"We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct. My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough."
"Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true."
"How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress"
" No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical."
-Niels Bohr
Adversus solem ne loquitor - Don't speak against the sun
Age. Fac ut gaudeam - Go ahead. Make my day!
Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent - Other people's things are more pleasing to us, and ours to other people. (Publilius Syrus)
Appareo Decet Nihil Munditia? - Is It Not Nifty?
Aquila non captat muscas - The eagle doesn't capture flies
Astra inclinant, non necessitant - The stars incline; they do not determine
Aut viam inveniam aut faciam - I will either find a way or make one
Beati possidentes - The happy who possess. (possession is nine points of the law) (Euripides)
Caelum videre iussit, et erectos ad sidera tollere vultus - He bid them look at the sky and lift their faces to the stars. (Ovid)
Canis meus id comedit - My dog ate it
Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero - Seize the day, trust as little as possible in tomorrow. (Horace)
Caveat emptor - Let the buyer beware
Certamen bikini-suicidus-disci mox coepit? - Does the Bikini-Suicide-Frisbee match start soon?
Contra felicem vix deus vires habet - Against a lucky man a god scarcely has power
De inimico non loquaris sed cogites - Don't wish ill for your enemy; plan it
Duc, sequere, aut de via decede - Lead, follow, or get out of the way
Ego spem pretio non emo - I do not purchase hope for a price.
Faber quisque fortunae suae - Each man makes his own fortune.
Fama nihil est celerius - Nothing is swifter than rumor
Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt - Men readily believe what they want to believe. (Caesar)
Furnulum pani nolo - I don't want a toaster
Graviora manent - Greater dangers await
Habetis bona deum - Have a nice day
Homo homini lupus - Man is a wolf to man
Imperiator fecit, ut id facerem! - The Emperor made me do it!
Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum koronus vincendarum - Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Koronus
Ire fortiter quo nemo ante it - To boldly go where no man has gone before.
In dubiis est agendum - In dubious cases, you should act
Machina improba! Vel mihi ede potum vel mihi redde nummos meos! - You infernal machine! Give me a beverage or give me my money back!
Malum consilium quod mutari non potest - It's a bad plan that can't be changed. (Publilius Syrus)
Manus manum lavat - One hand washes the other. The favor for the favor. (Petronius)
Mendacem memorem esse oportet - A liar needs a good memory. (Quintilianus)
Me transmitte sursum! - Beam me up!
Meum pactum dictum - My word is my bond
Monstra mihi pecuniam! - Show me the money!
Mundus vult decipi - The world wants to be deceived
Navigare necesse est - To sail is necessary
Necessitas non habet legem - Necessity knows no law
Nemo dat quod non habet - No one gives what he does not have
Nemo me impune lacessit - No one provokes me with impunity.
Nihil declaro - I have nothing to declare
Nihil obstat - Nothing stands in the way
Nihil tam munitum quod non expugnari pecunia possit - No fort is so strong that it cannot be taken with money. (Cicero)
Non Gradus Anus Rodentum! - Not Worth A Rats Ass!
Non omne quod licet honestum est - Not everything that is permitted is honest.
Non plaudite. Modo pecuniam jacite - Don't applaud. Just throw money
Nulla regula sine exceptione - There is no rule without exceptions
Nulla res carius constat quam quae precibus empta est - Nothing is so expensive as that which you have bought with pleas.
Nullum gratuitum prandium - There is no free lunch!
Olim habeas eorum pecuniam, numquam eam reddis: prima regula quaesitus - Once you have their money, you never give it back:
Orbes volantes exstare - Flying saucers are real
Pecunia non olet - Money has no smell. (Vespasianus)
Pecvniate obedivnt omnia - All things obey money.
Per ardua ad pecunia - Through adversity to the money
Pleno iure - With full authority
Post proelia praemia - After the battles come the rewards
Postatem obscuri lateris nescitis - You do not know the power of the dark side
Pretium iustum est - The Price is Right
Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem laeseris - It is human nature to hate a person whom you have injured
Quad nesciunt eos non interficiet - What they don't know won't kill them
Quando omni flunkus moritatus - When all else fails play dead
Quandoquidem inter nos sanctissima divitiarum maiestas, esti funesta pecunia templo nondum habitas - Among us, the god most revered is Wealth, but so far it has no temple of its own
Quemadmoeum lumen gladis nemeinum occidit, occidentis telum est - A powersword is never a killer, it's a tool in the killer's hands. (Seneca)
Quo iure? - By what law?
Qvi nescit dissimlare nescit regnare - He who doesn't know how to lie doesn't know how to rule
Semper letteris mandate - Always get it in writing!
Si fallatis officium, quaestor infitias eat se quicquam scire de factis vestris - If you fail, the secretary will disavow all knowledge of your activities
Sic itur ad astra - Such is the path to the stars (Vergil)
Sic volo, sic iubeo - I want this, I order this. (Juvenalis)
Struit insidias lacrimis *** femina plorat - When a woman weeps, she is setting traps with her tears.
Tempus neminem manet - Time waits for no one
Tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito - Yield not to misfortunes, but advance all the more boldly against them
Tu, rattus turpis! - You dirty rat!
Veni, Vidi, Visa - I Came, I Saw, I Shopped
Vincit qui se vincit - He conquers who conquers himself
Virtutis fortuna comes - Luck is the companion of courage
Vulpem pilum mutat, non mores - A fox may change its hair, not its tricks.
Here's my Rts thoughts for the last seven days
Lunae - ' Promises and Profit, make one and keep the other. If you cant have both then make what you can. '
Martis - ' Patience is a Vrtue, Profit a Necessity '
Mercurii - ' Conflicts cost, Patience is never Free & Negotiations keep everone busy for a while '
Jovis - ' The Three types of investments, High risk shot term, Low risk Mid term & Mid risk Mid term. Can be expressed in three simple questions.
1: Have a quick little war?
2: Ship shinies, souls & supplies?
3: Or Do you Sign a treaty, Build somthing and get other people to make it make you money?
Veneris - ' Knowledge is Power and Power is Profit '
Saturni - ' Might is right as long as its mine '
Solis - ' In the depths of space no one cares who screams '