2001 Quotes

“Computers can now keep a man’s every transgression recorded in a permanent memory bank, duplicating with complex programming and intricate wiring a feat his wife handles quite well without fuss or fanfare.” –Lane Olinghouse


“Using a computer is a security hazard.” – JAN III


Chinese proverb courtesy of OEnone:

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.


“When the solution is simple, God is answering.” — Albert Einstein


“Desire persuades me one way, reason another. I see the better and approve it, but I follow the worse.” — Ovid, Metamorphoses


“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” — Thomas Edison


“A world which seeks an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth ends up blind and toothless.” — Gandi


“This nation was concieved in liberty and dedicated to the principle–among others–that honest men may honestly disagree; that if they all say what they think, a majority of the people will be able to distinguish truth from error.” — Elmer Davis


“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” — Ben Franklin


“Truth is what stands the test of experience.” – Einstein


From a list I read:M: The research team believes the animals’ success in completing the tasks shows baboons to be capable of analogous thinking, a trait usually only attributed to humans and chimpanzees.
H: Hah! Just goes to to show you that we baboons are not as stupid as some of you may think!


A good signature quote: Good judgment comes from experience.
Experience comes from poor judgment.


“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”

Aristotle


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