Society
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.”
Dec 9 2012
– Henry Ford, an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. Although Ford did not invent the automobile, he developed and manufactured the first automobile that many middle class Americans could afford to buy.
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
Dec 6 2012
– Leonardo Da Vinci, was an Italian Renaissance polymath. He excelled in mathematics, engineering and creating inventions during his lifetime (among many other things).
“If you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
Dec 5 2012
– Marilyn Monroe, was an American actress, model, and singer, who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s and early 1960s.
Chinese-Built Ghost Town in Angola [10 Pics]
Dec 3 2012
Nova Cidade de Kilamba, or simply Kilamba is a large housing development 30 km (18 miles) from Luanda, the capital city of Angola. It is being built by the CITIC Group and is currently largely empty.
Old Moscow Photos in HQ, Part 1 [18 Pics]
Nov 29 2012
Feast your eyes on some rare high resolution photos from Russian archives of the old (mostly) pre-revolution Moscow. Amazing to see how far things have come.
High Resolution Photos (41MB .zip)
“I'm not smart. I try to observe. Millions saw the apple fall but Newton was the one who asked why.”
Nov 21 2012
– Bernard Baruch, an American financier, stock investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant. After his success in business, he devoted his time toward advising U.S. Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt on economic matters.
“Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don’t be afraid to take that first step.”
Nov 20 2012
– Unknown.
Charismatic Barack Obama [37 Pics]
Nov 19 2012
We were pretty happy to hear that Obama got re-elected into the office, and judging by these photos, he seems like a pretty cool guy.
Rare Historical Photos Pt. 5 [20 Pics]
Nov 16 2012
Another roundup of the popular historical series of posts that we do. You can find the previous post here, and the start of the series here.
