"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." Teddy Roosevelt
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool." - Richard Feynman
"Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay." - Christopher Hitchens
"Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty." - Leto II, Children of Dune, by Frank Herbert.
"Bonjourrr, yah cheese-eatin' surrender monkeys!" -Groundskeeper Willie, The Simpsons. 'Round Springfield' :evil:
“I am the punishment of God...If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.” Genghis Khan
«Guts are important. Your guts are what digest things. But it is your brains that tell you which things to swallow and which not to swallow.» — Austin Dacey
"Some day they're gonna write a blues for fighters. It'll just be for a slow guitar, a soft trumpet and a bell." -Sonny Liston
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -Robert A. Heinlein
"There's one thing you should know. Last time we met I was wearing a cute little black number with peach trim and gold spangles, and although it looks like I'm wearing the same outfit today, it is in fact an entirely different cute little black number, with completely different gold spangles! " - Cat, Rimmerworld