Monday, March 02, 2009

Quotes

For where the instrument of intelligence
is added to brute power and evil will,
mankind is powerless in its own defense.
- Dante Alighieri

"Why does the Air Force need expensive new
bombers? Have the people we've been bombing
over the years been complaining?"
- George Wallace

The first law of dietetics seems to be:
if it tastes good, it's bad for you.
- Isaac Asimov

An amateur is someone who supports himself
with outside jobs which enable him to paint.
A professional is someone whose wife works
to enable him to paint.
- Ben Shahn

In times of rapid change, experience
could be your worst enemy.
- Jean Paul Getty

"The things we know best are the
things we haven't been taught."
- Marquis de Vauvenargues

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