Great Quotes III: Source and Context are Key

[Kyriakos]

Funny thing about that quote, nobody's ever found the original German version of that. Only "re-translations" from English. Which casts some doubt on its authenticity.

You think it would "sound better in the original german"?

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

"Mars aeternum" means "Mars eternally."
-Call of Duty Infinite Warfare

 

[Kyriakos]

What is the latin for 'you dont say'?

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

“1 APPLE WAS SEIZED. BREAD WAS INSPECTED AND RELEASED.”
-remarks section, inspection notes of Edward Hasbrouck by US Customs and Border Protection, "How Long Can Border Agents Keep Your Email Password?", The Atlantic

 

[Gori the Grey]

Title of article in Politico on Merkel's Washington visit:

"Donald Trump meets with Leader of the Free World"

Sad. Great title, but sad situation.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

Title of article in Politico on Merkel's Washington visit:

"Donald Trump meets with Leader of the Free World"

Sad. Great title, but sad situation.

It was already silly when people were using this title for the US president, but this is utterly ridiculous. She's already way in over her head with Europe.

 

[Mouthwash]

1) Never read a book that can be adequately summarized

2) Never read a book you would not reread

3) No book that can be shortened survives

4) Never read a book written by a journalist

5) Never read a book if you understand the table of contents

6) Never read a textbook as if you were reading a book

7) Never read a textbook in the sequence prescribed by the author(s)

8) Never read a book if you know what you are getting out of it

9) Never read a book if you don't expect to be surprised by something in it

-Nassim Nicholas Taleb

 

[Kyriakos]

^A bit OCD, no?

 

[Arakhor]

Eccentric, maybe, but hardly obsessive compulsive.

 

[Mouthwash]

^A bit OCD, no?

They're heuristics, not compulsions.

 

[Traitorfish]

2) Never read a book you would not reread

How would a person would know that until they've read the book the first time?

 

[Broken_Erika]

What is Latin for "I ate a pencil, now i have lead poisoning."

 

[Mouthwash]

How would a person would know that until they've read the book the first time?

I expect you'd know long before finishing it.

 

[Kyriakos]

Fwiw, i do agree that if a text can be shortened and mean "the same", it indeed was not well writen. But the quote again states that in a hyperbolic manner- "no book [...] survives" is a bit dramatic.
Such quotes can be better written, and still they evidently do survive

 

[Lohrenswald]

1) Never read a book that can be adequately summarized

2) Never read a book you would not reread

3) No book that can be shortened survives

4) Never read a book written by a journalist

5) Never read a book if you understand the table of contents

6) Never read a textbook as if you were reading a book

7) Never read a textbook in the sequence prescribed by the author(s)

8) Never read a book if you know what you are getting out of it

9) Never read a book if you don't expect to be surprised by something in it

-Nassim Nicholas Taleb

ugh, what a chore

 

[Traitorfish]

I expect you'd know long before finishing it.

But conclusions are important. They make some books and undo others.

 

[Mouthwash]

But conclusions are important. They make some books and undo others.

I doubt I'd reread a dull or plodding book even if the ending were spectacular.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Some books are meant to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.

Sir Francis Bacon.

 

[Mouthwash]

Now why didn't I think of tapping Civ games for quotes?

 

[Ajidica]

4) Never read a book written by a journalist

Sounds more like this guy is just sad other journalists get far royalty checks from their published books while he just gets letters saying things like "Please stop sending us your attempts at manuscripts".