Some Choice Quotes

Sometimes, when you need inspiration, nothing helps better than by reading a great quote. The wise words of those that came before you can continue to make a difference long after the original speaker is gone.

Dr. Gabriel Robins of the Computer Science Dept. at the University of Virginia has a website chock full of them. Here are some of my faves:

"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

"Don't be so humble - you are not that great."
- Golda Meir (1898-1978) to a visiting diplomat

"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'."
- Yoda ('The Empire Strikes Back')

"Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed."
- George Burns (1896-1996)

"The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it."
- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

"We have art to save ourselves from the truth."
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)

"Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions."
- Frank Lloyd Wright (1868-1959)

"I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters."
- Frank Lloyd Wright (1868-1959)

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them."
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

"A witty saying proves nothing."
- Voltaire (1694-1778)