Post your most favorite quotes you've run across in your travels. Here's one of my favorites: "The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility." -- Albert Einstein
"Drive defensively, drive a tank." -a poster on my auto tech instructor's classroom wall "There is not the slightest indication that [nuclear energy] will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will." -Albert Einstein, 1932 "...the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit their views. Which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering." — Dr. Who in The Face of Evil "Man will not fly for fifty years." -Wilbur Wright, 1901 and my personal favorite, supporting my grossly overgeneralized view of the french... "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value." -Marshall Foch, future WWI French commander-in-chief, 1911
"Some people go through life wondering if they ever made a difference in the world. Marines don't have that problem." -Ronald Reagan
Dear Lord, I've been asked, nay commanded, to thank Thee for the Christmas turkey before us... a turkey which was no doubt a lively, intelligent bird... a social being... capable of actual affection... nuzzling its young with almost human- like compassion. Anyway, it's dead and we're gonna eat it. Please give our respects to its family... --Berke Breathed, Bloom County Babylon
yesterday is history tomorrow is mystery but now is a gift that's why they call it the present fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity It's on me
"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened." Douglas Adams "Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly." -Einstein And some lyrics... Unimpressed by material excess love is free, love me, say hell yes -Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Only two things are infinite; the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the former." -Albert Einstein
Dammit I was just about to post that. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Nothing of great value was ever found in a crowd – Voltaire
On my tech room wall: "Your lack of preparedness does not necessarily constitute an emergency on my part." -Unknown
Victory: Dwight Eisenhower What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog. Strategy: Napolean Bonaparte Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake. An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game and doesn't care who wins. Dwight D. Eisenhower An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows. Dwight D. Eisenhower A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth has time to get it's pants on. and one to break the tension: The force is strong with this one.
in my driver's ed class today we were watching a video of cop chases; some guy in San Diego hijacked a tank from a local armory, and was driving it around on public streets. the cops couldnt really do anything about it, seeing as how it was a tank, so he was just rampaging all over, crushing cars, knocking over lightposts, etc, he even tried to collapse a big concrete overpass by ramming the supports, but failed. He went on the freeway, tried to cross into oncoming traffic, but got caught up on the divider. The cops climbed up on top of it and pried open the hatch, he wouldnt give up so they were forced to shoot him. In 1966, French President Charles De Gaulle withdrew his nation from NATO and told Lyndon Johnson that he wanted all American soldiers out of France, to which Johnson replied, "Does that include the ones buried at Omaha Beach?" Ouch!! Mark Twain, as a matter of fact. Not Ike. Dang, I was gonna post that one. Anyways... "There comes a time when you’ve used your brains, your training, your technical skill, and the die is cast and the events are in the hands of God, and there you have to leave them." -Dwight Eisenhower "He serves his party best who serves his country best." - Rutherford Hayes "Nothing brings out the lower traits of human nature like office-seeking." - Rutherford Hayes "Be sure you put your feet in the right place, and then stand firm." - Abraham Lincoln "I see that old flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down." - Douglas MacArthur "That’s all a man can hope for during his lifetime – to set an example – and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history." - William McKinley "In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing." - Theodore Roosevelt
Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement... let me go upstairs and check. M. C. Escher
"A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism." -- Carl Sagan