Quotes
A collection of quotes that I find inspiring. Most of them were found here. Enjoy!
Albert Einstein - Scientist A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving. All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. Concern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations. Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile. When the solution is simple, God is answering. You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.
Douglas Adams - Writer A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair. You live and learn. At any rate, you live.
Scott Adams - Cartoonist Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems. Remind people that profit is the difference between revenue and expense. This makes you look smart. The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers. Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
Confucius - Philosopher By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself. The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
Mel Brooks - Director/Comedian Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
M.C. Escher - Artist Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement... let me go upstairs and check. Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?
Pope John Paul II - Leader Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. The future starts today, not tomorrow. Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in meeting it with eyes open.
Mahatma Gandhi - Leader An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it. As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves. I claim to be an average man of less than average ability. I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith.
Martin Luther King Jr - Leader If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well. Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.
Mark Twain - Writer A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. That is the difference between dog and man.
