tenacious wisdom... quotable brain secretions

And it is a mark of prudence never to trust wholly in those things which have once deceived us. ~ Rene Descartes

Old McDonald had an agricultural real estate tax abatement. ~ Unknown

Its not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves. ~ Sir Edmund Hilary

The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself. ~ Richard Francis Burton

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are. ~ Kurt Cobain

I am always ready to learn; but I do not always like being taught. ~ Winston Churchill

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. ~ B. F. Skinner