Quotes by Mark Nielsen and Other People

Starting April 16, 1995. Only quotes created after April 16, 1995.
Copyrighted by Mark Nielsen 1995-1998.

Unless stated, these are by Mark

I have more quotes and stuff from before April 1995.

• 43. 4-24-2005

  Science discovers patterns.
  Math organizes patterns.
  Engineering applies patterns.

• 42. 8-31-2003

  Everything is black and white. Ignorance makes things appear gray.

• 41. 10-18-2002

  When it comes to ethics and morals, people aren't perfect. This doesn't justify people being completely imperfect.

• 40. 12-7-2001

  Giving is directly proportional to the lack of suffering.

• 39. 12-7-2001

  Extreme pain or extreme comfort blinds.

• 38. 12-7-2001

  Social strife is directly related to the difference in power between people and the understanding or perception of that difference.

• 37. 12-7-2001

  The value of philosophers, artists, thinkers, creators is directly related to the lack of understanding or exposure of a population to an idea or vision.

• 36. 12-7-2001

  Philosophers, artists, thinkers, creators are at their best when they don't compare themselves to what other people have done, but expand or create an environment for themselves.

• 36. 12-7-2001

  There is something always better than what you define as perfect.

• 35. 9-10-2001

  Perfection is realtive to the standards you require for perfection. Change the requirements, and it may no longer be perfect.

• 34. 9-10-2001

  50% of people are mediocre. 48% are adaquate. 1% are perfect. 1% are more than perfect.

• 33. 9-10-2001

  Feminism is the lack of understanding machoism. Machoism is the lack of understanding feminism. Humanism is the understanding of both.

• 32. 9-10-2001

  Computers make life easier for two types of people:
  a. other computers (computer geeks)
  b. normal people

• 31. 9-10-2001

  Hate is the reaction towards a nagative feeling.
  Love is the reaction towards a positive feeling.
  True hate responds in a negative reaction.
  True love responds in a positive reaction.

• 30. 4-16-1999

  Your good solution is good for your problem.

• 29. January 23rd, 1998

  The ignorant belief they are wise; the wise know they are ignorant.

• 28. January 12th, 1998, my feelings towards MicroSucks

  It is not because I love you less, it is because I hate you more.

• 27. January 12th, 1998

  Anything above necessity is luxury. How we behave with our luxury determines our character.

• 26. June 4th, 1997

  In general, men give love to the women who provide good sex, woman give sex to the men who provide good love.

• 25. December 23, 1996

  All ideas work in the right environment. Imagination is the key to the future.

• 24. September 4, 1996

  Insanity is the cure for being normal.

• 23. September 4, 1996

  It is only because I am insane that it makes sense to do such crazy things.

• 22. July 30, 1996

  The only difference between animals and humans is that humans are more intelligent, but they act the same.

• 21. June 6th, 1996

  We all make leaps of faith and leaps of logic. When you walk into a different world, those leaps aren't the same anymore.

• 20. June 6th, 1996

  Our personalities are affected by our environments. If you want to change your personality, try to change your environment.

• 19. January 2, 1996 by Mark's woman

  Sometimes in order to appreciate the smell of the daises, you have to smell the bullshit too.

• 18. November 29, 1995

  If everything changes at least a little bit all the time,
  Our perception of the world changes all the time.
  Even though our perception changes all the time,
  Perhaps there is one minute in which our perception is correct.
  If there was one minute in our lives in which we thought correctly,
  How would we know, for our perception of correctness changes every minute?
  Even if we knew we thought correctly, it wouldn't last more than a minute.

• 17. November 29, 1995

  One man's boring experience might be another's enlightening experience.
  Creating art is the art of creating an experience we do not normally experience.
  Drawing out a feeling comes from how the feelings of our lives were drawn.
  Making a reaction shows how our reactions have been made.
  For what is a man's face but a unique imprint on a blank canvas waiting to be painted.

• 19. October 23, 1995

  All the little experiences of life may just be little droplets, but if they build, can become a tidal wave of emotion which only a barrier of pain can break.

• 18. October 10, 1995

  A man's potential is limited by the tools he has. Filling that potential depends on the man the tools have.

• 16. October 2, 1995

  Those who believe what they perceive make it easy for us to change what they believe.

• 15. October 2, 1995

  What you believe is based on what you perceive, think beyond what you perceive, and maybe you will begin to doubt what you believe.

• 14. September 24, 1995

  Extremists like simple solutions, it is often because they are too stupid to think complex.

• 13. September 24, 1995

  When it comes to philosophies, extremists are people who are too stubborn to admit the moderates have a better solution for everyone. Extremists just want solutions for themselves, and often don't like them when they get it.

• 12. September 24, 1995

  Definitions blind creativity, for they tell us how to think and what things are. How should we think and what really are those things?

• 11. September 24, 1995

  All because we define something doesn't mean we understand it.

• 10. September 24, 1995

  "Intellectuals" like definitions becuase it creates a common understanding, but sometimes they just like them becuase it makes them sound smart.

• 9. September 24, 1995

  No real object can be defined accurately, definitions only exist for hypotheticals.

• 8. June 26, 1995

  The less and less one feels compelled to do anything, the more and more likely they will become bored, for there is only so much entertainment and relaxation an active conscience can take before it itself becomes work.

• 7. June 9, 1995

  Any theory brought to an extreme will cave in under the weight of the expectations it should fulfill.

• 6. May 20, 1995

  Every experience changes our personality a little. Know how to make someone change a little many times, and you know how to make them change a lot. To control the change, one must have memory, for without memory, we will never notice the big change which is the sum of all the smaller changes.

• 5. May 12, 1995

  The value of something/someone is dependent upon the needs of the environment. If you want to change the value, adapt the subject to the environment, or change the environment for the subject.

• 4. May 2, 1995 From Gail Peters

  "There are occasions when illusions are the best way to make a point."

• 3. May 1, 1995

  Intelligence over instinct is achieved when someone does what they should do and not want they want to do.

• 2. April 23, 1995

  The world to us depends on what we see.
  If we do not see it, it is not part of our world.
  Open your eyes, open your mind,
  in preparation for what you do not expect.

• 1. April 16,1995

  We do not react or act in our environment, but rather we interact. For those who claim they are independent of one thing, become dependent upon something else.