"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 '