Category Archives: Quotes

Some quotes I’ve collected over the years

By Justin | November 15, 2008

I’ve been going through lots of old to-do lists, cleaning out the junk and putting the good bits into iGTD. I’ve dug up several quotes that I’d transcribed and saved for future, uh… blogging, probably. So, without further ado, I’ll record them here. The first one comes from the Holy Bible—more specifically, the KJV of Isaiah [...]

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Words of wisdom, from Thoreau

By Justin | May 12, 2008

Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue; for money comes between a man and his objects, and obtains them for him; and it was certainly no great virtue to obtain it. It puts to rest many questions which he would otherwise be taxed to answer; while the only new question which it puts is [...]

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A few things I’m thinking about

By Justin | February 20, 2008

From F. A. Hayek’s 1945 article “The Use of Knowledge in Society”: But those who clamor for “conscious direction”—and who cannot believe that anything which has evolved without design (and even without our understanding it) should solve problems which we should not be able to solve consciously—should remember this: The problem is precisely how to [...]

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People, not collectivities, have agency and will

By Justin | February 7, 2008

Today I learned that methodological individualism makes so much more sense than methodological collectivism. Thanks, ECON256! Or, I should say, thanks Adelstein… because ECON256 is just an abstraction that we use as shorthand for the collective actions of a certain group of individuals! After all, a class doesn’t actually have the ability to teach me [...]

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Stupid Face: The meaning of volatility

By Justin | January 26, 2008

From the New York Times: “The market has this out-of-control feeling, and until the market sees some semblance of stability, it’s going to continue to be very volatile,” said Richard Sparks, senior equities analyst at Schaffer’s Investment Research. Gee, Mr. Sparks, thanks for defining volatile for me! Share this entry:

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Jia and Ruddiman, loosely quoted

By Justin | November 6, 2007

I’ve taken to studying in the libraries lately, something I’ve never done before. I was in SciLi last night reading with Janet, when Jia came up to our table. I complained to Jia about the lack of hot girls in the library, and he got mildly upset: No! You’re too sexual. I can’t sit with [...]

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Oh, biblical applicability

By Justin | March 5, 2007

“In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.” —Isaiah 30.15 (KJV) Share this entry:

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Good Will Hunting and my outpouring of emotion.

By Justin | January 6, 2007

I have a lot more respect for Robin Williams after watching Good Will Hunting tonight: Cuz you’ll have bad times, but they’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention to. Good God, I would love to experience love again. The kind of love that Williams talks about in the movie. [...]

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Because I refuse to suffer in silence.

By Janet | December 11, 2006

It’s 9:35 PM. I have just finished the second page of the 6-8 page paper that needs to be done before I sleep. Note that these first two pages are heavily padded with large margins and extensive footnotes. I am dreaming of the days when I could read some books, then throw together a paper [...]

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Epictetus was once a slave, you know.

By Justin | October 22, 2006

“Do you not show a supercilious look; but hold on to the things which seem to you best as one appointed by God to this station. And remember that if you abide in the same principles, these men who first ridiculed will afterward admire you: but if you shall have been overpowered by them, you [...]

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