs!
So far only very little has been known about the pancakes and the mysterious Man Who Gave Them Name, Dr. Philippe Bekaert. The ...
2000-11-13 TF
Pavol Hudák
Autorizovaná zbierka väčšiny básní Pavla Hudáka, jedného z najvýznamnejších slovenských básnikov z prelomu tisícročia, ...
2000-11 Pavol Hudák, TF
Pavol Hudák: Zimné
Tu v chladu severu
Tu v chladu severu
pár roste jabloní.
Tak se vráť, příteli.
Rozkvetou, zavoní...
Paľo Li H.
(2008)
...
2000-10-07 TF
Navlhlý španielsky denník
20001007
20:25 CET, Salon del Prado - Café concierto, Madrid. Zasa sa mi nechce veriť, že nie sme na ceste mesiac, ale len 12 hodin. ...
2000-08-18 TF
Expo 2000 v Hannoveri
Z Leuvenu / Bruselu sme s Elke odišli naším autom, zobrali sme Iva a v piatok večer sme prespali u Paula v Holandsku (krásny domček ...
2000-07-30 TF
Fülöpp Family Genealogy
Imre Fülöpp
See the following imperfect translation about a certain Imre Fülöpp of a hard-to-read historical document.
My, ...
2000-07-21 TF
Milan a Imelda na Slovensku
V piatok dvadsiateho prvého sme aj spolu s mamkou cestovali z Leuvenu do Popradu. Na pár dní potom na Slovensko prišli na návštevu ...
2000-06-25 TF
UN Theatre in Geneva
With Allan at the UN in Geneva, playing our part in a bad theatre piece called "Social Summit".
...
2000-05-06 TF
Amsterdam (2000)
Nostalgický výlet do Amsterdamu. Išiel som pre zmenu autobusom, čo bola chyba, pretože sme obišli snáď všetky holandské mestá a ...
2000 TF
Gata
Gata sa narodila niekedy v lete 2000 u môjho kolegu Paula Ghilsa. Dozvedel som sa o nej z oznamu na nástenke v UIA.
Jej príchod bol ...
2000 Pavol Hudák
Pavol Hudák: Moja strana
Nákladiaky
Kde sú duše pred vstupom do bytia? Možno je vo vesmíre obrovská požičovňa príbehov. A tak sa vidím, ako tam stojím v ...
1999-08-13 TF
Gypsies in Slovakia: An Ailing Culture
Research Paper, Advanced Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Supervised by professor Johan ...
1999-08-02 TF
Waddeneilanden
1999-06-14 TF
Quest of Times: Universal Concept?
Research Paper, Advanced Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Supervised by professor Renaat ...
1999 TF
Commodore Amiga
Several images from the computer platform whose user friendliness and stability has never been surpassed by PCs... Commodore ...
1999 Pavol Hudák
Pavol Hudák: Zatmenie slnka
Po nociach
Po nociach obdivujem Mesiac.
Dobre to vesmír - Boh
vymyslel.
Mesiac žiari do smolnatej noci,
osvetľuje svet.
Je to ...
1998-10-27 TF
Bonifacio
Môj bolehlav
sa mieša s vínom
do nádherne hustej hmly
nie nepodobnej
bielemu roztopenému maslu
v záplave ranného slnka
... a v ...
1998-10-19 TF
France, Corsica, Sardinia, Italy
Najprv vláčikom (lístok Leuven -> Bierges-Walibi, 19981019, 7:49), potom stopom až do Marseile (bláznivý francúzsky vedec veriaci ...
1998-07-08 TF
Le Sautel - Jacques a Ma3nka
Výlet z Leuvenu do Le Sautelu, malinkého juhofrancúzskeho raja plného vína, syrov, pomalej pohody a prekrásnej prírody na úpätí ...
1998-05-27 TF
Smútočné oznámenie: Tomáš Fülöpp (starší)
1998-03-20 TF
Pražský krištáľ a Poprad
Jedna z desiatok mojich stopovačiek z Leuvenu domov. Vyrazil som v piatok 20. marca, pravdepodobne skoro ráno a zo zvyčajného ...
1997-06-30 TF
Latin America and the Concept of Social Race
Introduction
The aim of this paper is to give a cross-cultural overview of a special aspect of race relations in the post-columbian ...
1997-06 TF
Ladička
Stôl je prázdny
pivo slabé
a slzy slané
Sám som prázdny
aj keď plný toho piva
túlam sa našimi spomienkami
tóny piesní sa rozpíjajú
a ...
1996-12-12 TF
Why Vacilando?
This website was established on December 12, 1996 in Leuven, Belgium. Its primary domain is vacilando.org, but there are a number of ...
1997 Tomáš Fülöpp Sr., Gabriela Fülöppová, Alexander Fülöpp Sr., TF
Fülöpp Family Film Archive
Converted from many short 8 mm films - first to VHS in 1997 (Slovakia), then to DVD (Belgium), and finally to Google Video format ...
1996-05-28 Dalibor Šebest, TF
Diapásmo Ázia na svitaní
Diapásmo cestovateľov Tomáša J. Fülöppa a Dalibora Šebestu v cykle "Cestovateľské impresie"
Ázia na svitaní
Expedícia okolo ...
1996-03-16 TF
Hranolky: Karel Kryl II.
RÁDIO TATRY - HRANOLKY
(21:00; SAT 16.3.1996, repr. SAT 30.3.1996)
KAREL KRYL, II. ČASŤ (časť I je tu)
Text pripravil: Tomáš ...
1996-03-09 TF
Hranolky: Karel Kryl I.
RÁDIO TATRY - HRANOLKY
(21:00; SAT 9.3.1996, repr. SAT 23.3.1996)
KAREL KRYL, I. ČASŤ (časť II je tu)
(Piesne: 18 min 27 sek)
Text ...
1995-11-25 TF
El camino
Vo večnom okamžiku
keď deň noc nežne bozkáva
keď otvoria sa brány vesmíru
a čas na chvíľku zaváha
keď v lesku očí smutných ...
1995-11 TF
Naranjas de L'Alcúdia
Bláznivý výlet za španielskymi pomarančami s českým kamarátom Mirkom, ktorého som kedysi stretol na pakistansko-iránskej hranici ...
1995-04-18 TF
Diplomová práca: Digitálne spracovanie obrazových sekvencií
KATEDRA RÁDIOELEKTRONIKY
FAKULTA ELEKTROTECHNIKY A INFORMATIKY
TECHNICKÁ UNIVERZITA KOŠICE
DIPLOMOVÁ PRÁCA
Digitálne spracovanie ...
1995-02-27 TF
Kde sa vzal, tu sa vzal... v redakcii sme dostali pozdrav od Cindy Crawford
Cindy v spoločnosti slávnych a bohatých pánov, Cindy ako supermodelka na mólach najexkluzívnejších prehliadok ...
1995-02-17 Štefan Šanta
Ázia na svitaní (III.)
1995-02-14 Štefan Šanta
Ázia na svitaní (II.)
1995-02-10 Štefan Šanta
Ázia na svitaní (I.)
1995-02-05 TF
Nová hviezda Pepsi-Coly
Cindy Crawford sa svojou sviežou krásou znovu zaskvela pred rozžiarenými očami fotoaparátov a televíznych kamier z ...
1995-01-08 TF
Alma
Nie je dobré priveľa dumať. O čomkoľvek. Vezmite si napríklad nejaké slovo - povedzme "ihla" - a skúste si ho sústredene opakovať. ...
1995-01-01 TF
Denník expedície Ázia na svitaní - január 1995
úvod a fotografie [september 1994] [október 1994] [november 1994] [december 1994] [január 1995]
Nedeľa 1. januára 1995
Nedeľa ...
1994-12-01 TF
Denník expedície Ázia na svitaní - december 1994
úvod a fotografie [september 1994] [október 1994] [november 1994] [december 1994] [január 1995]
Štvrtok 1. decembra 1994
Štvrtok ...
1995 TF
Stopovačka s Baškou
Stopom s Baškou do Belgicka. Zastavili sme sa v Nadinom ateliéri v Prahe, potom u starých rodinných priateľov Jürgenovcov v ...
1995 TF
Folkový stop s Ľubkou
Folkový stop Belgickom, Anglickom a Škótskom. Ľubka, Dalo a Aďa, Taal a jej rodičia. Jedna z najkrajších ciest. S Ľubkou sme vzali ...
1994-11-01 TF
Denník expedície Ázia na svitaní - november 1994
úvod a fotografie [september 1994] [október 1994] [november 1994] [december 1994] [január 1995]
Utorok 1. novembra 1994
Utorok ...
1994-10-01 TF
Denník expedície Ázia na svitaní - október 1994
úvod a fotografie [september 1994] [október 1994] [november 1994] [december 1994] [január 1995]
Sobota 1. októbra 1994
Sobota ...
1994-09-19 TF
Denník expedície Ázia na svitaní - september 1994
úvod a fotografie [september 1994] [október 1994] [november 1994] [december 1994] [január 1995]
Pondelok 19. septembra 1994
Pondelok ...
1994-09-19 Dalibor Šebest, TF
Expedition Asia at Dawn
TL;DR
An epic, ultra-low-budget journey around Asia. With my great friend, Dalibor, we wanted to prove that it was possible to get ...
1994-08-05 Mária Lejnarová
Pomoc na cestu vítaná
O chlapcoch, ktorí chcú voliť v Číne
Dvaja mladí Popradčania Tomáš Fülöpp a Dalibor Šebest sa rozhodli uskutočniť zaujímavú okružnú ...
1994-08-01 Martina Znancová, TF
Stopom z Popradu do Lisabonu
Ajeto a Ma3nka na výprave stopom z Popradu do Lisabonu.
[19940801]
(písané z poznámok)
Poprad. Vyšiel som z domu o 0:02. Teplá ...
1994-06-16 Pavol Hudák
Cestami Marka Pola
"ÁZIA NA SVITANÍ" — odvážny projekt dvoch Popradčanov
Sny z detstva častokrát zostanú v srdciach mužov a čakajú na svoj deň. Tak ...
1994-05-26 TF
Dom slnečníc dnes a zajtra
Od pätnásteho mája prebieha v Galérii Vincenta Van Gogha vo Veľkej ďalšia zaujímavá výstava. Pod názvom "HOSŤ" sa tu prezentujú ...
1994-03-11 TF
Autostopom za Krylom
Nevidel som nič okrem ohromného množstva ľudí, ktorí ako čierne vody zaplavili skromné uličky medzi hrobmi, staré kamenné náhrobky, ...
1994-02-21 TF
Zahynul Lew Carpenter
V noci na sobotu tragicky zahynul Lewis Carpenter z amerického Seattlu, dobre známy nielen ako lektor angličtiny na Mestskej ...
1994-02-03 Naďa Rovderová, TF
Total Disaster
Jedna z mnohých nádherne bláznivých nocí s Naďou v jej pražskom ateliéri. Tentokrát za z toho vyvinuli orgie. Gastronomické!
...
1994 TF
Kto chytá...
Kapitola I.
"Kde ši bol?" vyskočil na mňa Milan, len čo som za sebou zavrel dvere nášho internátneho bytu. Milan je o rok mladší ...
1994 TF
Živé dinosaury aj na našom trhu
Po Nežnej revolúcii sa do Československa po pol storočí vrátila sloboda slova i prejavu. A informácie sa len tak liali, všetkými ...
1994 Pavol Hudák
Pavol Hudák: Silvester 1999
Možno
Neznáma babka
mi strašne dlho žehná,
želá všetko najlepšie,
krásny a dlhý život...
Odchádzam a
zmätene sa obzerám,
veď som sa ...
1993-11-12 TF
Zlatá cesta
Rovnaké slová
A zápach výkalov
Slzy umierajúceho psa
Rovnaké gestá
A cit ako nástroj
Hmla z nakyslého vína
Rovnaké frázy
A siete ...
1993-10-04 Naďa Rovderová, TF
Na zkušenou
Vladimír Iljič Lenin měl být roztaven. Není.
Bylo, nebylo... V Popradu se kdysi před místní nemocnicí usadil pětimetrový Vladimír ...
1993-09-19 TF
Překladatelův komentář k povídce Tělo jejích vlasů
Na Parconu '93 v Šumperku (sobota 26.6.1993) jsem měl vzácnou příležitost setkat se se spisovatelem Ianem Watsonem a jeho manželkou ...
1993-09-09 TF
Amnesty za práva košele
Organizácia Amnesty International dnes obvinila argentínsku políciu z obmedzovania osobnej slobody a fyzického týrania košele ...
1993-09-09 TF
Rallye bez revu motorov
Neobvyklé súťaže sú už oddávna doménou Američanov, no aj protinožci sa občas zablysnú bláznivými nápadmi. Minulú sobotu sa v ...
1993-09-09 TF
Trenírky ostali verné
A teraz správa z regiónu: "81-ročný Samko Pačuha z obce Kravany v okrese Poprad pobúril veriacich vo svojej dedine, keď v nedeľu ...
1993-09-09 TF
Lúčne kone
Zdesení farmári v strednom Škótsku stavajú zátarasy proti obrovským lúčnym koníkom, ktoré útočia na ich polia. Farmár Barry Gissler ...
1993-09-09 TF
Škrtič v bielom
47-ročný farmár z mestečka Maleado v Argentíne minulý štvrtok napoludnie verejne urazil svoju košeľu, keď doslova povedal: "Škrtí ma ...
1993-09-09 TF
Bonsai mamutíky v predaji
Zdá sa, že svet znova žasne nad americkou novinkou. Podľa renomovaného britského denníka The Sun začala istá texaská firma dodávať ...
1993-08-26 TF
Ráno večnosti
Nestáva sa mi často, aby som sa zobudila skôr ako budík. Tá plechová potvorka je takmer vždy rýchlejšia. Ale niekedy sa mi podarí ju ...
1993-07-20 Peter Brenkus, TF
Nepotrestaná vražda
V rómskej osade pri Pečovskej Novej Vsi neďaleko Sabinova sa začína prvá májová nedeľa. Slnko už vyhnalo studené tiene noci a ...
1993-07-19 Peter Brenkus, TF
Zabiják
V prachu na zemi se válejí dvě těla. Záblesk. Ruka s nožem opíše půlkruh ke krku protivníka. Výkřik. Krev z přeťaté tepny stříká na ...
1993-07-14 TF
10000 km stopom s Danicou
Druhá stopovačka s Danicou. Okolo 10000 kilometrov za päť týždňov a jeden deň (36 dní). Trasa: Poprad - Žilina - Brno - Praha - ...
1993-07-13 TF
Ako Voloďu adoptovali
... tam, ďaleko na východe — až za slovenskou hranicou — tam, kde sa k nebesám týčia hrdé končiare — Vysoké Tatry, tam leží Poprad. ...
1993-07-01 TF
Maradona, Rambo a nepotrestaná vražda
V rómskej osade pri Pečovskej Novej Vsi blízko Sabinova sa začína prvá májová nedeľa. Slnko už vyhnalo studené tiene noci a ...
1993-06-26 TF
Interview with Ian Watson
Ian Watson: A little pub in Oxford where Tolkien went to drink... we were in there a few weeks ago. ... photograps on the walls ... ...
1993-06-22 TF
A Discussion With Lew Carpenter
Lew and Tom sitting in the living room of Emil's house in Pezinok on June 22, 1993. That Tuesday we were to go to Emil's exhibition ...
1993-06 TF
Galaxis: A Calendar and Encrypting Program (GFA Basic, Amiga)
Galaxis was a kind of calendar and encrypting program I wrote in GFA Basic on Commodore Amiga.
...
1993-05-23 TF
Vrah vinníkom nie je
Je nedeľa. Vysoko nad poľom spievajú neviditeľné škovránky, stromy šumia a slnko - ešte trochu červené od spánku - sľubuje horúci ...
1993-04-26 TF
Obrovský Lenin putuje ako skladačka
Sedem ton bronzu namiesto do pece do Ameriky
Dňa 16. marca podpísali primátor Popradu Ján Madáč a americký podnikateľ Lewis Evan ...
1993-02-01 TF
Unbearable Strangeness of Splitting
At Parcon '92 in Ostrava - the last one in the federation - was agreed, that Czechoslovak fandom is not going to split because it ...
1993-01-19 Ian Watson, TF
Ian Watson: Tělo jejích vlasů
Pak nějaký duch přešel před mou tváří;
postavily se vlasy na mém těle.
- Job 4:15
Z Japonska jsem se rozhodl vrátit zpátky do Evropy ...
1993-01-02 Antonin T. Horak, TF
Záhadná mesačná šachta
Preklad článku Antonina T. Horaka The Mysterious Moonshaft pre sci-fi klub 451 stupňov Fahrenheita v Košiciach.
...
1992-12 TF
Flámi v Starej Lesnej
Zasa k nám prišli tí zaujímaví, exotickí Belgičania! Philippe s novou priateľkou, Annelies, a jej kamarátkou z univerzity, Isabel ...
1993 TF
Lewis Evan Carpenter
1993 TF
The Story of Lenin from Poprad
A giant bronze Lenin from Poprad, Slovakia travels to Seattle, Washington, USA.
Once upon a time there was this wonderful adventurer ...
1993 TF
Stopom cez záveje
Bláznivá stopovačka s Naďou zo zasneženej Prahy, cez Dortmund, do Leuvenu ku Philippovi.
...
1992-07-14 TF
A Little Twig in the UK
Škola v Anglicku a prvá veľká stopovačka. Jedna z najdôležitejších ciest v mojom živote. Časť ceny za esej Little Broken Twig, ktorú ...
1992-05-02 TF
JFK
Bože, tej mašine sa premýšľať zjavne nechcelo. Uprene som pozoroval odraz svojej strhanej tváre na stmavnutej obrazovke, zatiaľ čo v ...
1992-04 Poul Anderson
Poul Anderson: Strážci času
I.
"Hledá se spolupracovník. Stáří 21 až 40 let, pokud možno svobodný. Předpoklady: technické vzdělání a dokonalé zdraví. Možnost ...
1992-04 TF
Little Broken Twig
I have a very strange feeling these days when I hear about our young democracy. I can't help being surprised and... disenchanted. I ...
1992-04 TF
Little Broken Twig: Making Of
Niekedy v apríli 1992 našla mamka v novinách správičku o esejistickej súťaži vyhlásenej anglicky písaným týždenníkom Prognosis, ...
1992 TF
Navěky a znovu od začátku
V čase, kdy už i matka Země vráskaví léty, existuje konečně dokonalá utopie. Podle legendy lidstvo před miliardou let utržilo tvrdou ...
1992 TF
Clifford Donald Simak: Fantazie útočí
Clifford Donald Simak (1904-1988), který je v mysli českých a slovenských fanoušků známý spíše svým execeltním dílem Město (City, ...
1992 TF
Witnesses of Eternity
The first place I visited while learning English in Bournemouth this summer was Stonehenge, my beloved subject from plenty of books ...
1992 TF
Fraktály Benoita Mandelbrota
Program generujúci fraktály Mandelbrotovej množiny, napísaný pre Commodore Amiga v jazyku GFA Basic.
...
1992 Pavol Hudák
Pavol Hudák: Broskyňový súmrak
Vranov
Tu si sa pozrel po prvýkrát
do tváre sveta, čo už bol
pred tebou dávno postavený
aj obrátený na popol.
Odtiaľ ťa viezli ...
1991-07-16 TF
Cyklistický okruh Bratislava - Sopron - Wien - Bratislava
Cesta bicyklami, s kamarátom Janom Halcinom, z Bratislavy cez maďarský Sopron do Viedne, a potom naspäť do Bratislavy. Vlastne veľmi ...
1990 Duncan B. Gardiner
The Krupitzer Family of Metzenseifen
Coming soon...
© 1990 Duncan B. Gardiner, The Family Historian, 12961 Lake Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio 44107, U.S.A.
...
1989-05-23 TF
Pripojenie tlačiarne ku mikropočítaču Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Slovo na úvod
Väčšinu majiteľov mikropočítača Sinclair ZX Spectrum, medzi ktorých patrím aj ja, už prešlo počiatočné nadšenie z ...
1989-05 TF
Vymyslená
Plášť tmy nám spadol na plecia
sme sami, Ty a ja
Tvoje útle ruky v mojich
nežne ukryté
Chvejú sa jak ticho v medzierke
našich ...
1989 TF
Corinne
Hluchému papieru tíško šepkám
čo neviem vysloviť
zmätený hnedým zamatom
Tvojich nežných očí.
"Telá ako perly
slnko po morskom ...
1989 TF
Dederónska skladačka
Tam kde azúr oblohy sa
s temným lesom snúbi
tam vyrástol z Matky hrad
čo strážia jastraby
—
Slnko žiari ako dielňa
olympského ...
1988-05-31 TF
Stabilizátor prúdu pre prístroj AVL 945
Koncom osemdesiatych rokov, už za perestrojky, zakúpila Popradská nemocnica, pre oddelenie biochémie, rakúsky prístroj na analýzu ...
1988 TF
Praha a Kottmarsdorf
Dovolenka našou žltou ladou u priateľov v Kottmarsdorfe (Jürgen, Uta a Sebastian Grafe). Cestou sme sa zastavili v Prahe (z fotiek ...
1988 TF
Dovolenka na Bukovci
Rodinná dovolenka na Bukoveckej priehrade. Boli sme tam aj s Marcelou.
...
1988 TF
Autofire pre Spektrum
Jedná sa o tzv. AUTOFIRE, teda automatickú streľbu na počítačových hrách. Nápad vznikol z podnetu, že v NSR a Rakúsku predávajú ...
1985 TF
Áčkari z Gymnázia na Zápotockého ulici
Tak tu je pár fotiek nás, Áčkarov z tzv. Nového gympla (vtedy Gymnázium v Poprade na Zápotockého ulici = GPZU), ktorí maturovali v ...
1984-11 Florent Van Hoey
La Roue — Quartier historique
1982-03 TF
List
Z krajiny blízkej dostal
som list,
vraj by som čo najskôr
mal tam ísť.
Do lesov prekrásnych,
do zdravých hôr,
k jazerám ...
1982 Fernando Pessoa
To narrate is to create, for living is just being lived.
To narrate is to create, for living is just being lived.
...
1982 Fernando Pessoa
Narrar é criar, pois viver é apenas ser vivido.
Narrar é criar, pois viver é apenas ser vivido.
...
1981-10-10 TF
Slavkovská tradícia
Takmer 39 rokov neskôr som nahor kráčal v roli otca. Bolo to 6. augusta 2020. Vedľa mňa odhodlane poskakoval malý 8-ročný Thor. ...
1974 Richard P. Feynman
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.
...
1973-09 Július Svišť
Front pod Kopským sedlom
Zo spomienok Alojza Krupicera, Chatára na Zbojníckej chate, pod Rysmi, na Votrubovej chate a Kežmarskej chate.
V ...
1971-10-23 Gabriela Fülöppová
Orkán v Starej Lesnej
Rok 1971 bol v našej rodine zlomovým dvomi osudovými udalosťami.
V marci zomrela moja mamička Karolínka a o mesiac na to sa nám ...
1971-04-23 TF
List of Visited Countries
Country
First visit
Czechoslovakia
1971
Hungary
1979
Yugoslavia
1979
Bulgaria
1979
Romania
1980
East ...
1971-04-23 TF
Tomáš Fülöpp of Taksony
TL;DR
A temporarily conscious speck of dust harvesting our star's light.
μ-bio
Czecho-Slovak by birth, Belgian by law, European at ...
1971 John Lennon
Imagine there's no heaven, It's easy if you try, No hell below us, Above us only sky, Imagine all the people living for today...
Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
living for today...
...
1969 (Anti-Vietnam war protest)
Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity.
Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity.
...
1966 Ladislav Krupitzer, Gabriela Fülöppová
Štedrý večer
Zahrúžený sedel za stolom. Jeho opálená, lepšie povedané mrazom a vetrom ošľahaná tvár kontrastovala s bielym kožúškom.
V peci ...
1965 The Beatles
It's been a long time, now I'm coming back home. I've been away now, oh how I've been alone. Wait till I come back to your side. We'll forget the tears we cried.
It's been a long time, now I'm coming back home.
I've been away now, oh how I've been alone.
Wait till I come back to your ...
1964 Rick Evans
Now it's been ten thousand years man has cried a billion tears for what he never knew
Now it's been ten thousand years
man has cried a billion tears
for what he never knew
now man's reign is through
But through eternal ...
1962 John Steinbeck
If one is vacilando, he is going somewhere but doesn't greatly care whether or not he gets there, although he has direction.
In Spanish there is a word for which I can't find a counterword in English. It is the verb vacilar, present participle vacilando. It ...
1957 Bohumil Mathesius
Zpěvy staré a nové Číny
Úvod B. Mathesia k vydání z r. 1950
ČÁST PRVNÍ
Vojenská písnička
Vojáku, tys můj kamarád
jdeš sem mnou bok po boku:
císař pán něco ...
1948 Richard P. Feynman
You can't say A is made of B or vice versa. All mass is interaction.
You can't say A is made of B or vice versa. All mass is interaction.
...
1945-05-13 Tomáš Fülöpp Sr.
Tomáš Fülöpp Sr. (1945-1998)
Nadaný maliar, gitarista, rozprávač, nesmierne spoločenský človek a predovšetkým milovaný otec.
Jeho obľúbeným maliarskym vzorom bol ...
1944-08-09 Gabriela Fülöppová
MVDr. Gabriela Fülöppová (rod. Krupitzerová)
Niekoľko spomienok a príbehov. Žiadna veľká literatúra, ale niektoré sú veľmi silné a budem rada, keď sa niekde zachovajú.
Príbehy ...
1936 F. Scott Fitzgerald
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability ...
1935 Upton Sinclair
It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
...
1928 John A. Shedd
A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are made for.
A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are made for.
...
1924-12-22 TF
Lucienne Marchal van Jacques Boonstraat 3
Mevr. Lucienne Marchal woonde in dit huisje op Jacques Boonstraat 3 in Het Rad (Anderlecht) van 22. december 1924 tot dat zij stierf ...
1914 Ella Wheeler Wilcox
To sin by silence when we should protest makes cowards out of men.
To sin by silence when we should protest makes cowards out of men.
...
1910-12-30 Alojz Krupitzer
Alojz Krupitzer
Alojz Krupitzer je známy ako prvý chatár na Rysoch a člen Horskej služby, ktorý spravoval aj Kežmarskú chatu a rekreačné zariadenie ...
1909 Jack London
Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.
Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.
...
1890 Arthur Conan Doyle
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
...
1859 Charles Darwin
There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms
There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and ...
1822 Stendhal
Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happiness.
Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happiness.
...
1814 Pierre-Simon De Laplace
Given for one instant an intelligence that could comprehend all the forces by which nature is animated ... an intelligence sufficiently vast to submit these data to analysis ...
Given for one instant an intelligence that could comprehend all the forces by which nature is animated ... an intelligence ...
1770 Voltaire
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one.
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one.
...
1656-12-04 Blaise Pascal
I would have written less, but I didn't have enough time.
I would have written less, but I didn't have enough time.
...
1615 Cardinal Bellarmine
To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin.
To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin.
...
199_ TF
Kráľovstvo fanov
Keď ma Mark Nelson poprosil o príspevok pre svoj viacjazyčný špeciál, ani ma to veľmi neprekvapilo, veď tento ...
...
198_ TF
Deň života
V to ráno ho zobudil hluk z ulice ešte skôr, než to stihol urobiť budík. Ospalým pohľadom naňho zistil, že má ešte krásnych šesť ...
17th century (unknown)
They hang the man, and flog the woman, That steals the goose from off the common; But let the greater villain loose, That steals the common from the goose.
They hang the man, and flog the woman,
That steals the goose from off the common;
But let the greater villain loose,
That steals the ...
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
La solitudine è per lo spirito ciò che il cibo è per il corpo.
La solitudine è per lo spirito ciò che il cibo è per il corpo.
...
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Loneliness is for the spirit what food is for the body.
Loneliness is for the spirit what food is for the body.
...
Gerald Ford
A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything that you have.
A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything that you have.
...
Fyodor Dostoevsky
In abstract love of humanity one almost always only loves oneself.
In abstract love of humanity one almost always only loves oneself.
...
(unknown)
Freedom is not 'choosing between black and white', but to avoid such predetermined choice.
Freedom is not 'choosing between black and white', but to avoid such predetermined choice.
...
Ann Landers
Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
...
C. Northcote Parkinson
The amount of noise generated by a change is inversely proportional to the complexity of the change.
The amount of noise generated by a change is inversely proportional to the complexity of the change.
...
Bertrand Russell
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
...
Lucretius
All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.
All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.
...
Erich Maria Remarque
Takt je tichý dohovor mlčať o spoločných chybách, namiesto toho, aby sme sa ich zbavovali.
Takt je tichý dohovor mlčať o spoločných chybách, namiesto toho, aby sme sa ich zbavovali.
...
(Chinese proverb)
Tell me and I'll forget; Show me and I may remember; Involve me and I'll understand.
Tell me and I'll forget;
Show me and I may remember;
Involve me and I'll understand.
...
David Gate
Answers satisfy the mind, mysteries capture the heart.
Answers satisfy the mind, mysteries capture the heart.
...
Anthony Judge
Questions last — answers multiply and rot.
Questions last — answers multiply and rot.
...
Ernest Rutherford
In science there is only physics; all the rest is stamp collecting.
In science there is only physics; all the rest is stamp collecting.
...
Margaret Mitchell
There's good money in empire building. But, there's more in empire wrecking.
There's good money in empire building. But, there's more in empire wrecking.
...
ABBA
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture and save it from the funny tricks of time.
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture and save it from the funny tricks of time.
...
Napoleon Bonaparte
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
...
George Bernard Shaw
He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.
He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.
...
Voltaire
An optimist believes that we are living in the best of all possible worlds and a pessimist is afraid that it is true.
An optimist believes that we are living in the best of all possible worlds and a pessimist is afraid that it is true.
...
Saint Augustine
There is another form of temptation, even more fraught with danger. This is the disease of curiosity.
There is another form of temptation, even more fraught with danger. This is the disease of curiosity. It is this which drives us to ...
Francis Bacon
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
...
George Santayana
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
...
Winston Churchill
You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something!
You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something!
...
Albert Einstein
Never memorize what you can look up in books.
Never memorize what you can look up in books.
...
Jaromír Nohavica
Naděje je nejkrásnější prokletí — naděje je jediné co zbývá.
Naděje je nejkrásnější prokletí — naděje je jediné co zbývá.
...
Joseph Heller
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.
...
Buckminster Fuller
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model ...
Omar Khayyam
Drink! for you know not whence you came, nor why: Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.
Drink! for you know not whence you came, nor why:
Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.
...
Georges Braque
A vase gives form to the void, and music to silence.
A vase gives form to the void, and music to silence.
...
Lao Tzu
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving.
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving.
...
Confucius
Age doesn’t always bring wisdom. Sometimes age comes alone.
Age doesn’t always bring wisdom. Sometimes age comes alone.
...
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Život je dosť dlhý ak vieš, ako ho prežiť.
Život je dosť dlhý ak vieš, ako ho prežiť.
...
(Arabic saying)
It's easier to get into a hole than get out of it.
It's easier to get into a hole than get out of it.
...
Erich Maria Remarque
Nikdy nie je nič stratené, pokiaľ človek žije.
Nikdy nie je nič stratené, pokiaľ človek žije.
...
Albert Camus
Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
...
Pablo Picasso
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
...
Robert A. Heinlein
Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.
Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.
...
Stefan Zweig
Naším opravdovým osudem je možná být věčně na cestě, neustále litovat a nostalgicky toužit, stále dychtit po odpočinku, ale bez přestání bloudit.
Naším opravdovým osudem je možná být věčně na cestě, neustále litovat a nostalgicky toužit, stále dychtit po odpočinku, ale bez ...
Lao Tzu
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
...
Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
...
Fred Hoyle
Space is only a two-hour drive away, if your car could go vertically upwards.
Space is only a two-hour drive away, if your car could go vertically upwards.
...
(African proverb)
If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
...
Stewart Brand
This present moment used to be the unimaginable future.
This present moment used to be the unimaginable future.
...
Socrates
By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher... and that is a good thing for any man.
By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher... and that is a good ...
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.
Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.
...
Arthur C. Clarke
There is a hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags will not wave in a vacuum.
There is a hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags will not wave in a vacuum.
...
Saint Augustine
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
...
(Arabic saying)
The soul invariably travels at the speed of a camel.
The soul invariably travels at the speed of a camel.
...
Socrates
As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.
As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.
...
(unknown)
Philosophy is a study that lets us be unhappy more intelligently.
Philosophy is a study that lets us be unhappy more intelligently.
...
(unknown)
An authority is anyone who guessed right more than once.
An authority is anyone who guessed right more than once.
...
(unknown)
Imagine the silence if everyone said only what they know.
Imagine the silence if everyone said only what they know.
...
(unknown)
Never argue with an idiot. They'll bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.
Never argue with an idiot. They'll bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.
...
Thomas Paine
The christian religion is a parody on the worship of the Sun, in which they put a man whom they call Christ, in the place of the Sun, and pay him the same adoration which was originally paid to the Sun.
The christian religion is a parody on the worship of the Sun, in which they put a man whom they call Christ, in the place of the ...
Edgar Allan Poe
Your work is both true and original. Unfortunately, the parts that are true are not original, and the parts that are original are not true.
Your work is both true and original. Unfortunately, the parts that are true are not original, and the parts that are original are ...
(unknown)
Stupid ideas seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
Stupid ideas seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
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Euripides
He was a wise man who originated the idea of gods.
He was a wise man who originated the idea of gods.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.
Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
There are many good people who are beneficially stimulated by some, but not all, manmade arrangements of colors and shapes on flat surfaces, essentially nonsense.
There are many good people who are beneficially stimulated by some, but not all, manmade arrangements of colors and shapes on flat ...
Ovid
Who would have known of Hector, if Troy had been happy? The road to valor is built by adversity.
Who would have known of Hector, if Troy had been happy? The road to valor is built by adversity.
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Ovid
Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves achieved, we can scarcely call our own.
Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves achieved, we can scarcely call our own.
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Voltaire
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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Ovid
We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.
We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.
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Hermann Hesse
The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth.
The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth.
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(unknown)
Did it ever occur to you that nothing occurs to God?
Did it ever occur to you that nothing occurs to God?
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Henny Youngman
The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.
The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.
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(unknown)
To know recursion, you must first know recursion.
To know recursion, you must first know recursion.
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(unknown)
Life is complex: it has real and imaginary parts.
Life is complex: it has real and imaginary parts.
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Sa'di
To the eye of enmity virtue appears the ugliest blemish.
To the eye of enmity virtue appears the ugliest blemish.
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Martin Heidegger
The possible ranks higher than the actual.
The possible ranks higher than the actual.
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Bill Maher
If you belonged to a political party or a social club that was tied to as much bigotry, misogyny, homophobia, violence and sheer ignorance as religion is, you'd resign in protest.
If you belonged to a political party or a social club that was tied to as much bigotry, misogyny, homophobia, violence and sheer ...
If you believe in love at first sight, you never stop looking.
If you believe in love at first sight, you never stop looking.
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William Somerset Maugham
There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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Albert Einstein
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
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Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
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Plato
No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.
No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.
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(unknown)
Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.
Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.
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(unknown)
Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted.
Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted.
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Arthur C. Clarke
No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware, the nonexistence of Zeus or Thor, but they have few followers now.
You will find men like him in all of the world's religions. They know that we represent reason and science, and, however confident ...
Bill Maher
The only appropriate attitude for man to have about the big questions is not the arrogant certitude that is the hallmark of religion, but doubt. Doubt is humble.
The only appropriate attitude for man to have about the big questions is not the arrogant certitude that is the hallmark of ...
Galileo Galilei
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo ...
Arthur C. Clarke
It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God, but to create him.
It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God, but to create him.
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Niels Bohr
Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.
Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.
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Gregory Benford
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
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How peaceful life would be without love, how safe, how tranquil. And how dull.
How peaceful life would be without love, how safe, how tranquil. And how dull.
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David Dunning
Very smart ideas are going to be hard for people to adopt, because most people don’t have the sophistication to recognize how good an idea is.
Very smart ideas are going to be hard for people to adopt, because most people don’t have the sophistication to recognize how good ...
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Everyone hears only what he understands.
Everyone hears only what he understands.
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Arthur C. Clarke
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
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Peter McIntyre
Confidence comes from not always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
Confidence comes from not always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
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Voltaire
Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.
Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.
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Voltaire
To a toad, what is beauty? A female with two pop-eyes, a wide mouth, yellow belly and spotted back.
To a toad, what is beauty? A female with two pop-eyes, a wide mouth, yellow belly and spotted back.
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Benjamin Disraeli
The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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William Pitt
A long train of these practices has at length unwillingly convinced me that there is something behind the throne greater than the King himself.
A long train of these practices has at length unwillingly convinced me that there is something behind the throne greater than the ...
Hermann Hesse
Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their own laws within them.
Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their own laws ...
Ibn Khaldun
Blindly following ancient customs and traditions doesn't mean that the dead are alive, but that the living are dead.
Blindly following ancient customs and traditions doesn't mean that the dead are alive, but that the living are dead.
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Mark Twain
All generalizations are false, including this one.
All generalizations are false, including this one.
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Ovid
Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo.
Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo.
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TF
Únos lietadla boeing 747
Zdrap bláznivosti, ktorú sme raz, doslova štvorručne, naklepali s Martinom Krukom, kričiac, naťahujúc a smejúc sa nad písacím ...
Carl Sagan
We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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(unknown)
"A philosopher," said the theologian, "is like a blind man in a darkened room looking for a black cat that isn't there." "That's right," the philosopher replied, "and if he were a theologian, he'd find it.
"A philosopher," said the theologian, "is like a blind man in a darkened room looking for a black cat that isn't there." "That's ...
Desmond Tutu
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them, we had the Bible and they had the land.
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we ...
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
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Voltaire
It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.
It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.
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Ovid
What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire.
What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
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Samuel Johnson
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Ernest Hemingway
But in modern war, you die like a dog for no good reason.
But in modern war, you die like a dog for no good reason.
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(unknown)
We need a law that will permit a voter to sue a candidate for breach of promise.
We need a law that will permit a voter to sue a candidate for breach of promise.
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Aesop
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Life happens too fast for you to ever think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but they insist on amassing information.
Life happens too fast for you to ever think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but they insist on amassing ...
Björk
The Buddhists say we come back as animals and they refer to them as lesser beings. Well, animals aren't lesser beings, they're just like us. So I say fuck the Buddhists.
The Buddhists say we come back as animals and they refer to them as lesser beings. Well, animals aren't lesser beings, they're just ...
(unknown)
Tell a man that there are 400 billion stars and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint and he has to touch it.
Tell a man that there are 400 billion stars and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint and he has to touch it.
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(unknown)
When I lie down on my bed and look at the stars in the sky I always wonder where the heck is my ceiling?
When I lie down on my bed and look at the stars in the sky I always wonder where the heck is my ceiling?
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.
Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.
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(unknown)
The only difference between graffiti and philosophy is the word "fuck."
The only difference between graffiti and philosophy is the word "fuck."
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Hermann Goering
Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.
But after all it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, ...
Naďa Rovderová, TF
Bezek Surreal
Ja nerád cestujem. No do Ameriky by som sa šiel pozrieť.
• A čo by ste tam chceli vidieť?
Tak popozerať. Všade by som pochodil. Asi ...
(unknown)
We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful.
We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful.
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Thomas Jefferson
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow ...
Epicurus
Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move; to feel the needs and hitches of our life more clearly; to come down off this feather-bed of civilization...
For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move; to feel the needs and ...
Arthur C. Clarke
A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.
A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
The two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.
The two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.
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Voltaire
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
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Albert Einstein
A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man ...
Albert Einstein
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?
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Albert Einstein
When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes. When you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like two hours. That's relativity.
When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes. When you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like ...
Erich Maria Remarque
Kto chce zdolať vrchol, musí pri tom nazrieť do najhlbších priepastí.
Kto chce zdolať vrchol, musí pri tom nazrieť do najhlbších priepastí.
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Winston Churchill
The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.
The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.
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Samuel Lover
Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
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Henry Brooks Adams
Chaos often breeds life, while order breeds habit.
Chaos often breeds life, while order breeds habit.
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Charles Darwin
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
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John Lennon
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
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Albert Einstein
You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.
You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.
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Albert Einstein
Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else — unless it is an enemy.
Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else — unless it is an enemy.
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Albert Einstein
Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.
Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.
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Paul Gauguin
In Europe men and women have intercourse because they love each other. In the South Seas they love each other because they have had intercourse. Who is right?
In Europe men and women have intercourse because they love each other. In the South Seas they love each other because they have had ...
Søren Kierkegaard
To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.
To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.
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Albert Einstein
What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world.
What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world.
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Albert Einstein
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not ...
Albert Einstein
The distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
The distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
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Woody Allen
Not only is there no God, but try finding a plumber on Sunday.
Not only is there no God, but try finding a plumber on Sunday.
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John Ziman
Scientists are those who know more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing.
Scientists are those who know more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing.
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Jonathan Swift
A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone.
A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone.
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Robert A. Heinlein
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
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Albert Einstein
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
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Hermann Hesse
If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.
If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.
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Hermann Hesse
To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman's smile — that is happiness.
To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman's smile — that is happiness.
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Woodrow Wilson
We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the world - no longer a Government of free opinion, no longer a Government by conviction and vote of the majority, but a Government by the opinio
We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the world - no longer ...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson.
The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government ever ...
Tony Wheeler
Don't worry whether your trip will work out. Just go!
Don't worry whether your trip will work out. Just go!
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(unknown)
What if there were no hypothetical questions?
What if there were no hypothetical questions?
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Larry Niven
The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space programme.
The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space programme.
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Albert Einstein
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
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Aristotle
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
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Douglas Noel Adams
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
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Epicurus
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he ...
Buddha
Si tým, o čom si premýšľal a čím si sám seba urobil.
Si tým, o čom si premýšľal a čím si sám seba urobil.
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Charles Halsey
A good question is like a miniskirt. Long enough to cover the essentials, but short enough to keep everyone interested.
A good question is like a miniskirt. Long enough to cover the essentials, but short enough to keep everyone interested.
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Archimedes
Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth.
Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth.
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George Santayana
When experience is not retained... infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
When experience is not retained... infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
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(unknown)
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism — to steal from many is research.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism — to steal from many is research.
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Mark Twain
We like a man to come right out and say what he thinks — if we agree with him.
We like a man to come right out and say what he thinks — if we agree with him.
...
Sometimes, ya gotta break some rules, to put things straight.
Sometimes, ya gotta break some rules, to put things straight.
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Steven Wright
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear brighter — until they speak.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear brighter — until they speak.
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Bertrand Russell
War does not determine who is right — only who is left.
War does not determine who is right — only who is left.
...
(Mongolské príslovie)
Cestujúci blázon je lepší než sediaci mudrc.
Cestujúci blázon je lepší než sediaci mudrc.
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(Mongolské príslovie)
Kým je tvoj kôň silný, je čas cestovať a poznávať svet.
Kým je tvoj kôň silný, je čas cestovať a poznávať svet.
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Miroslav Horníček
Smích bez příčiny znamená, že jste buď idiot, nebo zlaťoučké děvčátko.
Smích bez příčiny znamená, že jste buď idiot, nebo zlaťoučké děvčátko.
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Ernest Hemingway
Obráť svoju tvár k slnku a všetky tiene padnú za teba.
Obráť svoju tvár k slnku a všetky tiene padnú za teba.
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John Steinbeck
Zákon platí dovtedy, pokým nezasiahnu čary.
Zákon platí dovtedy, pokým nezasiahnu čary.
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Albert Einstein
Dokonalosť sa nedosahuje vtedy, keď nemožno nič pridať, ale vtedy, keď nemožno nič odobrať.
Dokonalosť sa nedosahuje vtedy, keď nemožno nič pridať, ale vtedy, keď nemožno nič odobrať.
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Erich Segal
Milovať znamená správať sa tak, aby sme si nemuseli nič odpúšťať.
Milovať znamená správať sa tak, aby sme si nemuseli nič odpúšťať.
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(unknown)
Neexistuje výrok, ktorý by ešte nebol povedaný.
Neexistuje výrok, ktorý by ešte nebol povedaný.
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Socrates
V každom človeku je slnko, len ho nechať horieť.
V každom človeku je slnko, len ho nechať horieť.
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Jerome D. Salinger
Poznáme pleskot dvoch tlieskajúcich dlaní. Ale ako zaplieska jedna dlaň?
Poznáme pleskot dvoch tlieskajúcich dlaní. Ale ako zaplieska jedna dlaň?
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Jerome D. Salinger
Akoby nás ani neboli schopní milovať takých, akí sme. Akoby nás nevedeli milovať dovtedy, kým nás trochu nezmenia. Takmer rovnako, a zväčša i väčšmi, milujú dôvody, pre ktoré nás chcú milovať.
Akoby nás ani neboli schopní milovať takých, akí sme. Akoby nás nevedeli milovať dovtedy, kým nás trochu nezmenia. Takmer rovnako, a ...
Aldous Huxley
Člověk musí být zraněn a vzrušen, jinak nemůže ani pomyslit na věty, které jsou skutečně dobré a pronikají vším jako rentgenové paprsky.
Člověk musí být zraněn a vzrušen, jinak nemůže ani pomyslit na věty, které jsou skutečně dobré a pronikají vším jako rentgenové ...
Aldous Huxley
Šedesát dva tisíce čtyři sta opakování vytváří jednu pravdu. Idioti!
Šedesát dva tisíce čtyři sta opakování vytváří jednu pravdu. Idioti!
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Ernest Hemingway
Človek je jediný tvor na tejto planéte, ktorý sa vie smiať, hoci na to má najmenej dôvodov.
Človek je jediný tvor na tejto planéte, ktorý sa vie smiať, hoci na to má najmenej dôvodov.
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Voltaire
Si Dieu n’existait pas, il faudrait l’inventer.
Si Dieu n’existait pas, il faudrait l’inventer.
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Voltaire
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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Sofocles
Veľa je na svete mocného, no nič nie je mocnejšie ako človek.
Veľa je na svete mocného, no nič nie je mocnejšie ako človek.
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Albert Einstein
Najkrajším zážitkom, ktorý človek môže mať je pocit tajomna.
Najkrajším zážitkom, ktorý človek môže mať je pocit tajomna.
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Marcus Aurelius
Musíš vždy konať, rozprávať a myslieť tak, akoby práve ten okamih bol posledný v tvojom živote.
Musíš vždy konať, rozprávať a myslieť tak, akoby práve ten okamih bol posledný v tvojom živote.
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Miroslav Horníček
Bůh miluje ateisty, protože ho neobtěžují svými problémy.
Bůh miluje ateisty, protože ho neobtěžují svými problémy.
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
We all are joined in the serious business of keeping our food, shelter, clothing and loved ones from combining with oxygen.
We all are joined in the serious business of keeping our food, shelter, clothing and loved ones from combining with oxygen.
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Horace
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.
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Aeschylus
It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
...
As long as you don't choose, everything remains possible.
As long as you don't choose, everything remains possible.
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(unknown)
If we don’t change direction soon, we’ll end up where we’re heading.
If we don’t change direction soon, we’ll end up where we’re heading.
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(unknown)
Krúžok na kľúče je starý vynález, ktorý nám umožňuje stratiť všetky kľúče naraz.
Krúžok na kľúče je starý vynález, ktorý nám umožňuje stratiť všetky kľúče naraz.
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Mayer Amschel Rothschild
Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation and I care not who makes its laws.
Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation and I care not who makes its laws.
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Oscar Wilde
Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.
Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.
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Peter Ustinov
If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done.
If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done.
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Bryan White
We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.
We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.
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(unknown)
A clear conscience is a sign of a fuzzy memory.
A clear conscience is a sign of a fuzzy memory.
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(unknown)
You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
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(unknown)
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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(unknown)
The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.
The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.
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Abraham Lincoln
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all ...
Stephen Hawking
To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.
To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.
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Ernest Hemingway
Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.
Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.
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Ernest Hemingway
That is the great fallacy, the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.
That is the great fallacy, the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.
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Bertrand Russell
Be isolated, be ignored, be attacked, be in doubt, be frightened... but do not be silenced.
Be isolated, be ignored, be attacked, be in doubt, be frightened... but do not be silenced.
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Nikita Khrushchev
It is one thing to control starving peasants; it is quite another to govern them once they have food in their bellies.
It is one thing to control starving peasants; it is quite another to govern them once they have food in their bellies.
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Albert Einstein
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to ...
Ernest Hemingway
Life isn't hard to manage when you've nothing to lose.
Life isn't hard to manage when you've nothing to lose.
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Oscar Wilde
Consistency is the last resort of the unimaginative.
Consistency is the last resort of the unimaginative.
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Leonardo da Vinci
The idea is a vessel. Science is the compass. Skill is the rudder. But those who dare to fall in love with practice without science, or with science without practice, are like the sailor who steers a vessel with neither rudder nor compass and no idea of w
The idea is a vessel. Science is the compass. Skill is the rudder. But those who dare to fall in love with practice without science, ...
(unknown)
When you're arguing with a fool, make sure he isn't doing the same thing.
When you're arguing with a fool, make sure he isn't doing the same thing.
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Eric Sevareid
The chief source of problems is solutions.
The chief source of problems is solutions.
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Plato
We should be ruled not by leaders chosen by a majority, but by those who are most intelligent.
We should be ruled not by leaders chosen by a majority, but by those who are most intelligent.
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Albert Einstein
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
...
(Roman grave inscription)
I was not, and I became; I was, and am no more. Thus much is true; Who says other, lies; for I shall not be. And thou who livest drink, play, come.
I was not, and I became;
I was, and am no more.
Thus much is true;
Who says other, lies;
for I shall not be.
And thou who livest ...
Arthur C. Clarke
Unless we invent a better future, we won't have one of any kind.
Unless we invent a better future, we won't have one of any kind.
...
When you dream about bad things happening it shows you're still fighting. You're still alive. It's when you start do dream about good things you should start to worry.
When you dream about bad things happening it shows you're still fighting. You're still alive. It's when you start do dream about ...
Eleanor Roosevelt
Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.
Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.
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Charles August Lindbergh
A radical is one who speaks the truth.
A radical is one who speaks the truth.
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Ovid
In our play we reveal what kind of people we are.
In our play we reveal what kind of people we are.
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Voltaire
It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion.
It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion.
...
Voltaire
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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Voltaire
If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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George Carlin
I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a part of hell will break loose — it'll be much harder to detect.
I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a part of hell will break loose — it'll be much harder to detect.
...
Albert Einstein
Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler.
Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler.
...
Ovid
It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe that there are.
It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe that there are.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith. I consider the capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile.
Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith. I consider the capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile.
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Anthony Judge
The sustainability of the environment is ensured by the co-existence of species that by definition do not engage in fruitful intercourse.
The sustainability of the environment is ensured by the co-existence of many species that, by definition, do not engage in fruitful ...
Ovid
Nations and empires flourish and decay, By turns command, and in their turns obey.
Nations and empires flourish and decay,
By turns command, and in their turns obey.
...
Ovid
There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement.
There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing ...
Voltaire
We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongues, at our peril, risk and hazard.
We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongues, at our peril, risk and hazard.
...
Voltaire
The biggest reward for a thing well done is to have done it.
The biggest reward for a thing well done is to have done it.
...
Voltaire
The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.
The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
...
Voltaire
All our history... is no more than accepted fiction.
All our history... is no more than accepted fiction.
...
Garrett Hardin
There is nothing more dangerous than a shallow thinking compassionate person.
There is nothing more dangerous than a shallow thinking compassionate person.
...
Voltaire
If you wish to converse with me, define your terms.
If you wish to converse with me, define your terms.
...
Voltaire
The instinct of a man is to pursue everything that flies from him, and to fly from all that pursue him.
The instinct of a man is to pursue everything that flies from him, and to fly from all that pursue him.
...
Albert Einstein
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
...
Voltaire
I should stop myself from dying if a good joke or a good idea occurred to me.
I should stop myself from dying if a good joke or a good idea occurred to me.
...
Voltaire
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
...
Voltaire
Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.
Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.
...
Voltaire
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
...
(unknown)
Alcohol is not an answer but it certainly helps to forget the questions.
Alcohol is not an answer but it certainly helps to forget the questions.
...
Kahlil Gibran
No man can reveal to you anything but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.
No man can reveal to you anything but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.
...
Sigmund Freud
Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.
Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.
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Aristotle
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
...
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
...
Richard P. Feynman
I don't feel frightened not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose, which is the way it really is as far as I can tell. It doesn't frighten me.
I don't feel frightened not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose, which is the way it really ...
Murray Gell-Mann
Modern education is like being taken to the world's greatest restaurant & being forced to eat the menu.
Modern education is like being taken to the world's greatest restaurant & being forced to eat the menu.
...
(unknown)
If money is the root of all evil, why do churches beg for it?
If money is the root of all evil, why do churches beg for it?
...
W. H. Auden
The Ten Commandments consist in observing human behaviour and then inserting a "not".
The Ten Commandments consist in observing human behaviour and then inserting a "not".
...
Albert Einstein
If I had one hour to save the world, I would spend 55 minutes defining the problem and only five minutes finding the solution.
If I had one hour to save the world, I would spend 55 minutes defining the problem and only five minutes finding the solution.
...
John Adams
There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by sword. The other is by debt.
There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by sword. The other is by debt.
...
Terry Pratchett
There are different kinds of rules. From the simple comes the complex, and from the complex comes a different kind of simplicity. Chaos is order in a mask.
There are different kinds of rules. From the simple comes the complex, and from the complex comes a different kind of simplicity. ...
George Bernard Shaw
Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the vices.
Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the ...
Oscar Wilde
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has ...
Howard Zinn
Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that numbers of people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of the leaders of their government and have gone to war, and millions have been killed because of this
Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that numbers of people all over the world have ...
Chris Hedges
The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug.
The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug.
...
Mahatma Ghandhi
An eye for an eye ends in making everybody blind.
An eye for an eye ends in making everybody blind.
...
Mae West
When choosing between two evils, I always like to take the one I've never tried before.
When choosing between two evils, I always like to take the one I've never tried before.
...
Frank Zappa
If you want to get together in any exclusive situation and have people love you, fine — but to hang all this desperate sociology on the idea of The Cloud-Guy who has The Big Book, who knows if you've been bad or good- and cares about any of it — to hang i
If you want to get together in any exclusive situation and have people love you, fine — but to hang all this desperate sociology on ...
Carl Sagan
An extraterrestrial visitor examining the differences among human societies would find those differences trivial compared to the similarities.
An extraterrestrial visitor examining the differences among human societies would find those differences trivial compared to the ...
(unknown)
When you are standing on the edge of a cliff a step forward is not progress.
When you are standing on the edge of a cliff a step forward is not progress.
...
Henry Louis Mencken
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
...
Arthur Koestler
Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.
Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.
...
Philip Kindred Dick
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
...
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
What an optimistic animal man is! Imagine expecting the species to last for ten million more years - as though people were as well-designed as turtles!
What an optimistic animal man is! Imagine expecting the species to last for ten million more years - as though people were as ...
George Bernard Shaw
Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
...
Anton Chekhov
Any idiot can face a crisis. It's the day-to-day living that wears you out.
Any idiot can face a crisis. It's the day-to-day living that wears you out.
...
(French proverb)
Love is the dawn of marriage, and marriage is the sunset of love.
Love is the dawn of marriage, and marriage is the sunset of love.
...
(unknown)
Marriage changes passion... suddenly you're in bed with a relative.
Marriage changes passion... suddenly you're in bed with a relative.
...
Woody Allen
If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.
If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.
...
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Any man who would change the World in a significant way must have showmanship, a genial willingness to shed other people's blood, and a plausible new religion to introduce during the brief period of repentance and horror that usually follows bloodshed.
Any man who would change the World in a significant way must have showmanship, a genial willingness to shed other people's blood, ...
Voltaire
It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
...
Ovid
Do not let too strong a light come into your bedroom. There are in a beauty a great many things which are enhanced by being seen only in a half-light.
Do not let too strong a light come into your bedroom. There are in a beauty a great many things which are enhanced by being seen ...
Voltaire
There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
...
Voltaire
No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.
No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.
...
Mark Twain
Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.
Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.
...
Germaine Greer
By the act of marriage you endorse all the ancient and dead values. You endorse things like monogamy. Lifelong monogamy is a maniacal idea.
By the act of marriage you endorse all the ancient and dead values. You endorse things like monogamy. Lifelong monogamy is a ...
Oscar Wilde
We are all in the gutter. But some of us are looking at the stars.
We are all in the gutter. But some of us are looking at the stars.
...
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Educating a woman is like pouring honey over a fine Swiss watch. It stops working.
Educating a woman is like pouring honey over a fine Swiss watch. It stops working.
...
Voltaire
You can never correct your work well until you have forgotten it.
You can never correct your work well until you have forgotten it.
...
Thomas Haliburton
Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.
Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.
...
Jonathan Swift
Venus, a beautiful, good-natured lady, was the goddess of love; Juno, a terrible shrew, the goddess of marriage; and they were always mortal enemies.
Venus, a beautiful, good-natured lady, was the goddess of love; Juno, a terrible shrew, the goddess of marriage; and they were ...
Mignon McLaughlin
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
...
Richard Dawkins
The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genoc
The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, ...
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
The modern habit of saying, "Every man has a different philosophy; this is my philosophy and it suits me" - the habit of saying this is mere weak mindedness. A cosmic philosophy is not constructed to fit a man; a cosmic philosophy is constructed to fit a
The modern habit of saying, "Every man has a different philosophy; this is my philosophy and it suits me" — the habit of saying this ...
Plato
Wise men talk because they have something to say; Fools talk because they have to say something.
Wise men talk because they have something to say;
Fools talk because they have to say something.
...
Arthur C. Clarke
One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion.
One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion.
...
Arthur C. Clarke
My objection to organized religion is the premature conclusion to ultimate truth that it represents.
My objection to organized religion is the premature conclusion to ultimate truth that it represents.
...
Charles Lindbergh
Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it, but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance.
Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it, but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance.
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Charles August Lindbergh
Under the Federal Reserve Act, panics are scientifically created. The present panic is the first scientifically created one, worked out as we figure a mathematical equation.
Under the Federal Reserve Act, panics are scientifically created. The present panic is the first scientifically created one, worked ...
Charles Lindbergh
Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposition he has encountered, and the courage with which he maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposition he has encountered, and the courage with which he ...
W. H. Auden
The stars are not wanted now: put out every one; Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun; Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood. For nothing now can ever come to any good.
The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the ...
Ray Bradbury, TF
Ray Bradbury: Zbohom a dobrý deň
Avšak odchádzal, samozrejme, nedalo sa robiť nič iné. Čas prešiel, hodiny dotikali a on naozaj odchádzal veľmi ďaleko. Kufor už mal ...
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TF
Mierová pieseň
Nad poliami nad lesmi,
nad lúkami nad krajinami
v zime a či v lete
mierová pieseň letí -
to šťastný život nás ...
Milan Rúfus
Viem tvoje veci. Vlažné vypľujeme. Rozumiem tvojej výčitke. Všetko sa vrýva do pamäti zeme a nieto miesta pre plytké. Všetko má svoju hĺbku. Pretrpené. A cesta sa vždy vreže do mäsa. Zem pamätá. A bohom pripomenie, že rachotili po nej kolesá.
Cesta
Viem tvoje veci. Vlažné vypľujeme.
Rozumiem tvojej výčitke.
Všetko sa vrýva do pamäti zeme
a nieto miesta pre plytké.
Všetko ...
T.S. Eliot
We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the ...
TF
Kybernetická korytnačka
Niekedy počas štúdia na Gymnáziu na Zápotockého ulici v Poprade, ČSSR (medzi 1985 a 1989, snáď v treťom ročníku: 1987-8?) sme s ...
Wang Si-č'
Tak, čtenáři pozdní veršů mých, až k nim se nakloníš, po staletích a staletích, možná že ucítíš, jak smolnou vůni borovic starého smutku dech: ssaj tiše jej a pokorně a dětem svým též trochu nech!
Tak, čtenáři pozdní veršů mých,
až k nim se nakloníš,
po staletích a staletích,
možná že ucítíš,
jak smolnou vůni borovic
starého ...
TF
V znamení a ošiali rocku
Ľudí už oddávna priťahovali harmonické tóny a rytmické zvuky primitívnych nástrojov. Sprvoti boli spojené najmä s kultovými a ...
George Stigler
New Prisoner's Joke
A new prisoner arrives at a jail where everyone else has been locked up for a long time.
He notices that occasionally someone shouts ...
Antonio Machado
Traveller, there is no path. Paths are made by walking.
Traveller, there is no path. Paths are made by walking.
...
Antonio Machado
Caminante, no hay camino. Se hace camino al andar.
Caminante, no hay camino. Se hace camino al andar.
...
Bohumil Mathesius
Zpěvy staré Číny
Čtyřverší na Li Po
U džbánku vína Li sto básní napíše,
noc dospí v hospodě, když měsíc dozáří.
Císař pán pozve jej, Li s díky ...
Bohumil Mathesius
Nové zpěvy staré Číny
Nápis na domě pana Li Po
Když, poutníče,
v ten domek příjdeš sem,
pít můžeš,
co se hrdlu uráčí -
verše však nepiš:
mistr bydlí ...
Bohumil Mathesius
Třetí zpěvy staré Číny
Věnováno Jaroslavu Průškovi
Hleď, lidské srdce ...
Hleď, lidské srdce,
za vozem prach
zavíří vždy,
vždy zpět zas padá:
tak i tvá ...
Tu Fu
Green cedar leaves and gorgeous sun-glow May be food for the immortals, but not for men
Green cedar leaves and gorgeous sun-glow
May be food for the immortals, but not for men;
The world is tough and real, my road ...
TF
Moja mamka lieči, tatko vymýšľa
Skúsené ruky zdravotníkov,
tých, čo liečia našich
kamošíkov dospelích, alebo malých.
Skúsené ruky zdravotníkov,
nepracujú pre ...
(unknown)
Nós, ossos que aqui estamos, pelos vossos esperamos.
Nós, ossos que aqui estamos, pelos vossos esperamos.
...
Omar Khayyam
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all ...
TF