billswift comments on Rationality Quotes: February 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: billswift 01 February 2011 07:55:18PM 14 points [-]

Too broad a viewpoint, too philosophical an outlook paralyzes the will.

-- Robert A Heinlein, Lost Legacy

Comment author: sketerpot 02 February 2011 05:01:00AM 17 points [-]

Go not to the elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.

-- Frodo Baggins, conveying one of the many wise sayings that Hobbits chuck around daily. The elf he was talking with thought it was hilarious, but refused to simply agree or disagree with it.

Comment author: mwengler 02 February 2011 08:12:58PM 4 points [-]

I prefer its negation: "Go to the elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes."

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