Quotes
Created Sunday 24 September 2023
“We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing.”
Wise men talk because they have something to say. Fools talk because they have to say something.
He who knows not and knows not he knows not, He is a fool - Shun him.
He who knows not and knows he knows not, He is simple - Teach him.
He who knows and knows not he knows, he is asleep - Awaken him.
He who knows and knows that he knows, He is wise - Follow him.
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
If it's stupid, and it works, it isn't stupid.
For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
Common sense, unfortunately, is not so common.
Far too numerous is the herd of such, who think too little and who talk too much.
The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
Never argue with an idiot; they'll drag you down to their level, and beat you with experience.
Only two things are infinite; The Universe and Human Stupidity, and I'm not sure about the Universe
It is better to stay silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Better alone, than in bad company.
If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?
One of the lessons of history is that Nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.
There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.
The less people think, the more they talk.
A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own.
There is no security in this life. There is only opportunity.
The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.
Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
I have gone to find myself, if I return before I get back, keep me here.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift; that's why it's the present.
If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way; if you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have someone to share it with.
"If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it." Murphy's Law (Anything that can go wrong, will )
Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.
It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
Matter will be damaged in direct proportion to its value.
Smile... tomorrow will be worse.
'Ear all, see all, say nowt; Eyt all, sup all, pay nowt; And if ivver tha does owt fer nowt - Allus do it fer thissen
“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”
― Dr. Seuss
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West
“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
― Allen Saunders
“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
― Thomas A. Edison
“If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.”
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
― George Eliot
“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”
― Albert Einstein
“I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.”
― Woody Allen
“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.”
― Albert Einstein
“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits.”
“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
“The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.”
― George Carlin
“I love mankind ... it's people I can't stand!!”
“I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally. ”
― W.C. Fields
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
― Albert Einstein
“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
― Mark Twain
“I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.”
― Albert Einstein
“Do you hate people?”
“I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.”
― Charles Bukowski
If you were half as funny as you think you are, you'd be twice as funny as you really are.
“A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.”
― Albert Einstein
May you live every day of your life.
“I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed!”
― William Shakespeare
“The planet is fine. The people are fucked.”
― George Carlin
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
― Albert Einstein
I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?”
― Albert Einstein
“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
― Albert Einstein
If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.
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