Quotes that hit home

Started by nffc, November 03, 2010, 07:53:28 AM

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Woz

"Designers can't code, coders can't design." - Rumbas.
Courage, Courtesy and Service.
Constant and True.

edo

Yeh I thought that was some clever symmetry going on there from Rumbas. Not really a surprise that someone from Denmark can speak better English than us native speakers. Scandinavia are about 50 years ahead of the world in most things.

nffc

That would look great on your CV, not so good on mine.

Peter

Sorry if it's been said before, but I like

Imagination is more important than knowledge

grnidone

"I'll make an appearance at the [wedding] dance, but I usually leave early:  nobody actually likes to 'get down' until the preacher leaves."

Rev. Gary Lissy

edo

Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.

Damian

If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.

edo

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.

(Einstein)

grnidone

"To be a great woman, act like a girl, dress like a lady, think like a man and work like a dog".
-- May Issue of Southern Living Magazine, 2012


Chunkford

"the one who does not remember history is bound to live it through again"

It was on a plaque when I visited Auschwitz
"If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions"

Gurtie

"we've spent more money on bailing out the bankers in one year than we've spent on science, in Britain, since Jesus"

Brian Cox yesterday http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18736011

littleman

"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle." - Steve Jobs

Rupert


Come to the edge.
We might fall.
Come to the edge.
It's too high!
COME TO THE EDGE!
And they came,
and we pushed,
And they flew.

Christopher Logue
... Make sure you live before you die.

Rupert

If you think you can, or if think your can't. 

You are probably right.
... Make sure you live before you die.