Quote Of The Week

Quote of the Week 28 “ Only those who change remain true to themselves.” ― Wolf Biermann “ Nur wer sich ändert, bleibt sich  treu.” ― Wolf Biermann Cited by Wolfgang Niedecken (BAP) last week in Munich.

Quote of the Week 27 “ We don't really want what we think we desire.” ― Slavoj Žižek Triggered by  thephilosophyquote on  Instagram: Sieh dir diesen Beitrag auf Instagram an Ein Beitrag geteilt von Promoting the world through books (@indieauthorshowcase) As quoted on Goodreads  and BigThink : “ We don't really want to get what we think that we want. I am married to a wife and relationship with her are cold and I have a mistress. And all the time I dream oh my god if my wife were to disappear - I'm not a murderer but let us say- that it will open up a new life with the mistress.Then, for some reason, the wife goes away, you lose the mistress. You thought this is all I want, when you have it there, you turn out it was a much more complex situation. It was not to live with the mistress, but to keep her as a distance as on object of desire about which you dream. This is not an excessive example, I claim this is how things function.  We don't really w...

Quote of the Week 26 “ You can imagine the opposite.” ―  Maurizio Nannucci Triggered by a visit to Lenbachhaus in Munich. Related : Quote of the Week 20 “Everything you can imagine is real.” ―  Pablo Picasso Other themes  of neon texts created by Nannucci : “ All art has been contemporary.” “ Light and beauty are two unquestionable facts.” “ Listen to your eyes.” “ The missing poem ist the poem.” “ Events take time events take space. ” “ In regard to simplicity nothing is defined .” “ Some words different thoughts. ” “I mages are the origin of language .”

Quote of the Week 25 “ What can be shown cannot be said.” ― Ludwig Wittgenstein   Triggered by  Hartmut Esslinger 's comment on Apple's "Liquid Glass" UI. From the  Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy : Wittgenstein does not, however, relegate all that is not inside the bounds of sense to oblivion. He makes a distinction between saying and showing which is made to do additional crucial work. “What can be shown cannot be said,” that is, what cannot be formulated in sayable (sensical) propositions can only be shown. This applies, for example, to the logical form of the world, the pictorial form, etc., which show themselves in the form of (contingent) propositions, in the symbolism, and in logical propositions. Even the unsayable (metaphysical, ethical, aesthetic) propositions of philosophy belong in this group—which Wittgenstein finally describes as “things that cannot be put into words. They make themselves manifest. They are what is mystical”. “ Was gezeigt werden...

Quote of the Week 24 “ Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” ―  Sharon Begley ;   attributed   to  Carl Sagan Triggered by a @ProfFeynman  tweet : "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." — Carl Sagan — Library Path (@LibraryPath) March 20, 2025 While this quote is widely attributed to Carl Sagan, it is actually from a 1977 Newsweek profile of Carl Sagan written by Sharon Begley. Source:   Laidlaw Scholars

Quote of the Week 23 “ We've got to get in to get out.” ― Peter Gabriel , Carpet Crawlers (Lyrics) Triggered by the introductory tunes of Ordinary by Alex Warren.

Quote of the Week 22 “ Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots. ” ― Victor  Hugo  ( Intellectual Autobiography: Ideas on Literature, Philosophy and Religion ) Triggered by another quote (by Jean-Claude Izzo) misattributed to  Victor  Hugo  as recently seen in Italy: “ Facing the sea, happiness is a simple idea. ” According to Gemini AI t he phrase "In front of the sea, happiness is a simple idea" is not a direct quote from Victor Hugo. It is a common sentiment often associated with the experience of being by the ocean, and while Victor Hugo was a prolific writer who often explored themes of joy and nature, this specific phrase isn't found in his published works. 

Quote of the Week 21 “ Research is the transformation of money into knowledge; innovation is the transformation of knowledge into money. ” ―  Geoffrey Nicholson Triggered by a discussion on LinkedIn. Generated by X/Grok 3

Quote of the Week 20 “ Everything you can imagine is real. ” ―  Pablo Picasso Obviously generated by AI