I thought that's what you meant.!!

That was from Richard Nixon during his campaign for the 1968 (or 1972, but I think '68) US presidential election, if I remember correctly.

Gosh, suddenly I want to start posting quotes from Eddie Izzard. The only problem is that I would probably get banned from the forums for doing it.

I am constantly using this quote. It speaks volumes...

"Any dead fish can float downstream."

And this is my new caveat. Especially regarding movies coming out of Hollywood.

"Just because you can, doesn't mean you should."

And the corollary:

"Just because if feels good, doesn't mean you get to do it."

I like Zumwalt's law: "The probability of failure of a test or demonstration is directly proportional to the number and importance of the people watching."

A couple of others:

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe.
-- Albert Einstein"

"In those days, most people read newspapers, whereas today, most people do not. What caused this change? One big factor, of course, is that people are a lot stupider than they used to be, although we here in the newspaper industry would never say so in print.
-- Dave Barry"

That's one of my favorite Einstein quotes! As there are a number of teachers in my family, I'm also partial to this one:

"In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made School Boards."
--Mark Twain

He also has another in defense of idiots though:

"We are all erring creatures, and mainly idiots, but God made us so and it is dangerous to criticise."
--Mark Twain

These are all great.

Glad I can see these at work so I can post them on the dry erase board!

(in someone else's handwriting of course)

A quote that I use often, especially in school is from Mark Twain
I pitty the man who hath not the imagination to spell a word more than one way.

Love that take, but that doesn't apply in the case of Windows -- there the probability of failure is high no matter who or how important the watchers.

I wonder what ever happened to this thought:

"There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.
-- Henry Ford"

Tis better for people to believe you to be a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. -Mark Twain

We should be careful to get out of an experience the wisdom that is in it -- and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again -- and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one any more. -Mark Twain

If the desire to kill and the opportunity to kill came always together, who would escape hanging. -Mark Twain

The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice. -Mark Twain

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"Today, we’re changing the way we work with hardware vendors to ensure that we can provide complete experiences with absolutely no compromises. We’ll do the same with phones—providing choice as we work to create great end-to-end experiences."

-- Steve Ballmer, Microsoft


"Time is the sand in the peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich of life."

-- William Grauer
(fellow high-school student)


"Money is a lot like manure. If you spread it around, it does a lot of good. But if you pile it all up in one place, it stinks like hell."

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Ah... thanks J_Christopher, you just reminded me of another good Einstein quote (the last Mark Twain quote above triggered this memory):

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age 18."
--Albert Einstein

A ship is safe in the harbour, but that's not what ships were built for.

Perfect description of the City Council where I live. :)

"When our deep plots do pall: and that should teach us--There's a divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew them how we will." - Hamlet, act 5, scene II

"If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans." - Opening line in the movie Bella

Yet Another Einstein Quote: "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
-- Albert Einstein"