" You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough. "

Dr. Frank Crane

" All exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. "

Bertrand Russell British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 – 1970)

" Only the mediocre are always at their best. "

Jean Giraudoux French diplomat, dramatist, & novelist (1882 – 1944)

" To really enjoy the better things in life, one must have first experienced the things they are better than. "

Oscar Homolka

" The simple solution for disappointment depression: Get up and get moving. Physically move. Do. Act. Get going. "

Peter McWilliams, Life 101

" A woman should never be trusted with money. "

Jane Austen, The Watsons English novelist (1775 – 1817)

" Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought. "

Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi, in Irving Good, The Scientist Speculates (1962) US biochemist (1893 – 1986)

" In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. "

Charles De Gaulle French general & politician (1890 – 1970)

" The dawn speeds a man on his journey, and speeds him too in his work. "

Hesiod Greek didactic poet (~800 BC)

" Sentimentality is a superstructure covering brutality. "

C. J. Jung

" Fashions are the only induced epidemics, proving that epidemics can be induced by tradesmen. "

George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible. "

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

" The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. "

Epicurus Greek philosopher (341 BC – 270 BC)

" There was never a genius without a tincture of madness. "

Aristotle Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist (384 BC – 322 BC)

" America is not merely a nation but a nation of nations. "

Lyndon B. Johnson 36th president of US (1908 – 1973)

" If people really want to go, and really try all their lives, I think they will get in; for I don

" In general we are least aware of what our minds do best. "

Marvin Minsky, The Society of Mind

" If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory. "

William Hazlitt English essayist (1778 – 1830)

" To err is human, to blame the next guy even more so. "

Unknown Quotations by unknown authors

" Modesty is the citadel of beauty. "

Demades

" We will occasionally use this arrow notation unless there is danger of no confusion. "

Ronald Graham, “Rudiments of Ramsey Theory”

" I never said actors were cattle. I said that actors should be treated like cattle. "

Alfred Hitchcock British movie director (1899 – 1980)

" Do the duty which lieth nearest to thee! Thy second duty will already have become clearer. "

Thomas Carlyle Scottish author, essayist, & historian (1795 – 1881)

" Gather ye rose-buds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today,
Tomorrow will be dying. "

Robert Herrick, To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time English lyric poet (1591 – 1674)

" When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. "

Henry Ford US automobile industrialist (1863 – 1947)

" Give not over thy soul to sorrow; and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel. Gladness of heart is the life of man and the joyfulness of man is length of days. "

Ecclesiastes

" Even though work stops, expenses run on. "

Cato the Elder, On Agriculture Roman orator & politician (234 BC – 149 BC)

" You can do anything that you wanna do. All you gotta do is to put your brain into it. Take your time and educate your mind. "

Coolio, The Winner

" Your motivation? Your motivation is your pay packet on Friday. Now get on with it. "

Noel Coward English actor, dramatist, & songwriter (1899 – 1973)

" My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income. "

Errol Flynn US (Australian-Tasmanian-born) movie actor (1909 – 1959)

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