Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.

-Paul Valéry

faith | literature | science

General Jackson’s mother was a common prostitute, brought to this country by the British soldiers! She afterwards married a mulatto man, with whom she had several children, of which number General Jackson is one!

-The Cincinnati Gazette 1828 on General Jackson

To be turned out by the Pimp of the White House

-Congressman Kenneth Rayner on President Franklin Pierce

Bastard Brat of a Scotch Peddler

-John Adams on Alexander Hamilton

Hatchet-Faced Nutmeg Dealer

-Stephen Douglas on Abraham Lincoln

Ersatz

is a product or creation made or used as a stand in substitute, typically inferior, for something else. Tiki Drinks, Non-dairy Creamer, Bouillon Cubes, & War Sausage.

The second half of a man’s life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half

-Fyodor Dostoevsky

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

-Ian Fleming

Everytime you hear EBITDA substitute it with bullshit earnings.

-Charlie Munger

That’s L.A. They worship everything and they value nothing.

-Eva Mendes