The point is that most of what we currently hold sacred is not sacred for any reason other than that it was thought sacred yesterday.
Most people who are rich chose their parents wisely.
I don't myself believe in astrology. However, I think that's because I'm a Libra and Libras are always skeptical.
Although the Buddhists will tell you that desire is the root of suffering, my personal experience leads me to point the finger at system administration.
SQL, Lisp, and Haskell are the only programming languages that I've seen where one spends more time thinking than typing.
If I'd had more time or been a better writer, I would have tried to put the same ideas and experiences into a novel. But I didn't so I slapped it up on the Web.
Progress in computer science is made with the distribution of revolutionary software systems and the publication of revolutionary books. We don't need a fancy information system to alert us to these grand events; they will hit us in the face. Another good excuse for ignoring the literature is that, since everyone has strong beliefs about fundamentals but can't support those beliefs rationally or consistently convince non-believers, computer science is actually a religion.
Obama and the Democrats' preposterous argument is that we are just one more big tax increase away from solving our economic problems. The inescapable conclusion, however, is that the primary driver of the short-term deficit is not tax cuts but the lack of any meaningful economic growth over the last half decade.
He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.
I'm also inspired by great art and people who create and contribute rather than destroy.
I have looked at public opinion polls in France in the late 1940s and early 1950s during the height of Marshall Plan aid. They had a very negative attitude towards the United States then. There were negative attitudes towards the United States because of Vietnam. There were negative attitudes about the United States when Reagan wanted to deploy intermediate range ballistic missiles. I don't think the president should base his foreign policy on American public opinion polls, let alone foreign public opinion polls.