Some Quotes I'v Compiled From The Internet And Books
Here are some quotes by some famous and some not-so famous people that caught my attention. Most of them are critiques and one-liners, but mean a lot more than meets the naked eye
Take it with a pinch of salt, and i hope atleast one quote makes you think about the way you think or even about ure faith and beliefs.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. -- John Lennon (from Beautiful Boy - 1980)
My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues. -- Abraham Lincoln
Is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's blunders? -- Friedrich Nietzsche
"Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian." -- Dennis Wholey (1937-)
"Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong." -- Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."-- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944)
"A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation." -- H. H. Munro (Saki) (1870-1916)
The difference between pornography and erotica is lighting." -- Gloria Leonard
"A goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid." -- James D. Watson (1928-)
"The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense." -- Tom Clancy (1947-), paraphrasing Mark Twain
"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."-- Denis Diderot (1713-1784)
"Faith: not wanting to know what is true." -- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
"Do, or do not. There is no ‘try’." -- Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back
"God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." -- Carl Sagan (1934-1996), Contact
"Destiny is not a matter of change, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved."-- William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925)
"Never forget that it is the spirit with which you endow your work that makes it useful or futile." -- Adelaide Hasse (1868-1953)
"You laugh at me because I am different, but I laugh at you because you are all the same."-- Unknown
"When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail."-- Abraham Maslow (1908-1970)
"The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his." -- General George Patton (1885-1945)
"After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one." -- Cato the Elder (234-149 BC, AKA Marcus Porcius Cato)
"Copy from one, it’s plagiarism; copy from two, it’s research." -- Wilson Mizner (1876-1933)
Some lesser known quotes from one Mr. Albert Einstein....
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity.
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
Example isn't another way to teach, it is the only way to teach.
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning.
A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?
Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.
Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invaribly they are both disappointed.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Take it with a pinch of salt, and i hope atleast one quote makes you think about the way you think or even about ure faith and beliefs.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. -- John Lennon (from Beautiful Boy - 1980)
My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues. -- Abraham Lincoln
Is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's blunders? -- Friedrich Nietzsche
"Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian." -- Dennis Wholey (1937-)
"Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong." -- Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."-- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944)
"A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation." -- H. H. Munro (Saki) (1870-1916)
The difference between pornography and erotica is lighting." -- Gloria Leonard
"A goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid." -- James D. Watson (1928-)
"The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense." -- Tom Clancy (1947-), paraphrasing Mark Twain
"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."-- Denis Diderot (1713-1784)
"Faith: not wanting to know what is true." -- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
"Do, or do not. There is no ‘try’." -- Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back
"God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." -- Carl Sagan (1934-1996), Contact
"Destiny is not a matter of change, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved."-- William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925)
"Never forget that it is the spirit with which you endow your work that makes it useful or futile." -- Adelaide Hasse (1868-1953)
"You laugh at me because I am different, but I laugh at you because you are all the same."-- Unknown
"When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail."-- Abraham Maslow (1908-1970)
"The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his." -- General George Patton (1885-1945)
"After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one." -- Cato the Elder (234-149 BC, AKA Marcus Porcius Cato)
"Copy from one, it’s plagiarism; copy from two, it’s research." -- Wilson Mizner (1876-1933)
Some lesser known quotes from one Mr. Albert Einstein....
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity.
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
Example isn't another way to teach, it is the only way to teach.
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning.
A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?
Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.
Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invaribly they are both disappointed.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
2 comments:
shldnt put tht many smart liners at a stretch. u then tend to skip readin some...(js a suggestn ofcorz)
sorry i will keep in mind the slower patrons of my blog!! :P thanks for taking time out to read and comment
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