2,288 books
—
6,063 voters
Mitch's Profile
Mitch's Recent Updates
|
Mitch
is 30% done with A Geography of Time
|
My rating:
|
|
Mitch
is 60% done with The Night Circus
|
My rating:
|
|
Mitch
gave
 to:
Crushing Debt: Why Canadians Should Drop Everything and Pay Off Debt
by David Trahair
read in December, 2011
|
My rating:
|
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
—
Mark Twain
|
|
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
—
Robert Frost
|
|
|
Are you a member of a book club that meets in real life?
he
voted for
No, I don't participate in book clubs at all.
|
|
|
Mitch
is currently reading:
|
My rating:
|
|
Mitch
is currently reading:
|
My rating:
|
|
Mitch
gave
 to:
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character
by Richard P. Feynman
read in November, 2011
|
My rating:
|
|
Mitch
gave
 to:
|
My rating:
|
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein
― Albert Einstein
“It ought to be plain how little you gain by getting excited and vexed. You'll always be late for the previous train, and always on time for the next.”
― Piet Hein
― Piet Hein
“It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.”
― Abraham Lincoln
― Abraham Lincoln
“A bit beyond perceptions reach I sometimes believe I see that life is two locked boxes each containing the other’s key”
― Piet Hein
― Piet Hein
“Whenever you're called on to make up your mind,
and you're hampered by not having any,
the best way to solve the dilemma, you'll find,
is simply by spinning a penny.
No - not so that chance shall decide the affair
while you're passively standing there moping;
but the moment the penny is up in the air,
you suddenly know what you're hoping. ”
― Piet Hein
and you're hampered by not having any,
the best way to solve the dilemma, you'll find,
is simply by spinning a penny.
No - not so that chance shall decide the affair
while you're passively standing there moping;
but the moment the penny is up in the air,
you suddenly know what you're hoping. ”
― Piet Hein
Quizzes and Trivia
questions answered:
23 (0.0%)
correct:
11 (47.8%)
skipped:
35 (60.3%)
224088 out of 872557
streak:
0
best streak:
1
questions added:
0
polls voted on by this member
