Quote Of The Week

3rd Quote of the Week 21 “O nce you reach the top, there's nowhere to go but down.” ― Mauro Corona Alternative translation : “ From the summit, there’s nowhere to go but down.” Triggered by the use of another Mauro Corona quote here:  BUSIE di Moreno Togni “ Dalla vetta non si va in nessun posto, si può solo scendere.” ― Mauro Corona ( " Nel legno e nella pietra ") “ Vom Gipfel aus geht man nirgendwo hin, man kann nur absteigen.”

2nd Quote of the Week 21 “Women marry men hoping they will change, and men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed. ” ― often misattributed to Albert Einstein Triggered by a conversation while hiking. Variations: “ Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed. ” “ That’s the trouble about marriage. Women always hope it’s going to change the husband. Men always hope it won’t change their wives—and both are disappointed! ” ― from the play “Cynara” by H. M. Harwood and R. Gore-Browne

Quote of the Week 21 “Behind every beautiful thing, there's been some kind of pain. ” ― Bob Dylan (" Not Dark Yet ", song lyrics)      

Quote of the Week 20 “ The map is not the territory. ” ―  Alfred Korzybski   Triggered b y the growing gap between how things are described and how they actually are . Well, actually triggered by a road trip through the alps.   See also:  various quotes on perception vs. reality .   Quote of the Week 6/2020 " All models are wrong, but some models are useful. " ― George Box  

Quote of the Week 19 “ Doubt everything. ” ― Karl Marx   (his motto : " De omnibus dubitandum " by René Descartes ) “ An allem ist zu zweifeln. ” Triggered by the i nscription on the sidewalk of my & his native town  across the street of his  birthplace .