Charles Darwin died today in 1882.
Ideas percolate. Through natural selection, the best ones survive.
Andrew Lo
Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favours not only the clever but the murderous.
Barbara Ehrenreich
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Today is the International Day for Human Space Flight – countdown is progressing!
If you are in a spaceship travelling at the speed of light, and you turn on the headlights, does anything happen?
Steven Wright
The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever.
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
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The new tax year starts tomorrow in the UK – three cheers for the Pay-As-You-Earn scheme where your income is taxed at source!
The best measure of a man’s honesty isn’t his income tax return. It’s the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.
Arthur C. Clarke
When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.
Plato
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The first London Marathon was held today in 1981.
Here’s a shout-out to all the runners.
Jogging is very beneficial. It’s good for your legs and your feet. It’s also very good for the ground. If makes it feel needed.
Charles M. Schulz
When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.
Haile Gebrselassie
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In celebration of World Water Day.
We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.
Jacques Yves Cousteau
Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.
W. H. Auden
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