This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
P. D. Premasiri, fully Pahalawattage Don Premasiri
All the progress humanity has made appears to be endangered by the very technological skills that humans have achieved. We live in an age in which the evils that humans inflict on others have reached unparalleled extremes of barbarism.
Frank Zappa, born Frank Vincent Zappa
Without deviation, progress is not possible.
All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.
Truth is a qualification which applies to appearance alone. Reality is just itself, and it is nonsense to ask whether it be true or false. Truth is the conformation of appearance to reality.
Appearance | Nonsense | Reality | Truth |
Alice Walker, fully Alice Malsenior Walker
People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing actually to remain fools.
Appearance | People |
Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.