The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.
SYDNEY J. HARRISIt’s odd, and a little unsettling, to reflect upon the fact that English is the only major language in which “I” is capitalized; in many other languages “You” is capitalized and the “i” is lower case.” —
More Sydney J. Harris Quotes
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Never let your fears be the boundaries of your dreams. Happiness is a direction, not a place.
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If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?
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Patriotism is proud of a country’s virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own specific virtues.
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A loser says that’s the way it’s always been done. A winner says there ought to be a better way.
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There is no such thing as an “atrocity” in warfare that is greater than the atrocity of warfare itself.
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We truly possess only what we are able to renounce; otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions.
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Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, ‘Why not?’ and the other, ‘Why bother?’
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If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem, but the perpetual human predicament is that the answer soon poses its own problems.
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Being yourself is not remaining what you were, or being satisfied with what you are. It is the point of departure and far from the goal.
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All significant achievement comes from daring from experiment from the willingness to risk failure.
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The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey.
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The main discomfort in being a middle-of-the-roader is that you get sideswiped by partisans going in both directions.
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When we have “second thoughts” about something, our first thoughts don’t seem like thoughts at all – just feelings.
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And to assert defensively at the outset that he is happily married, the father of four children and the one-time adornment of his college boxing, track and tennis teams.
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The pessimist sees only the tunnel; the optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel; the realist sees the tunnel and the light – and the next tunnel.
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